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Sahih Muslim
كتاب الصيد والذبائح وما يؤكل من الحيوان
The Book of Hunting, Slaughter, and what may be Eaten
" لَسْتُ بِآكِلِهِ وَلاَ مُحَرِّمِهِ "
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was asked about the eating of (the flesh) of the lizard, whereupon he said: I am neither the eater of it nor its prohibitor.
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- Hadith 1931c
He (the Holy Prophet) said in regard to the game killed by (a trained) dog: Eat after three days provided it has not gone rotten.
- Hadith 1954b
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Kahmas.
- Hadith 1929b
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- Hadith 1945c
Ibn 'Abbas reported that there had been brought to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) the flesh of a lizard and Khalid b. Walid was also present there. The rest of the…
- Hadith 1407f
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- Hadith 1935f
" The army ate out of that (the whale) for eighteen days."