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hakim:7113ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. Duḥaym al-Shaybānī Bi-al-Kūfah > Aḥmad b. Ḥāzim al-Ghifārī > Abū Nuʿaym > Muḥammad b. Sharīk al-Makkī > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Abū al-Shaʿthāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

The people of pre-Islamic times used to eat some things and leave others alone, considering them unclean. Then Allah sent His Prophet ﷺ and sent down His Book, marking some things lawful and others unlawful; so what He made lawful is lawful, what he made unlawful is unlawful, and what he said nothing about is allowable. And he recited: "Say: I find not in the message received by me by inspiration any (meat) forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it...." up to the end of the verse. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3800)   

الحاكم:٧١١٣أَخْبَرَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ دُحَيْمٍ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ بِالْكُوفَةِ ثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ الْغِفَارِيُّ ثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شَرِيكٍ الْمَكِّيُّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي الشَّعْثَاءِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«كَانَ أَهْلُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَأْكُلُونَ أَشْيَاءَ وَيَتْرُكُونَ أَشْيَاءَ تَقَذُّرًا فَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى نَبِيَّهُ ﷺ وَأَنْزَلَ كِتَابَهُ وَأَحَلَّ حَلَالَهُ وَحَرَّمَ حَرَامَهُ فَمَا أَحَلَّ فَهُوَ حَلَالٌ وَمَا حَرَّمَ فَهُوَ حَرَامٌ وَمَا سَكَتَ عَنْهُ فَهُوَ عَفُوٌّ» وَتَلَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {قُلْ لَا أَجِدُ فِي مَا أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ مُحَرَّمًا عَلَى طَاعِمٍ} [الأنعام 145] الْآيَةَ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» صحيح

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abudawud:3800Muḥammad b. Dāwud b. Ṣubayḥ > al-Faḍl b. Dukayn > Muḥammad / Ibn Sharīk al-Makkī > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Abū al-Shaʿthāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

The people of pre-Islamic times used to eat some things and leave others alone, considering them unclean. Then Allah sent His Prophet ﷺ and sent down His Book, marking some things lawful and others unlawful; so what He made lawful is lawful, what he made unlawful is unlawful, and what he said nothing about is allowable. And he recited: "Say: I find not in the message received by me by inspiration any (meat) forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it...." up to the end of the verse.  

أبو داود:٣٨٠٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ بْنِ صُبَيْحٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ دُكَيْنٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ شَرِيكٍ الْمَكِّيَّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي الشَّعْثَاءِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ أَهْلُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَأْكُلُونَ أَشْيَاءَ وَيَتْرُكُونَ أَشْيَاءَ تَقَذُّرًا فَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى نَبِيَّهُ وَأَنْزَلَ كِتَابَهُ وَأَحَلَّ حَلاَلَهُ وَحَرَّمَ حَرَامَهُ فَمَا أَحَلَّ فَهُوَ حَلاَلٌ وَمَا حَرَّمَ فَهُوَ حَرَامٌ وَمَا سَكَتَ عَنْهُ فَهُوَ عَفْوٌ وَتَلاَ { قُلْ لاَ أَجِدُ فِيمَا أُوحِيَ إِلَىَّ مُحَرَّمًا } إِلَى آخِرِ الآيَةِ