Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 25937 — Reports on eating the dabb lizard

It is narrated from Yazid bin al-Asamm; he said: We were invited to a wedding feast in Madinah, and thirteen dabb lizards were served to us. Some people ate them and some did not. The next day I met Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and told him about this. Many people were around Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), and some of them said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I neither eat it nor forbid it; I neither declare it lawful nor declare it unlawful." At this Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: You have spoken badly. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was sent precisely as one who declares things lawful and unlawful. Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was with Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her), and with him (peace and blessings be upon him) were Sayyiduna al-Fadl bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), Sayyiduna Khalid bin al-Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) and another woman. A dining spread with meat on it was brought towards him (peace and blessings be upon him). When he (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to eat (from it), Sayyidah Maymunah said to him (peace and blessings be upon him): This is the meat of a dabb lizard. At this he (peace and blessings be upon him) withheld his hand and said: "This is meat that I have never eaten." And he said to the people: "Eat." So Sayyiduna al-Fadl bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), Sayyiduna Khalid bin al-Walid and that woman ate (from it). And Sayyidah Maymunah said: I will eat only that which he (peace and blessings be upon him) eats.