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Mastigures[1]

English source

Darussalam · Volume 5

42. The Book Of HuntingAnd Slaughtering

Sunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition (opens in a new tab)

الحديث: 4314 ¦ الجزء: 7 ¦ الصفحة: 197

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English translation

4319. It was narrated from Ibn ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was asked about mastigures when he was on the Minbar and he said: “I do not eat them, but I do not say that they are Harām.” (Sahīh)

Arabic text

4314 - أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ سُئِلَ عَنِ الضَّبِّ، فَقَالَ: «لَا آكُلُهُ وَلَا أُحَرِّمُهُ»

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    [1] It is a lizard which grows to be of a foot length or longer. They are not the same as the gecko for which there are orders, or encouragement, to kill. Its scientific name is Uromastyx.

Commentary

The Arabic expression used is Dhabb, which is generally taken to mean lizard. The species of lizard referred to here is large, somewhat akin to the size of the iguana of South America, or the sand lizard.