Reports on the lizard (dabb)

Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Hasanah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: We were travelling with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The narrator says: We camped at a place where there were very many lizards (dabb). The narrator says: We caught them and slaughtered them. The narrator says: While they were cooking in the pots, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to us and said: "A nation of the Children of Israel went missing, and I fear that it may be these; so overturn these pots!" (The narrator says:) So we overturned them, even though we were hungry.
Ahmad recorded it, and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and Abu Ya'la and al-Bazzar; the narrators of all of them are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Ghanm (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A group of the Children of Israel perished, and it is not known where they perished. I fear that they may be these lizards."
Ahmad recorded it. He mentioned regarding Abd al-Rahman bin Ghanm, in his biographical account, that this narration is mursal (missing the Companion link) and hasan (good) in its chain, while according to the view of Imam Ahmad this narration is muttasil (connected).

Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A Bedouin man from Banu Fazarah came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was delivering a sermon. He interrupted the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the middle of the sermon and said: "O Messenger of Allah, what do you say about the lizard (dabb)?" He said: "A group of the Children of Israel was transformed, and I do not know into which animal's form they were transformed."
Ahmad recorded it through Husayn bin Qabisah, from a man, from Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him). He also recorded it through various routes from the narrator Husayn, from Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him). Al-Bazzar and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir recorded it likewise, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyidah Aishah al-Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: A lizard was presented as a gift to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but he did not eat it. Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: I said to him: "O Messenger of Allah, should we not feed it to the poor?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not feed them what you yourselves do not eat."
Ahmad and Abu Ya'la recorded it, and the narrators of both are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The lizard was a nation that was transformed into the form of creatures of the earth."
Al-Bazzar recorded it, and Ahmad recorded something similar; the basis of this narration is the narration reported by Thabit bin Wadi'ah, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A man asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "What is your view about the lizard?" He said: "A nation was transformed, and Allah knows best." The narrator says: Uyaynah bin Badr came in and saw a cupper cupping the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with a horn. He asked: "Are you letting him do this to your flesh?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Cupping is the best of all the methods with which you treat yourselves."
Al-Bazzar recorded it, and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; the narrators of al-Bazzar are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked him for a ruling about the lizard. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I neither command it nor forbid anyone from it, except that we, the family of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), will not eat it."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and al-Bazzar; its chain contains Muhammad bin Ibrahim bin Habib, and I do not know him.

It is reported about Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he was asked about the lizard, and he said: "Ever since the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said something about it, my state has been that we have refrained from eating it."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and its chain is hasan (good).

Sayyiduna Abu Maryam (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade eating the lizard.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its chain contains Isma'il bin Ayyash, who is da'if (weak) when narrating from the people of the Hijaz.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: A lizard was eaten in the presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) found it distasteful, and whatever the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) found distasteful, we also find distasteful.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its chain contains Muhammad bin Ishaq, who is thiqah (trustworthy), but he is a mudallis (one who conceals defects in the chain).

Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her), the honoured wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), narrates: My sister Umm Hufaydah gave me some lizards as a gift. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) returned after the Isha prayer, and with him was Sayyiduna Khalid (may Allah be pleased with him), who was the nephew of Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her). I presented the lizard meat to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He stretched out his hand, thinking that it might be chicken. I said: "O Messenger of Allah, do you know what this is?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No." Then he withheld his hand. I said: "This is lizard." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This is the food of the Bedouins." Sayyiduna Khalid (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: "Is it unlawful?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No." So Sayyiduna Khalid (may Allah be pleased with him) ate of its meat in front of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was watching.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its chain contains Muhammad bin Ishaq, who is thiqah (trustworthy) but a mudallis (one who conceals defects in the chain); the remaining narrators of this narration are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: A lizard was given to her as a gift. Two men of her people came to her. On the instruction of Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her), its meat was prepared, and then Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) placed that meat before the two men. Meanwhile, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived while the two men were eating. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) welcomed them both, then he too began to join in the meal. When he brought a morsel towards his mouth, he asked: "What is this?" Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "It is lizard, which was given to us as a gift." Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) put the morsel down. The two men intended to take out what was in their mouths as well, but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not do that. You people, the people of Najd, eat it, while we, the people of Tihamah, do not eat it."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its chain contains Yazid bin Abi Ziyad, who is among those whose hadith is written down despite their weakness.

Imam al-Sha'bi narrates: I sat with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) for two years (the narrator is unsure, perhaps the words are:) a year and a half, and I never heard him narrate any hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), except that once he narrated this hadith from one of the honoured wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): A lizard was brought to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Eat it; there is no harm in it, but it is not the food of my people."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Seven lizards were brought to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), along with dates and ghee. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You eat it; I keep away from it."
Ahmad recorded it; its chain contains Abu al-Muhazzim, who is da'if (weak). Ahmad said: "How close to acceptable his hadith is!"

Abu Ishaq narrates: I was sitting with Abd al-Rahman bin Abdullah when a man came to him and asked him about his son al-Qasim. He said: "He went to al-Kunasah to bring back lizards." The man said: "Do you eat it?" Abd al-Rahman said: "Who has declared it unlawful? I heard Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) say: 'One who declares the lawful unlawful is like one who declares the unlawful lawful.'"
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.