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Muslim 5043 · Book 34

Sahih Muslim, 5043

The Book of Hunting, Slaughter, and what may be Eaten

Sahih (authentic)by the collection

وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا بِأَرْضٍ مَضَبَّةٍ فَمَا تَأْمُرُنَا أَوْ فَمَا تُفْتِينَا قَالَ ‏ "‏ ذُكِرَ لِي أَنَّ أُمَّةً مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مُسِخَتْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَلَمْ يَأْمُرْ وَلَمْ يَنْهَ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ فَلَمَّا كَانَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ عُمَرُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَيَنْفَعُ بِهِ غَيْرَ وَاحِدٍ وَإِنَّهُ لَطَعَامُ عَامَّةِ هَذِهِ الرِّعَاءِ وَلَوْ كَانَ عِنْدِي لَطَعِمْتُهُ إِنَّمَا عَافَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏.‏

Abu Sa'id reported that a person said:Messenger of Allah, we live in a land abounding in lizards, so what do you command or what verdict you give (about eating of it)? Thereupon he said: It was mentioned to me that a people from among Bani Isra'il were distorted (so there is a likelihood that those people might have been distorted in the shape of lizards). So he neither commanded (us to eat that) nor forbade (us). Abu Sa'id said: After some time Umar said: Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, has made it (a source of) benefit for more than one (person), for it is the common diet of shepherds. Had it been with me, I would have eaten that. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) disliked it
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Rapporté par Abu Sa’id : Un homme a dit : « Ô Messager d’Allah, nous vivons dans une région où il y a beaucoup de lézards. Que nous ordonnes-tu ou quel jugement donnes-tu à ce sujet ? » Il répondit : « On m’a rapporté qu’un peuple parmi les Enfants d’Israël a été transformé (et il est possible que ces gens aient été changés en lézards). » Il ne nous a donc ni ordonné d’en manger, ni interdit d’en manger. Abu Sa’id ajoute : Après quelque temps, Omar a dit : « Allah, le Très-Haut et Majestueux, en a fait une source de bénéfice pour plusieurs personnes, car c’est un aliment courant chez les bergers. Si j’en avais eu, je l’aurais mangé. Le Messager d’Allah ﷺ n’aimait pas cela. »
FR · French translation supplied by the source (hadith-api), not proofread.

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Sahih collection: its hadiths are held authentic by the compiler.

Source: fawazahmed0/hadith-api (public domain).