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.

It is narrated from Abdur Rahman bin Abdullah, he says: I asked Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him): Can I eat the meat of a badger? He said: Yes. I asked: Is it considered game? He said: Yes. I asked: Did you hear this from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? He said: Yes.

Abdullah bin Yazid Sa'di says: Some people from my tribe told me to ask Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) whether people sharpen the tip of a spear and fix it into the ground, and with it, a badger is killed. Is such a method of slaughtering correct in your opinion? So I sat with Sa'id bin al-Musayyib, and there was an elderly man present with him, whose head and beard hair were white; he was a Syrian. I asked him about this matter. He said to me: Do you eat badger? I said: I have never eaten it, but people from my tribe do eat it. He said: Eating badger is not lawful. The elder said: O servant of Allah! Shall I not narrate to you the hadith which I heard from Sayyiduna Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him), and he narrates it from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? I said: Yes, of course, please narrate it. He said: I heard Sayyiduna Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) say that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade these things: a part cut from a living animal, stolen property, an animal that is tied and made a target, and every predatory animal with fangs. Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said: The elder has spoken the truth.

(Second chain) He says: I asked Sa'id bin al-Musayyib about the badger, and he considered it disliked. I said: Your people eat it. He said: They do not have knowledge. A man sitting with them said: I heard from Sayyiduna Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him), then narrated a hadith similar to the one above.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a rabbit ran, and people chased after it. I outran them all and caught the rabbit. I brought it to Sayyiduna Abu Talha (may Allah be pleased with him), and he instructed that it be slaughtered. So it was slaughtered, and then its meat was roasted. Then he took the hind part with the thigh and said: Go and give this to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). So I went to him and said: Abu Talha (may Allah be pleased with him) has sent this hind part of the rabbit for you. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) accepted it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Muhammad bin Safwan that he caught two rabbits while hunting. There was nothing made of iron present with which to slaughter them, so he slaughtered them with the tip of a stone. When he came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed him to eat them.

It is narrated from Namila Fazari, he says: I was with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them), he was asked about the ruling of the porcupine, in response he recited this verse: {قُلْ لَآ أَجِدُ فِیمَا أُوحِیَ إِلَیَّ مُحَرَّمًا … } … Say: I do not find in what has been revealed to me anything forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it unless it be carrion, or blood poured forth, or the flesh of swine—for that surely is impure—or a sinful offering over which any name other than Allah’s has been invoked. An elder sitting with Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) said: I heard Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) say that the porcupine was mentioned in the presence of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said about it: It is one of the impure animals among the impure animals. Upon hearing this, Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) said: If the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has said this about it, then it is as he has said.

Sayyiduna Abu Musa Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a man came to him while he was eating chicken meat. The man separated himself and did not eat that food. When Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) asked him, he said: I have sworn an oath not to eat it, because I saw that it eats filth. Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Come near and eat it, for I have seen the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) eating chicken meat.