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Sunan Abi Dawud, 3813
da’if· Al-Albani

Chain of narration · Isnād

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3 transmitters

Narrated by Sulaiman bin Tarkhan al-TaymifromAbu 'Uthman al-NahdifromSalman Farsi

Hadith text · Matn

‏ أَكْثَرُ جُنُودِ اللَّهِ لاَ آكُلُهُ وَلاَ أُحَرِّمُهُ ‏

‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ رَوَاهُ الْمُعْتَمِرُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَمْ يَذْكُرْ سَلْمَانَ ‏.‏

English translation

Narrated 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.

Original Arabic chain wording

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَرَجِ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الزِّبْرِقَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ التَّيْمِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ، عَنْ سَلْمَانَ، قَالَ سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ الْجَرَادِ فَقَالَ ‏

References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 28, Hadith 78
English Reference
Book 27, Hadith 3804
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