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Bayhaqi 19416 — Reports on the dabb (desert lizard)

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، وَأَبُو صَادِقِ بْنُ أَبِي الْفَوَارِسِ قَالَا: ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَفَّانَ، ثنا أَسْبَاطُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْأَصَمِّ، قَالَ: دُعِينَا لِعُرْسٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَقُرِّبَ إِلَيْنَا طَعَامٌ فَأَكَلْنَا، ثُمَّ قُرِّبَ إِلَيْنَا ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ ضَبًّا فَمِنْ آكِلٍ وَتَارِكٍ، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْتُ أَتَيْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ فَقُلْتُ: تَزَوَّجَ فُلَانٌ فَقُرِّبَ إِلَيْنَا طَعَامٌ فَأَكَلْنَا، ثُمَّ قُرِّبَ إِلَيْنَا ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ ضَبًّا فَمِنْ آكِلٍ وَتَارِكٍ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُ مَنْ عِنْدَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " لَا آكُلُهُ وَلَا أُحَرِّمُهُ وَلَا آمُرُ بِهِ وَلَا أَنْهَى عَنْهُ ". فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: بِئْسَ مَا تَقُولُونَ، مَا بُعِثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَّا مُحَلِّلًا وَمُحَرِّمًا، قُرِّبَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَحْمُ ضَبٍّ، فَمَدَّ يَدَهُ لِيَأْكُلَ فَقَالَتْ لَهُ مَيْمُونَةُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهُ لَحْمُ ضَبٍّ، فَكَفَّ يَدَهُ وَقَالَ: " هَذَا لَحْمٌ لَمْ آكُلْهُ قَطُّ فَكُلُوا ". قَالَ: فَأَكَلَ الْفَضْلُ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، وَخَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، وَامْرَأَةٌ كَانَتْ مَعَهُمْ، وَقَالَتْ مَيْمُونَةُ: لَا آكُلُ مِنْ طَعَامٍ لَمْ يَأْكُلْ مِنْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُسْهِرٍ عَنِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ.
Al-Shaybani narrates from Yazid bin al-Asamm: At a wedding in Madinah we were given food, which we ate; after that thirteen lizards (dabb) were presented before us; some ate them and some left them. In the morning I came to Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and asked, saying that after the food thirteen lizards had been presented before us, and some ate them and some left them. Someone sitting with Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had said: "I do not eat it, but I do not declare it unlawful either; I neither order it to be eaten nor forbid it." Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Evil is what you say! The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was sent only as one who declares things lawful and unlawful. Lizard meat was presented to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) extended his hand to eat it, but Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "O Messenger of Allah, this is lizard meat." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) drew back his hand and said: "I have never eaten this meat; you eat it." So al-Fadl bin Abbas and Khalid bin al-Walid (may Allah be pleased with them both) and a woman who was with them ate it. Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The food that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not eat, I did not eat either.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19416
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