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muslim:1949Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm And ʿAbd b. Ḥumayd > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

I do not know; perhaps it (lizard) might (be one of those natives of) the distant past whose (forms) had beer, distorted.  

مسلم:١٩٤٩حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ قَالاَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِضَبٍّ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَ مِنْهُ وَقَالَ لاَ أَدْرِي لَعَلَّهُ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ الَّتِي مُسِخَتْ  


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ahmad:14460ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Ibn Jurayj > Baw al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

I do not know; perhaps it (lizard) might (be one of those natives of) the distant past whose (forms) had beer, distorted. (Using translation from Muslim 1949)   

أحمد:١٤٤٦٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أبَو الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَقُولُ أُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِضَبٍّ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَهُ وَقَالَ إِنِّي لَا أَدْرِي لَعَلَّهُ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ الْأُولَى الَّتِي مُسِخَتْ  

ahmad:15066Muḥammad b. Bakr > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

I do not know; perhaps it (lizard) might (be one of those natives of) the distant past whose (forms) had beer, distorted. (Using translation from Muslim 1949)   

أحمد:١٥٠٦٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَقُولُ أُتِيَ بِضَبٍّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَهُ وَقَالَ لَا أَدْرِي لَعَلَّهُ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ الْأُولَى الَّتِي مُسِخَتْ