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“The Prophet (ﷺ) did not
forbid (eating) mastigures, but he found that distasteful. It is the
food of most shepherds, and Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, has
benefited more than one person thereby. If I had some I would eat
it.”
Sunan Ibn Majah Book 28, Hadith 40
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“We were with
the
Prophet (ﷺ) and the people caught a mastigure. They grilled it
and
ate from it. Then I caught a mastigure so I grilled it and brought
it
to the Prophet (ﷺ). He took a palm stalk and started counting his
finger with it, and said: ‘A nation from among the Children of
Israel
was turned into beasts of the earth, and I do not know if this
is
they.’ I said: ‘The people have grilled them and eaten them.’
He did
not eat it and he did not forbid it.”
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“A man from among
Ahlus-Suffah called the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when he had finished
the prayer, saying: ‘O Messenger of Allah! Our land is a land
infested
with mastigures. What do you think of (eating) mastigures?’
He said:
‘I have heard that a nation was transformed.’ He did not
tell us to
eat them, and he did not forbid that.”