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3 November 2026 23 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH
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Hadith 3961
وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَى عَنْ أَكْلِ الْهِرَّةِ وَأَكْلِ ثَمَنِهَا. رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَالتِّرْمِذِيُّ
Jabir said the Prophet forbade eating cats or what is paid for them. 1
1. This might be either what was paid in kind, or what was bought with money paid for them.

Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi transmitted it.
Mishkat al-Masabih 3961

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Hadith 3960
وَعَن عبدِ الرَّحمنِ بنِ شِبْلٍ: أَنَّ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَى عَنْ أَكْلِ لَحْمِ الضَّبِّ. رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ
‘Abd ar-Rahman b. Shibl said the Prophet forbade eating the flesh of lizards.

Abu Dawud transmitted it.
Mishkat al-Masabih 3960 Open
Hadith 3962
وَعنهُ حَرَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَعْنِي يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ الْحُمُرَ الْإِنْسِيَّةَ وَلُحُومَ الْبِغَالِ وَكُلَّ ذِي نَابٍ مِنَ السِّبَاعِ وَكُلَّ ذِي مِخْلَبٍ مِنَ الطَّيْرِ. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَقَالَ: هَذَا حَدِيث غَرِيب
He said, referring to the day of Khaibar, that God’s messenger declared domestic asses, the flesh of mules, every beast of prey with a fang and every bird with a talon to be unlawful.

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.
Mishkat al-Masabih 3962 Open
Hadith 3959
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ أَكْلِ الْجَلَّالَةِ وَأَلْبَانِهَا. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ: قَالَ: نُهِيَ عَنْ ركوبِ الْجَلالَة
Ibn ‘Umar told that God's messenger prohibited eating the animal which feeds on filth or drinking its milk.

Trimidhi transmitted it. In Abu Dawud’s version he said that he forbade riding the animal which feeds on filth.