Sunan Abi Dawud · Foods (Kitab Al-Atimah)
باب فِي أَكْلِ الْجَرَادِ
Chapter: Regarding eating locusts.
3 hadith · references 3812–3814
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Abu Dawud · 3812عَنِ الْجَرَادِ ؟ ، فَقَالَ : غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سِتَّ أَوْ سَبْعَ غَزَوَاتٍ ، فَكُنَّا نَأْكُلُهُ مَعَهُAbu Yafur said: I heard Ibn Abi Awfa say when I asked him about (eating) locusts: I went on six or seven expeditions along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and we ate them (locusts) along with him.4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3813سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الْجَرَادِ ؟ ، فَقَالَ : أَكْثَرُ جُنُودِ اللَّهِ ، لَا آكُلُهُ ، وَلَا أُحَرِّمُهُNarrated Salman al-Farsi: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about (eating) locusts. He replied: They are the most numerous of Allah's hosts. I neither eat them nor declare them unlawful.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3814حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ، وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ عُمَارَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي الْعَوَّامِ الْجَزَّارِ ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ ، عَنْ سَلْمThe tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Salman through a different chain of narrators. This version goes: Salman said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about locusts. He replied in a similar way (as 6 narrators