Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ جَابِرًا عَنْ الضَّبِّ فَقَالَ أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِهِ فَقَالَ لَا أَطْعَمُهُ وَقَذِرَهُ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ يُحَرِّمْهُ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَيَنْفَعُ بِهِ غَيْرَ وَاحِدٍ وَهُوَ طَعَامُ عَامَّةِ الرِّعَاءِ وَلَوْ كَانَ عِنْدِي لَطَعِمْتُهُ.
English Translation
Hasan told us, Ibn Lahi'ah told us, Abu al-Zubayr told us: I asked Jabir about the lizard (dabb). He said, "It was brought to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said, 'I will not eat it,' and he found it distasteful. 'Umar ibn al-Khattab said, 'The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, did not forbid it, and Allah, Mighty and Majestic, benefits many by it - it is the food of the common herdsmen, and had I some, I would eat it.'"