عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ إِنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ يُحَرِّمِ الضَّبَّ وَلَكِنْ قَذِرَهُ
Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not declare the monitor lizard to be unlawful; he (peace and blessings be upon him) merely disliked it.