Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا الْعَنْبَرِيُّ نا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ نا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أنا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ قَالَ أَتَى عَبْدُ اللهِ بِضَرْعٍ فَقَالَ لِلْقَوْمِ ادْنُوَا فَأَخَذُوا يَطْعَمُونَهُ وَكَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ نَاحِيَةً فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ ادْنُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي لَا أُرِيدُهُ فَقَالَ لِمَ قَالَ لِأَنِّي حَرَّمْتُ الضَّرْعَ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ هَذَا مِنْ خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تُحَرِّمُوا طَيِّبَاتِ مَا أَحَلَّ اللهُ لَكُمْ وَلَا تَعْتَدُوا إِنَّ اللهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُعْتَدِينَ} [المائدة 87] إِذَنْ فَكُلْ وَكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ فَإِنَّ هَذَا مِنْ خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ
English Translation
Abdullah ibn Mas'ud was brought some udder (to eat) and told the people to come forward. They began eating it, but one man stayed aside. Abdullah said: Come closer. He said: I do not want it. He asked: Why? He said: Because I have declared udder forbidden to myself. Abdullah said: This is from the footsteps of Satan. He recited: {O you who believe, do not prohibit the good things that Allah has made lawful for you, and do not transgress. Indeed, Allah does not like transgressors} [al-Ma'idah 87]. Then eat and expiate your oath, for this is from the footsteps of Satan. And Allah knows best.
