Abdullah b. 'Abbas reported that Khalid b. Walid who is called the Sword of Allah had informed him that he visited Maimuna, the wife of Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), in the company of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), and she was the sister of his mother (that of Khalid) and that of 'Ibn Abbas, and he found with her a roasted lizard which her sister Hufaida the daughter of al-Harith had brought from Najd, and she presented that lizard to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ). It was rare that some food was presented to the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and it was not mentioned or named. While Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) was about to stretch forth his hand towards the lizard, a woman from amongst the women present there informed the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) what they had presented to him. They said:
Messenger of Allah, it is a lizard. Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) withdrew his hand, whereupon Khalid b. Walid said: Messenger of Allah, is a lizard forbidden? There opon he said: No, but it is not found in the land of my people, and I feel that I have no liking for it. Khalid said: I then chewed and ate it, and Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) was looking at me and he did not forbid (me to eat it).