A man from Banu Murrah narrates that I presented myself before the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and I said: O Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him! Most of my wealth (livestock) consists of donkeys. Can I eat from them? He, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Do they not graze in the wilderness and do they not eat from the trees?" I said: Yes, indeed. He, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Then eat from them.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ghalib bin Dhiakh. He says: I submitted, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! We have been struck by famine, and my healthy livestock are donkeys." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Eat from your healthy livestock. I had disliked them because of their wandering and eating filth."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Abi Laila that the meat of donkeys was considered undesirable (makruh) due to the need for them as beasts of burden.

Some people from Muzainah report that Hazrat Ghalib bin Abjar said that I asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. I said, "Only donkeys are left from my wealth?" The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Feed your family from the substantial part of your wealth." And he said: "I only dislike for you the wandering, dung-eating (animal)."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Hasnah. He says: I was with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, on a journey. We found some lizards. So the pots (with lizard meat) began to boil. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, asked, "What is this?" We replied, "We have found some lizards." He, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "Some people from the Children of Israel were transformed. I fear that this may be the same." The narrator says: So the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, had the pots overturned, even though we were extremely hungry.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both). He says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about the lizard while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was on the pulpit. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I neither eat the lizard nor do I declare it unlawful."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri, he says that a man came to the service of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and said: "We live in a land where there are many lizards. So what do you command me?" The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Some people from the Children of Israel were transformed into animals. I do not know into which animals they were transformed." Thus, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, neither commanded him to eat it nor forbade him from the lizard.

It is narrated from Hazrat Thabit bin Wadi’ah. He says that a lizard was brought to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, so he, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "A nation was transformed." Allah knows best.

Hazrat Aswad narrates from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) who says that a lizard was presented as a gift to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), but he did not eat from it. Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) says: I asked, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), should I not give it to the beggars?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Feed the beggars only what you yourself eat."

The noble wife of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), Hazrat Maymunah, narrates: She says that a lizard was given to us as a gift. I prepared it. Then two individuals from Hazrat Maymunah’s tribe came to her, so Hazrat Maymunah presented this lizard to them as a gift. During this, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) entered while these two were eating it. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) placed his blessed hand (on the food) and then withdrew it. At this, the morsel that was in their hands, they put it down. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said to both of them:“You eat, for you are people of Najd. You eat it. But we are people of Madinah. We feel aversion to it.”