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Muslim 5031
Hunting, Slaughter, and what may be Eaten
Muslim 5031Sahih
Hunting, Slaughter, and what may be Eatenكتاب الصيد والذبائح وما يؤكل من الحيوان
A hadith pertaining to the eating of the lizard is transmitted from the Prophet (ﷺ) on the authority of Ibn 'Umar, but in this very hadith narrated through a different chain of transmitters there is a slight variation of wording (and the words are):" A lizard was brought to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) but he neither ate that nor declared it unlawful." And in the hadith transmitted through Usama (the words are):" The man (inquirer) was standing in the mosque and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was sitting on the pulpit