وَحَدَّثَنِي ، عَنْ وَحَدَّثَنِي ، عَنْ مَالِك ، عَنْ
زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ ، عَنْ
عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ ، أَنَّ
كَعْبَ الْأَحْبَارِ أَقْبَلَ مِنْ الشَّامِ فِي رَكْبٍ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانُوا بِبَعْضِ الطَّرِيقِ وَجَدُوا لَحْمَ صَيْدٍ ،
فَأَفْتَاهُمْ كَعْبٌ بِأَكْلِهِ ، قَالَ : فَلَمَّا قَدِمُوا عَلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ بِالْمَدِينَةِ ذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لَهُ ، فَقَالَ : " مَنْ أَفْتَاكُمْ بِهَذَا ؟ " قَالُوا : كَعْبٌ ، قَالَ : " فَإِنِّي قَدْ أَمَّرْتُهُ عَلَيْكُمْ حَتَّى تَرْجِعُوا " ، ثُمَّ لَمَّا كَانُوا بِبَعْضِ طَرِيقِ مَكَّةَ مَرَّتْ بِهِمْ رِجْلٌ مِنْ جَرَادٍ ، فَأَفْتَاهُمْ كَعْبٌ أَنْ يَأْخُذُوهُ فَيَأْكُلُوهُ ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمُوا عَلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ذَكَرُوا لَهُ ذَلِكَ ، فَقَالَ : " مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى أَنْ تُفْتِيَهُمْ بِهَذَا ؟ " قَالَ : هُوَ مِنْ صَيْدِ الْبَحْرِ ، قَالَ : " وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ ؟ " ، قَالَ : يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ ، إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا نَثْرَةُ حُوتٍ يَنْثُرُهُ فِي كُلِّ عَامٍ مَرَّتَيْنِ "
When Sayyiduna Ka'b al-Ahbar (may Allah be pleased with him) came from Syria, there were some riders with him who had put on ihram on the way. They saw the meat of game, so Sayyiduna Ka'b al-Ahbar (may Allah be pleased with him) permitted them to eat it. When they came to Madinah, they related this to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). He said: Who gave you this fatwa? They replied: Sayyiduna Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) did. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I have made Ka'b your ruler until you return. Then one day, on the way to Makkah, they came across a swarm of locusts. Sayyiduna Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) gave the fatwa that they could catch and eat them. When those people came to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), they related this to him. He (may Allah be pleased with him) asked Sayyiduna Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him): How did you give this fatwa? Sayyiduna Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the locust is the game of the sea. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: How so? Sayyiduna Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Commander of the Faithful! By the One in Whose hand is my soul! The locust comes out from the sneeze of a fish, which sneezes twice every year.