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muslim:1943cMuḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr from my father > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

I neither eat it, nor do I prohibit it.  

مسلم:١٩٤٣cوَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ عَنْ أَكْلِ الضَّبِّ فَقَالَ لاَ آكُلُهُ وَلاَ أُحَرِّمُهُ  


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Collected by Muslim, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
muslim:1943b[Chain 1] Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Layth [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. Rumḥ > al-Layth > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

A person asked Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the eating of the lizard, whereupon he said. I neither eat it, nor do I prohibit it.  

مسلم:١٩٤٣bوَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ أَكْلِ الضَّبِّ فَقَالَ لاَ آكُلُهُ وَلاَ أُحَرِّمُهُ  

nasai:4314Qutaybah > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

the Messenger of Allah was asked about mastigures when he was on the Minbar and he said? "I do not eat them, but I do not say that they are Haram."  

النسائي:٤٣١٤أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ سُئِلَ عَنِ الضَّبِّ فَقَالَ لاَ آكُلُهُ وَلاَ أُحَرِّمُهُ  

abudawud:3813Muḥammad b. al-Faraj al-Baghdādī > Ibn al-Zibriqān > Sulaymān al-Taymī > Abū ʿUthmān al-Nahdī > Salmān

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about (eating) locusts. He replied: They are the most numerous of Allah's hosts. I neither eat them nor declare them unlawful.  

أبو داود:٣٨١٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَرَجِ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الزِّبْرِقَانِ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ التَّيْمِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ عَنْ سَلْمَانَ قَالَ

سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنِ الْجَرَادِ فَقَالَ أَكْثَرُ جُنُودِ اللَّهِ لاَ آكُلُهُ وَلاَ أُحَرِّمُهُ  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ رَوَاهُ الْمُعْتَمِرُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَمْ يَذْكُرْ سَلْمَانَ
ibnmajah:3219Abū Bishr Bakr b. Khalaf And Naṣr b. ʿAlī > Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá b. ʿUmārah > Abū al-ʿAwwām > Abū ʿUthmān al-Nahdī > Salmān

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about locusts. He said: ‘(They are) the most numerous troop of Allah. I neither eat them nor forbid them.’”  

ابن ماجة:٣٢١٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ بَكْرُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ وَنَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ عُمَارَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَوَّامِ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ عَنْ سَلْمَانَ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْجَرَادِ فَقَالَ أَكْثَرُ جُنُودِ اللَّهِ لاَ آكُلُهُ وَلاَ أُحَرِّمُهُ  

ahmad:5962Ḥusayn > Jarīr > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

the Messenger of Allah was asked about mastigures when he was on the Minbar and he said? "I do not eat them, but I do not say that they are Haram." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4314)   

أحمد:٥٩٦٢حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ عَنْ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنِ الضَّبِّ؟ فَقَالَ لَا آكُلُهُ وَلَا أُحَرِّمُهُ  

ahmad:5440ʿAffān > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muslim > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the lizard. He replied, "I do not eat it, nor do I declare it forbidden."  

أحمد:٥٤٤٠حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ دِينَارٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الضَّبِّ؟ فَقَالَ لَسْتُ آكِلَهُ وَلَا مُحَرِّمَهُ  

ahmad:5058And Jadt Fī Kitāb Abū > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Shuʿbah > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] He said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and a man asked him about the lizard. He said, "I neither eat it nor prohibit it."  

أحمد:٥٠٥٨قَالَ وَجَدْتُ فِي كِتَابِ أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ

قالُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ عَنِ الضَّبِّ قَالَ لَا آكُلُهُ وَلَا أُحَرِّمُهُ  

ahmad:5068And Jadt Fī Kitāb Abū > Yazīd > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

I neither eat it, nor do I prohibit it. (Using translation from Muslim 1943c)   

أحمد:٥٠٦٨قَالَ وَجَدْتُ فِي كِتَابِ أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِوَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ عَنِ الضَّبِّ فَقَالَ لَا آكُلُهُ وَلَا أُحَرِّمُهُ  

ahmad:4562Sufyān > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār

[Machine] Narrated by Ibn 'Umar, the Prophet ﷺ was asked about the lizard, to which he replied, "I neither eat it nor consider it forbidden."  

أحمد:٤٥٦٢حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ

عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنِ الضَّبِّ فَقَالَ لَا آكُلُهُ وَلَا أُحَرِّمُهُ  

ahmad:4573Sufyān > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar And Hishām from his father

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was asked about the lizard, and he replied, "I neither eat it nor make it forbidden."  

أحمد:٤٥٧٣حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ وَهِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنِ الضَّبِّ فَقَالَ لَا آكُلُهُ وَلَا أُحَرِّمُهُ  

ahmad:4882ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar And ʿUbayd Allāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the eating of (the flesh) of the lizard, whereupon he said: I am neither the eater of it nor its prohibitor. (Using translation from Muslim 1943a)   

أحمد:٤٨٨٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ وَعُبَيْدُ اللهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنِ الضَّبِّ فَقَالَ لَسْتُ بِآكِلِهِ وَلَا مُحَرِّمِهِ  

ahmad:5255Wakīʿ > Sufyān > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār Wa-al-ʿUmarī > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about locusts. He said: ‘(They are) the most numerous troop of Allah. I neither eat them nor forbid them.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3219)   

أحمد:٥٢٥٥حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ وَالْعُمَرِيُّ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الضَّبِّ؟ فَقَالَ لَا آكُلُهُ وَلَا أُحَرِّمُهُ  

darimi:2058Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Sufyān > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the eating of (the flesh) of the lizard, whereupon he said: I am neither the eater of it nor its prohibitor. (Using translation from Muslim 1943a)   

الدارمي:٢٠٥٨أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنِ الضَّبِّ فَقَالَ «لَسْتُ بِآكِلِهِ وَلَا مُحَرِّمِهِ»  

nasai-kubra:4807Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

the Messenger of Allah was asked about mastigures when he was on the Minbar and he said? "I do not eat them, but I do not say that they are Haram." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4314)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٨٠٧أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ سُئِلَ عَنِ الضَّبِّ فَقَالَ «لَا آكُلُهُ وَلَا أُحَرِّمُهُ»