حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْخُزَاعِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ الضَّبُعِ فَقَالَ هُوَ صَيْدٌ وَيُجْعَلُ فِيهِ کَبْشٌ إِذَا صَادَهُ الْمُحْرِمُ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 3800
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The people of pre-Islamic times used to eat some things and leave others alone, considering them unclean. Then Allah sent His Prophet ﷺ and sent down His Book, marking some things lawful and others unlawful; so what He made lawful is lawful, what he made unlawful is unlawful, and what he said nothing about is allowable. And he recited: "Say: I find not in the message received by me by inspiration any (meat) forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it. . . . " up to the end of the verse.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020