Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 27910 — Awe of narrating from the Messenger

Tawbah al-Anbari said that Imam al-Sha'bi said to me: "What is your opinion of al-Hasan al-Basri when he says, 'The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said'? Yet I have sat in the company of Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), and I never heard him narrate any hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), except one hadith which he narrated: A lizard (dabb) was brought to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'This is not my food; as for you, eat it.'"