و حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ وَحَرْمَلَةُ جَمِيعًا عَنْ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ حَرْمَلَةُ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ الَّذِي يُقَالُ لَهُ سَيْفُ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَی مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهِيَ خَالَتُهُ وَخَالَةُ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَوَجَدَ عِنْدَهَا ضَبًّا مَحْنُوذًا قَدِمَتْ بِهِ أُخْتُهَا حُفَيْدَةُ بِنْتُ الْحَارِثِ مِنْ نَجْدٍ فَقَدَّمَتْ الضَّبَّ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَکَانَ قَلَّمَا يُقَدَّمُ إِلَيْهِ طَعَامٌ حَتَّی يُحَدَّثَ بِهِ وَيُسَمَّی لَهُ فَأَهْوَی رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَدَهُ إِلَی الضَّبِّ فَقَالَتْ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ النِّسْوَةِ الْحُضُورِ أَخْبِرْنَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِمَا قَدَّمْتُنَّ لَهُ قُلْنَ هُوَ الضَّبُّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَرَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَدَهُ فَقَالَ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ أَحَرَامٌ الضَّبُّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ لَا وَلَکِنَّهُ لَمْ يَکُنْ بِأَرْضِ قَوْمِي فَأَجِدُنِي أَعَافُهُ قَالَ خَالِدٌ فَاجْتَرَرْتُهُ فَأَکَلْتُهُ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ يَنْظُرُ فَلَمْ يَنْهَنِي
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 5035
Abdullah b. 'Abbas reported that Khalid b. Walid who is called the Sword of Allah had informed him that he visited Maimuna, the wife of Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), in the company of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), and she was the sister of his mother (that of Khalid) and that of 'Ibn Abbas, and he found with her a roasted lizard which her sister Hufaida the daughter of al-Harith had brought from Najd, and she presented that lizard to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ). It was rare that some food was presented to the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and it was not mentioned or named. While Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) was about to stretch forth his hand towards the lizard, a woman from amongst the women present there informed the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) what they had presented to him. They said: Messenger of Allah, it is a lizard. Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) withdrew his hand, whereupon Khalid b. Walid said: Messenger of Allah, is a lizard forbidden? There opon he said: No, but it is not found in the land of my people, and I feel that I have no liking for it. Khalid said: I then chewed and ate it, and Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) was looking at me and he did not forbid (me to eat it).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020