Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ تَوْبَةَ الْعَنْبَرِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ لِي الشَّعْبِيُّ أَرَأَيْتَ حَدِيثَ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَدْ قَاعَدْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ قَرِيبًا مِنْ سَنَتَيْنِ أَوْ سَنَةٍ وَنِصْفٍ فَلَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ رَوَى عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ غَيْرَ هَذَا قَالَ كَانَ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِيهِمْ سَعْدٌ فَذَهَبُوا يَأْكُلُونَ مِنْ لَحْمٍ فَنَادَتْهُمْ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ بَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّهُ لَحْمُ ضَبٍّ فَأَمْسَكُوا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كُلُوا أَوْ اطْعَمُوا فَإِنَّهُ حَلَالٌ وَإِنَّهُ لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ تَوْبَةُ الَّذِي شَكَّ فِيهِ وَلَكِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ طَعَامِي.
English Translation
Muhammad ibn Ja'far told us, Shu'bah told us, from Tawbah al-Anbari, who said: al-Sha'bi said to me: What do you think of the hadith of al-Hasan from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him? I have sat with Ibn Umar for nearly two years, or a year and a half, and I never heard him narrate from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, anything other than this. He said: There were people among the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, among them Sa'd, who went to eat some meat, and a woman from among the wives of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, called out to them: It is the meat of a lizard! So they held back. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Eat, or feed others with it, for it is lawful, and there is no harm in it - Tawbah is the one who was uncertain about the wording - but it is not among my customary food.