Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with both of them) narrates this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding the monitor lizard: "When a person in the state of ihram kills it, then its expiation will be a sheep, and its meat will be eaten."

Abdur Rahman bin Abu Ammar reports: We asked Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) about the lizard, so he said: One ram must be given. I asked: Is this obligatory? He replied: Yes, he said that it is obligatory.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The dhabb (spiny-tailed lizard) is game." (The narrator says) The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prescribed the expiation of a ram for it.

Abdur Rahman bin Abu Ammar reports about Sayyiduna Jabir, may Allah be pleased with him, he says: I asked whether the lizard can be eaten? He replied: Yes! I asked: Is it considered game? He replied: Yes! I asked: Did you hear this from the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him? He replied: Yes!

Ibn Abu Ammar narrates: I asked Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) about the lizard: Is it considered game? He replied: Yes! I asked: Can it be eaten? He said: Yes! I inquired: Did you hear this from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? He replied: Yes!

Abdur Rahman bin Abu Ammar narrates: He asked Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) about the lizard. He asked: Can it be eaten? Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: Yes! He asked: Is it considered game? He replied: Yes! He asked: Did you hear this from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? He replied: Yes!

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with both of them) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about the lizard, so he (peace be upon him) said: "It is game." (The narrator says) If a person in the state of ihram kills it, then the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has prescribed its expiation as the sacrifice of a sheep.

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Regarding the lizard, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "If a person in the state of ihram kills it, he must give a sheep as expiation." And regarding the deer, he said: "A goat must be sacrificed." Regarding the rabbit, he said: "A kid goat must be sacrificed." And regarding the jerboa, he said: "For it, a young goat must be sacrificed." The narrator says: The word "jafrah" used in the hadith refers to a young animal that is able to walk.

It is narrated about Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him): He gave the verdict of sacrificing a ram for hunting a monitor lizard. The narrator named Ya'qub has narrated these very words: He gave the verdict.

The ruling of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) regarding the pigeons of the Haram is transmitted as follows: The expiation for killing a pigeon of the Haram will be a goat; the expiation for damaging its egg will be one dirham; for killing an ostrich, a camel must be sacrificed; for killing a cow, a cow must be sacrificed; and for killing a nilgai, a cow must be sacrificed.