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1821. Abū Ya'fūr Al-'Abdī narrated that 'Abdullāh bin Abī Awfā was asked about locust. He said: "I participated in six military expeditions with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, (and) we ate locust." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This is how Sufyān bin 'Uyainah reported this Hadīth from Abū Ya'fūr. He said: "Six military expeditions," while Sufyān Ath-Thawrī reported this Hadīth from Abū Ya'fūr, and he said: "Seven military expeditions."
[He said:] There are narrations on this topic from Ibn 'Umar and Jābir.
[He said:] This Hadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ. Abū Ya'fūr's name is Wāqīd. They also call him Waqḏān. There is another Abū Ya'fūr whose name is 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin 'Ubaid bin Niṣṭas.
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Scholars unanimously declare the eating of locust lawful. It is not necessary to slaughter it. Its catching is its slaughtering. Mālikī according to a famous tradition, are believed to hold the view that the cutting of the locusts heads is its slaughtering (Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhī, v.3, p.78). Something regarding locusts preceded in no. 850.
