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bukhari:5400 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Hishām b. Yūsuf > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Abū Umāmah b. Sahl > Ibn ʿAbbās > Khālid b. al-Walīd

"A roasted mastigure was brought to the Prophet ﷺ who stretched his hand towards it to eat it. But it was said to him, "It is a mastigure." So he withdrew his hand. Khalid asked, "Is it unlawful to eat?" the Prophet said, "No, but it is not found in the land of my people and that is why I do not like eating it." So Khalid started eating (it) while Messenger of Allah ﷺ was looking at him. An-Nadr said: 'Al-Khazira' (is prepared) from bran while 'Al-Harira' is prepared from milk.  

البخاري:٥٤٠٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ

أُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِضَبٍّ مَشْوِيٍّ فَأَهْوَى إِلَيْهِ لِيَأْكُلَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّهُ ضَبٌّ فَأَمْسَكَ يَدَهُ فَقَالَ خَالِدٌ أَحَرَامٌ هُوَ قَالَ لاَ وَلَكِنَّهُ لاَ يَكُونُ بِأَرْضِ قَوْمِي فَأَجِدُنِي أَعَافُهُ فَأَكَلَ خَالِدٌ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَنْظُرُ قَالَ مَالِكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ بِضَبٍّ مَحْنُوذٍ  

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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:5537 – ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Umāmah b. Sahl > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās > Khālid b. al-Walīd

Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I entered the house of Maimuna. A roasted mastigure was served. Messenger of Allah ﷺ stretched his hand out (to eat of it) but some woman said, "Inform Messenger of Allah ﷺ of what he is about to eat." So they said, "It is mastigure, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ!" He withdrew his hand, whereupon I said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Is it unlawful?" He said, "No, but this is not found in the land of my people, so I dislike it." So I pulled the mastigure towards me and ate it while Messenger of Allah ﷺ was looking at me.  

البخاري:٥٥٣٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ

أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَيْتَ مَيْمُونَةَ فَأُتِيَ بِضَبٍّ مَحْنُوذٍ فَأَهْوَى إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِيَدِهِ فَقَالَ بَعْضُ النِّسْوَةِ أَخْبِرُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِمَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ فَقَالُوا هُوَ ضَبٌّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَرَفَعَ يَدَهُ فَقُلْتُ أَحَرَامٌ هُوَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ لاَ وَلَكِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ بِأَرْضِ قَوْمِي فَأَجِدُنِي أَعَافُهُ قَالَ خَالِدٌ فَاجْتَرَرْتُهُ فَأَكَلْتُهُ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَنْظُرُ  

nasai:4316 – Kathīr b. ʿUbayd > Muḥammad b. Ḥarb > al-Zubaydī > al-Zuhrī > Abū Umāmah b. Sahl > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās > Khālid b. al-Walīd

A grilled mastigure was brought to the Messenger of Allah and was placed near to him. He reached out his hand to eat it, and someone who was present said: "O Messenger of Allah, it is the meat of a mastigure." He withdrew his hand and Khalid bin Al-Walid said to him: "O Messenger of Allah, is mastigure Haram?" He said: "No, but it is not found in the land of my people, and I find it distasteful." He said: "Then Khalid bent over the mastigure and ate some of it, and the Messenger of Allah was looking at him."  

النسائي:٤٣١٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنِ الزُّبَيْدِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِضَبٍّ مَشْوِيٍّ فَقُرِّبَ إِلَيْهِ فَأَهْوَى إِلَيْهِ بِيَدِهِ لِيَأْكُلَ مِنْهُ قَالَ لَهُ مَنْ حَضَرَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لَحْمُ ضَبٍّ فَرَفَعَ يَدَهُ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَحَرَامٌ الضَّبُّ قَالَ لاَ وَلَكِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ بِأَرْضِ قَوْمِي فَأَجِدُنِي أَعَافُهُ فَأَهْوَى خَالِدٌ إِلَى الضَّبِّ فَأَكَلَ مِنْهُ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَنْظُرُ  

abudawud:3794 – al-Qaʿnabī > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Umāmah b. Sahl b. Ḥunayf > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās > Khālid b. al-Walīd

It is a lizard. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his hand. I (Khalid) asked: Is it forbidden, Messenger of Allah? He replied, No, but it is not found in the land of my people, so I find it distasteful. Khalid said: I then pulled it and ate it while The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was seeing.  

