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“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)   

الطبراني:٦١٢٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ وَمُوسَى بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَا ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَرَجِ أَنَا أَبُو هَمَّامٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الزِّبْرِقَانِ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ سَلْمَانَ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْجَرَادِ فَقَالَ «أَكْثَرُ جُنُودِ اللهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ»  

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah
abudawud:3813 – Muḥammad 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:٣٨١٣ – حَدَّثَنَا 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:3219 – Abū 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:٣٢١٩ – حَدَّثَنَا 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