Narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him): A Bedouin came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: Most of the food of my family is lizard. You did not give any answer. When you (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by a little, he asked the same question again, but you (peace and blessings be upon him) did not give any answer. When he asked the same question three times, you (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah Almighty cursed and showed wrath upon a generation of the Children of Israel, and they were transformed into animals. So now I do not know, perhaps this (lizard) is one of them. Therefore, I neither eat it nor do I forbid its eating.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Sayyiduna Khalid bin Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) informed him that he entered with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to Umm al-Mu’minin Sayyida Maymunah bint Harith (may Allah be pleased with her), who was the maternal aunt of Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both). Sayyida presented to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) roasted lizard meat, which Sayyida Umm Hafeed bint Harith (may Allah be pleased with her) had brought from Najd. She was the wife of a man from Banu Ja’far. Whatever the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to eat, he would first inquire about it. (When the lizard meat was presented before him,) one of the wives said: Inform him (peace and blessings be upon him) that this is lizard meat. Upon hearing this, he (peace and blessings be upon him) left it. Sayyiduna Khalid (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Is this forbidden? He (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: No, it is not forbidden, but it is a food that is not found among my people, and I feel aversion to it. Sayyiduna Khalid (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I pulled the meat towards myself and began to eat, and the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was watching. Ibn Shihab says: Asam narrated to me, and he narrated from Sayyida Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her); he was raised by Sayyida Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her).

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that a lizard was brought to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) refused to eat it and said: I do not know, perhaps it is from among those nations that were transformed.

Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that a lizard was brought to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He neither ate it nor forbade it. I said: O Messenger of Allah! Should we not feed it to the poor? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Do not feed them what you do not eat yourselves.

Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Hasnah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that we were on a journey with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). We stopped in a region where there were many lizards (dabb lizards). We caught them, slaughtered them, and began to cook them. Our pots were boiling when suddenly the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived and said: "A nation from the Children of Israel was lost." In another narration, it is stated: "They were transformed." "I fear that perhaps that nation is these very lizards, therefore, overturn the pots." So we overturned the pots, even though we were suffering from severe hunger.