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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب الأطعمةBook of Foods
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي الضَّبُChapter: What Has Been Reported Regarding the Dabb Lizard
Hadith 7295
اُردوEn
عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا بِأَرْضٍ مَضَبَّةٍ فَمَا تَأْمُرُنَا أَوْ مَا تُفْتِينَا قَالَ ذُكِرَ لِي أَنَّ أُمَّةً مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مُسِخَتْ فَلَمْ يَأْمُرْ وَلَمْ يَنْهَ قَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ فَلَمَّا كَانَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَيَنْفَعُ بِهِ غَيْرَ وَاحِدٍ وَإِنَّهُ لَطَعَامُ عَامَّةِ الرِّعَاءِ وَلَوْ كَانَ عِنْدِي لَطَعِمْتُهُ وَإِنَّمَا عَافَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ
Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a man said: O Messenger of Allah! We live in a land where there are lizards; what do you command us regarding them? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It has been mentioned to me that a community from the Children of Israel was transformed (into another form), then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) neither commanded to eat it nor forbade eating it. Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id says that after this, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Indeed, Allah gives benefit to many people through it; most of the food of shepherds is this lizard. If I had it, I would eat it. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) disliked it, he did not declare it unlawful.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … The wording of a narration in Musnad Ahmad (11144) is as follows: In response to this man, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said: “It has reached me that a community from among the Children of Israel was transformed into the forms of animals, but I do not know which animals they were.” Then the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam neither commanded him to eat it nor forbade him from it.
