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nasai:4315Qutaybah > Mālik > Nāfiʿ And ʿAbd Allāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar > a man

"O Messenger of Allah what do you think about mastigures?" He said: "I do not eat them but I do not say that they arte Haram."  

النسائي:٤٣١٥أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ رَجُلاً قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا تَرَى فِي الضَّبِّ قَالَ لَسْتُ بِآكِلِهِ وَلاَ مُحَرِّمِهِ  


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bukhari:5536Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muslim > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

The Prophet ﷺ said, "I do not eat mastigure, but I do not prohibit its eating."  

البخاري:٥٥٣٦حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ دِينَارٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ ؓ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الضَّبُّ لَسْتُ آكُلُهُ وَلاَ أُحَرِّمُهُ  

malik:54-11Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

Malik related to me from Abdullah ibn Dinar from Abdullah ibn Umar that a man called the Messenger of Allah and said, "Messenger of Allah, what do you think about lizards?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I do not eat them, and I do not forbid them."  

مالك:٥٤-١١وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً نَادَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا تَرَى فِي الضَّبِّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَسْتُ بِآكِلِهِ وَلاَ بِمُحَرِّمِهِ  

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: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:5280ʿAbd al-Raḥman > 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)   

أحمد:٥٢٨٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنِي سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ

سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الضَّبِّ فَقَالَ لَسْتُ بِآكِلِهِ وَلَا مُحَرِّمِهِ  

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:4808Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Mālik > Nāfiʿ And ʿAbd Allāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar > a man

"O Messenger of Allah what do you think about mastigures?" He said: "I do not eat them but I do not say that they arte Haram." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4315)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٨٠٨أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا تَرَى فِي الضَّبِّ؟ قَالَ «لَسْتُ بِآكِلِهِ وَلَا مُحَرِّمِهِ»