Sunan Ibn Majah 3245

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ وَاضِحٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاق، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْمُخَارِقِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ حِبَّانَ بْنِ جَزْءٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَخِيهِ خُزَيْمَةَ بْنِ جَزْءٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ قُلْتُ:‏‏‏‏ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏جِئْتُكَ لِأَسْأَلَكَ عَنْ أَحْنَاشِ الْأَرْضِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏مَا تَقُولُ فِي الضَّبِّ؟، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ لَا آكُلُهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَلَا أُحَرِّمُهُ ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ قُلْتُ:‏‏‏‏ فَإِنِّي آكُلُ مِمَّا لَمْ تُحَرِّمْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَلِمَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ فُقِدَتْ أُمَّةٌ مِنَ الْأُمَمِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَرَأَيْتُ خَلْقًا رَابَنِي ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قُلْتُ:‏‏‏‏ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏مَا تَقُولُ فِي الْأَرْنَبِ؟، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ لَا آكُلُهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَلَا أُحَرِّمُهُ ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قُلْتُ:‏‏‏‏ فَإِنِّي آكُلُ مِمَّا لَمْ تُحَرِّمْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَلِمَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ نُبِّئْتُ أَنَّهَا تَدْمَى .

It was narrated that Khuzaimah bin Jaz’ said: “I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, I have come to you to ask you about the vermin of the earth. What do you say about mastigures?’ He said: ‘I do not eat them and I do not forbid them.’ I said: ‘I will eat of that which you have not forbidden. But why (do you not eat them), O Messenger of Allah?’ He said: ‘One of the nations was turned into beasts and I looked at this creature and was uncertain.’ I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, what do you say about rabbits?’ He said: ‘I do not eat them and I do not forbid them.’ I said: ‘I will eat of that which you have not forbidden. But why (do you not eat them), O Messenger of Allah?’ He said: ‘I have been told that it menstruates.’”