أبو داود:٣٧٩٤ – حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ

أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَيْتَ مَيْمُونَةَ فَأُتِيَ بِضَبٍّ مَحْنُوذٍ فَأَهْوَى إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِيَدِهِ فَقَالَ بَعْضُ النِّسْوَةِ اللاَّتِي فِي بَيْتِ مَيْمُونَةَ أَخْبِرُوا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بِمَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ مِنْهُ فَقَالُوا هُوَ ضَبٌّ فَرَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَدَهُ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ أَحَرَامٌ هُوَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ لاَ وَلَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ بِأَرْضِ قَوْمِي فَأَجِدُنِي أَعَافُهُ قَالَ خَالِدٌ فَاجْتَرَرْتُهُ فَأَكَلْتُهُ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَنْظُرُ  

ibnmajah:3241 – Muḥammad b. al-Muṣaffá al-Ḥimṣī > Muḥammad b. Ḥarb > Muḥammad b. al-Walīd al-Zubaydī > al-Zuhrī > Abū Umāmah b. Sahl b. Ḥunayf > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās > Khālid b. al-Walīd

“O Messenger of Allah, it is the flesh of a mastigure.” He took his hand away, and Khalid said to him: “O Messenger of Allah, is a mastigure unlawful?” He said: “No, but it is not found in my land and I find it distasteful.” He said: “Then Khalid bent over the mastigure and ate some of it, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was looking at him.”  

ابن ماجة:٣٢٤١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُصَفَّى الْحِمْصِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الزُّبَيْدِيُّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِضَبٍّ مَشْوِيٍّ فَقُرِّبَ إِلَيْهِ فَأَهْوَى بِيَدِهِ لِيَأْكُلَ مِنْهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَنْ حَضَرَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لَحْمُ ضَبٍّ فَرَفَعَ يَدَهُ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ خَالِدٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَحَرَامٌ الضَّبُّ قَالَ لاَ وَلَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ بِأَرْضِي فَأَجِدُنِي أَعَافُهُ قَالَ فَأَهْوَى خَالِدٌ إِلَى الضَّبِّ فَأَكَلَ مِنْهُ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ  

ahmad:3067 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Abū Umāmah b. Sahl b. Ḥunayf > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , was brought two roasted lizards, and with him was Khalid ibn al-Walid. The Prophet, ﷺ , inclined his hand to eat, so it was said to him, "Indeed, it is a lizard." So he withheld his hand and Khalid said to him, "Is it forbidden, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "No, but it is not from the land of my people, so I find it repulsive." So Khalid ate while the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , looked at him.  

أحمد:٣٠٦٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِضَبَّيْنِ مَشْوِيَّيْنِ وَعِنْدَهُ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ فَأَهْوَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَدَهُ لِيَأْكُلَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّهُ ضَبٌّفَأَمْسَكَ يَدَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ خَالِدٌ أَحَرَامٌ هُوَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ لَا وَلَكِنَّهُ لَا يَكُونُ بِأَرْضِ قَوْمِي فَأَجِدُنِي أَعَافُهُ فَأَكَلَ خَالِدٌ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ  

ahmad:16813 – Rawḥ > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Umāmah b. Sahl

It is a lizard. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his hand. I (Khalid) asked: Is it forbidden, Messenger of Allah? He replied, No, but it is not found in the land of my people, so I find it distasteful. Khalid said: I then pulled it and ate it while The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was seeing. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3794)   

أحمد:١٦٨١٣ – حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلٍ

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَخَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ أَنَّهُمَا دَخَلَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْتَ مَيْمُونَةَ فَأُتِيَ بِضَبٍّ مَحْنُوذٍ فَأَهْوَى إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ بَعْضُ النِّسْوَةِ أَخْبِرُوا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ فَقَالَ هُوَ ضَبٌّ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَرَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَدَهُ فَقُلْتُ أَحَرَامٌ هُوَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ لَا وَلَكِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ بِأَرْضِ قَوْمِي فَأَجِدُنِي أَعَافُهُ قَالَ خَالِدٌ فَاجْتَرَرْتُهُ فَأَكَلْتُهُ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَنْظُرُ  

tabarani:3815 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Abū Umāmah b. Sahl b. Ḥunayf > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was brought two roasted lizards, and Khalid ibn al-Walid was with him. The Prophet ﷺ desired to eat them, so it was said to him that they were lizards. He then grabbed them with his hand and Khalid ibn al-Walid said to him, "Is it forbidden, O Messenger of Allah?" He replied, "No, but they are not found in my people's land, so I find them delicious." Khalid then ate, while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was watching him.  

