[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said, "I do not eat it, nor do I forbid it, nor do I command it, nor do I prohibit it." Ibn Abbas said, "What you are saying is bad. The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , was never sent except as a legalizer and a prohibition legislator." The meat of a monitor lizard was brought close to the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , and he stretched out his hand to eat it. Maymunah said, "O Messenger of Allah, this is the meat of a monitor lizard." So he withdrew his hand and said, "I have never eaten it before, so do not eat it." Fadl ibn Abbas, Khalid ibn Walid, and a woman who was with them ate it. Maymunah said, "I do not eat from a food that the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , did not eat."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا آكُلُهُ وَلَا أُحَرِّمُهُ وَلَا آمُرُ بِهِ وَلَا أَنْهَى عَنْهُ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ بِئْسَ مَا تَقُولُونَ مَا بُعِثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَّا مُحَلِّلًا وَمُحَرِّمًا قُرِّبَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَحْمُ ضَبٍّ فَمَدَّ يَدَهُ لِيَأْكُلَ فَقَالَتْ لَهُ مَيْمُونَةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهُ لَحْمُ ضَبٍّ فَكَفَّ يَدَهُ وَقَالَ هَذَا لَحْمٌ لَمْ آكُلْهُ قَطُّ فَكُلُوا قَالَ فَأَكَلَ الْفَضْلُ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ وَخَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ وَامْرَأَةٌ كَانَتْ مَعَهُمْ وَقَالَتْ مَيْمُونَةُ لَا آكُلُ مِنْ طَعَامٍ لَمْ يَأْكُلْ مِنْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