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Sunan Abi Dawud
كتاب الأطعمة
Foods (Kitab Al-At'imah)
" لاَ وَلَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ بِأَرْضِ قَوْمِي فَأَجِدُنِي أَعَافُهُ "
It is a lizard. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) raised his hand. I (Khalid) asked: Is it forbidden, Messenger of Allah? He replied, No, but it is not found in the land of my people, so I find it distasteful. Khalid said: I then pulled it and ate it while The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was seeing.
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- Hadith 3846
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- Hadith 3781
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- Hadith 3767
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- Hadith 3736
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- Hadith 3819
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- Hadith 3766
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