الطبراني:٣٨١٥ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِضَبَّيْنِ مَشْوِيَّيْنِ وَعِنْدَهُ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ فَأَهْوَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِيَأْكُلَ فَقِيلَ إِنَّهُ ضَبٌّ فَأَمْسَكَ بِيَدِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ أَحَرَامٌ هُوَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «لَا وَلَكِنَّهُ لَا يَكُونُ بِأَرْضِ قَوْمِي فَأَجِدُنِي أَعَافُهُ» قَالَ فَأَكَلَ خَالِدٌ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ  

tabarani:3818 – ʿAbdān b. Aḥmad > ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān > Muḥammad b. Ḥarb > al-Zubaydī > al-Zuhrī > Abū Umāmah b. Sahl > Ibn ʿAbbās > Khālid b. al-Walīd

“O Messenger of Allah, it is the flesh of a mastigure.” He took his hand away, and Khalid said to him: “O Messenger of Allah, is a mastigure unlawful?” He said: “No, but it is not found in my land and I find it distasteful.” He said: “Then Khalid bent over the mastigure and ate some of it, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was looking at him.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3241)   

الطبراني:٣٨١٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنِ الزُّبَيْدِيِّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِضَبٍّ مَشْوِيٍّ فَأَهْوَى إِلَيْهِ بِيَدِهِ لِيَأْكُلَ مِنْهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ بَعْضُ مَنْ حَضَرَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهُ لَحْمُ ضَبٍّ فَرَفَعَ يَدَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ خَالِدٌ أَحَرَامٌ هُوَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «لَا وَلَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي أَرْضِ قَوْمِي فَأَجِدُنِي أَعَافُهُ»  

nasai-kubra:6619 – Hārūn b. ʿAbdullāh > Maʿn > Mālik > al-Zuhrī > Abū Umāmah > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās

It is a lizard. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his hand. I (Khalid) asked: Is it forbidden, Messenger of Allah? He replied, No, but it is not found in the land of my people, so I find it distasteful. Khalid said: I then pulled it and ate it while The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was seeing. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3794)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٦١٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ دَخَلَ بَيْتَ مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَتَى بِضَبٍّ محَنُوذٍ فَأَهْوَى إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ بَعْضُ النِّسْوَةِ اللَّائِي فِي بَيْتِ مَيْمُونَةُ أَخْبَرُوا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بِمَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ مِنْهُ فَقَالُوا هُوَ ضَبٌّ فَرَفَعَ يَدَهُ فَقُلْتُ أَحَرَامٌ هُوَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «لَا وَلَمْ يَكُنْ بِأَرْضِ قَوْمِي فَأَجِدُنِي أَعَافُهُ» فَاحْتَزَزْتُهُ فَأَكَلْتُهُ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَنْظُرُ  

nasai-kubra:4809 – Kathīr b. ʿUbayd > Muḥammad b. Ḥarb > al-Zubaydī > al-Zuhrī > Abū Umāmah b. Sahl b. Ḥanīf > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās > Khālid b. al-Walīd

“O Messenger of Allah, it is the flesh of a mastigure.” He took his hand away, and Khalid said to him: “O Messenger of Allah, is a mastigure unlawful?” He said: “No, but it is not found in my land and I find it distasteful.” He said: “Then Khalid bent over the mastigure and ate some of it, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was looking at him.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3241)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٨٠٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنِ الزُّبَيْدِيِّ قَالَ وَأَخْبَرَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حَنِيفٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِضَبٍّ مَشْوِيٍّ فَقُرِّبَ إِلَيْهِ فَأَهْوَى إِلَيْهِ بِيَدِهِ لِيَأْكُلَ مِنْهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ بَعْضُ مَنْ حَضَرَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهُ لَحْمُ ضَبٍّ فَرَفَعَ يَدَهُ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَحَرَامٌ الضَّبُّ؟ قَالَ «لَا وَلَكِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ بِأَرْضِ قَوْمِي فَأَجِدُنِي أَعَافُهُ» فَأَهْوَى خَالِدٌ إِلَى الضَّبِّ فَأَكَلَ مِنْهُ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَنْظُرُ