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muslim:1950 – Salamah b. Shabīb > al-Ḥasan b. Aʿyan > Maʿqil > Abū al-Zubayr > Saʾalt Jābir > al-Ḍab > Lā Taṭʿamūh And Qadhirah

I asked Jabir about ithe eating) of the lizard, whereupon he said: Don't eat that as he (the Holy Prophet) felt disgust. He (the narrator) said that Umar b. al-Khattab reminded: Allah's Apostle ﷺ did not declare it to be unlawful. Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, has (made it a source) of benefit for more than one (persons). It is a common diet of the shepherds. Had it been with me, I would have eaten that.  

مسلم:١٩٥٠ – وَحَدَّثَنِي سَلَمَةُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَعْيَنَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْقِلٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ جَابِرًا عَنِ الضَّبِّ فَقَالَ لاَ تَطْعَمُوهُ وَقَذِرَهُ

وَقَالَ قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمْ يُحَرِّمْهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ ﷻ يَنْفَعُ بِهِ غَيْرَ وَاحِدٍ فَإِنَّمَا طَعَامُ عَامَّةِ الرِّعَاءِ مِنْهُ وَلَوْ كَانَ عِنْدِي طَعِمْتُهُ  

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ahmad:14684 – Ḥasan > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū al-Zubayr > Saʾalt Jābir > al-Ḍab

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was presented with it, and he said, "I will not eat it and I consider it filthy." Umar ibn Al-Khattab said, "Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not prohibit it, and surely Allah ﷻ can benefit others from it besides one person. It is the food of the general public, and if I had it, I would eat it."  

أحمد:١٤٦٨٤ – حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ جَابِرًا عَنِ الضَّبِّ فَقَالَ

أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِهِ فَقَالَ لَا أَطْعَمُهُ وَقَذِرَهُ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ يُحَرِّمْهُ وَإِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ لَيَنْفَعُ بِهِ غَيْرَ وَاحِدٍ وَهُوَ طَعَامُ عَامَّةِ الرِّعَاءِ وَلَوْ كَانَ عِنْدِي لَطَعِمْتُهُ  

bayhaqi:19420 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb And ʾAbū ʿAmr b. Abū Jaʿfar > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad > Salamah b. Shabīb > al-Ḥasan b. Aʿyan > Maʿqil > Abū al-Zubayr > Saʾalt Jābir > al-Ḍab > Lā Taṭʿamūh Waqadhirah > ʿUmar b.

[Machine] And Umar ibn Al-Khattab said: "Verily, the Prophet ﷺ did not forbid it, as Allah Almighty can benefit with it more than one person. Indeed, it is the food of the general public, even if I were to taste it."  

البيهقي:١٩٤٢٠ – وَقَدْ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ وَأَبُو عَمْرِو بْنُ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ قَالَا ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ثنا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَعْيَنَ ثنا مَعْقِلٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ جَابِرًا ؓ عَنِ الضَّبِّ فَقَالَ لَا تَطْعَمُوهُ وَقَذِرَهُ

وَقَالَ قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمْ يُحَرِّمْهُ إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى يَنْفَعُ بِهِ غَيْرَ وَاحِدٍ فَإِنَّمَا طَعَامُ عَامَّةِ الرِّعَاءِ مِنْهُ وَلَوْ كَانَ عِنْدِي طَعِمْتُهُ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ شَبِيبٍ وَكَذَلِكَ رَوَاهُ سُلَيْمَانُ الْيَشْكُرِيُّ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ وَعَلَى هَذَا حَدِيثُ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