“I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, I have come to you to ask you about the vermin of the earth. What do you say about mastigures?’ He said: ‘I do not eat them and I do not forbid them.’ I said: ‘I will eat of that which you have not forbidden. But why (do you not eat them), O Messenger of Allah?’ He said: ‘One of the nations was turned into beasts and I looked at this creature and was uncertain.’ I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, what do you say about rabbits?’ He said: ‘I do not eat them and I do not forbid them.’ I said: ‘I will eat of that which you have not forbidden. But why (do you not eat them), O Messenger of Allah?’ He said: ‘I have been told that it menstruates.’”  

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ جِئْتُكَ لأَسْأَلَكَ عَنْ أَحْنَاشِ الأَرْضِ مَا تَقُولُ فِي الضَّبِّ قَالَ لاَ آكُلُهُ وَلاَ أُحَرِّمُهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَإِنِّي آكُلُ مِمَّا لَمْ تُحَرِّمْ وَلِمَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ فُقِدَتْ أُمَّةٌ مِنَ الأُمَمِ وَرَأَيْتُ خَلْقًا رَابَنِي قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا تَقُولُ فِي الأَرْنَبِ قَالَ لاَ آكُلُهُ وَلاَ أُحَرِّمُهُ قُلْتُ فَإِنِّي آكُلُ مِمَّا لَمْ تُحَرِّمْ وَلِمَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ نُبِّئْتُ أَنَّهَا تَدْمَى  

[Machine] I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the birds of prey of the land, and he said, "Ask about whatever you want." So I said, "O Messenger of Allah, tell me about the lizard?" He said, "I do not eat it nor do I prohibit it. I have been informed that a nation from the Children of Israel has been transformed into animals in the land." So I said, "I will not leave anything that you have not forbidden without eating it." He said, "I said that I do not eat it and do not prohibit it because I have been informed that it menstruates." So I said, "I have not left anything that you have not forbidden without eating it." I said, "What about the fox?" He said, "Does anyone eat the fox?" I said, "What about the hyena?" He said, "Does anyone eat the hyena?" I said, "What about the wolf?" He said, "Does anyone eat the wolf? Is there any good in it?"  

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ أَحْنَاشِ الْأَرْضِ فَقَالَ «سَلْ عَمَّا شِئْتَ» فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الضَّبِّ؟ فَقَالَ «لَا آكُلُهُ وَلَا أَنْهَى عَنْهُ حُدِّثْتُ أَنَّ أُمَّةً مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مُسِخَتْ دَوَابَّ فِي الْأَرْضِ» فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي لَنْ أَدَعَ شَيْئًا لَمْ تَنْهُ عَنْهُ أَنْ آكُلَهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَالْأَرْنَبُ؟ فَقَالَ «لَا آكُلُهَا وَلَا أَنْهَى عَنْهَا إِنِّي نُبِّئْتُ أَنَّهَا تَحِيضُ» فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي لَمْ أَدَعْ شَيْئًا لَمْ تَنْهُ عَنْهُ أَنْ آكُلُهُ قُلْتُ فَالثَّعْلَبُ؟ قَالَ «فَهَلْ يَأْكُلُ الثَّعْلَبَ أَحَدٌ؟» قُلْتُ فَالضَّبُعُ؟ قَالَ «وَهَلْ يَأْكُلُ الضَّبُعَ أَحَدٌ؟» قُلْتُ فَالذِّئْبُ؟ قَالَ «وَهَلْ يَأْكُلُ الذِّئْبَ أَحَدٌ فِيهِ خَيْرٌ؟»