34/7. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1944b — Hadith Chain: One Report Heard from Ibn Umar
The permissibility of eating the Dabb (mastigure)
Al-Sha'bi’s Note on the Lizard Meat Hadith
Sahih Muslim : 1944b
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1944b
وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ تَوْبَةَ الْعَنْبَرِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ لِي الشَّعْبِيُّ أَرَأَيْتَ حَدِيثَ الْحَسَنِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقَاعَدْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ قَرِيبًا مِنْ سَنَتَيْنِ أَوْ سَنَةٍ وَنِصْفٍ فَلَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ رَوَى عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم غَيْرَ هَذَا قَالَ كَانَ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِيهِمْ سَعْدٌ بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ مُعَاذٍ .
Taubat Al-'Anbari Narrated from:
Al-Sha'bi (one of the narrators) asked me if I had heard the hadith transmitted on the authority of Hasan from the Prophet (ﷺ). He said: I sat in the company if Ibn 'Umar for two years or a year and a half but I did not hear narrated from Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) but this one (pertaining to the flesh of the lizard) as narrated by Mu'adh.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1944bIn-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 62USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4789
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1944b
This entry is mainly about transmission and careful reporting. Taubat al-Anbari says that Al-Sha'bi asked about a hadith from Hasan, then said he had sat with Ibn Umar for nearly two years or a year and a half, yet he did not hear from him about the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم except this lizard report as narrated by Mu'adh. For readers searching Sahih Muslim 1944b, Al-Sha'bi Ibn Umar hadith, or lizard meat chain, the point is the care shown in stating what was actually heard. The text does not add a new food ruling. It supports the same lizard discussion and shows caution in reporting from a Companion.
What we learn from this hadith
- The narrator carefully states what he heard from Ibn Umar.
- The report is tied to the lizard meat narration.
- The text does not add a new ruling beyond that report.
- Care in saying who heard what is part of hadith preservation.
