Bayan Al-Hadith › Sahih Muslim › The Book of Hunting, Slaughter, and what may be Eaten
Sahih Muslim 1944aصحيح مسلم 1944a
وَحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ تَوْبَةَ الْعَنْبَرِيِّ، سَمِعَ الشَّعْبِيَّ، سَمِعَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ مَعَهُ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فِيهِمْ سَعْدٌ وَأُتُوا بِلَحْمِ ضَبٍّ فَنَادَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ نِسَاءِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِنَّهُ لَحْمُ ضَبٍّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " كُلُوا فَإِنَّهُ حَلاَلٌ وَلَكِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ طَعَامِي " .
Ibn 'Umar reported that there were some persons with Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) from among his Companions, Sa'd being one of them. There was brought to them the flesh of the lizard when a lady amongst the wives of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) said: It is the flesh of the lizard. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon him) said: Eat, for it is lawful, but it is not my diet.
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
عبيد الله بن معاذ ← معاذ بن معاذ بن نصر ← شعبة بن الحجاج بن الورد ← توبة بن أبي الأسد ← عامر بن شراحيل ← عبد الله بن عمر
Ubaydullah ibn Mu'adh → Mu'adh ibn Mu'adh ibn Nasr → Shu'ba ibn al-Hajjaj ibn al-Ward → Tawba ibn Abi al-Asad → Amir ibn Sharahil → Ibn `Umar