Hadith #42
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ سُئ
ِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ فَأْرَةٍ وَقَعَتْ فِي سَمْنٍ فَمَاتَتْ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ جَامِدًا فَخُذُوهَا وَمَا حَوْلَهَا ثُمَّ كُلُوا مَا بَقِيَ وَإِنْ كَانَ مَائِعًا فَلَا تَأْكُلُوهُ
Isnad Chain
محمد بن جعفر
معمر
ابن شهاب
ابن المسيب
أبو هريرة
English Translation
It was narrated from Abu Hurayra (رضي الله عنه) — via Muhammad ibn Ja'far, from Ma'mar, from Ibn Shihab [al-Zuhri], from Ibn al-Musayyab — that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about a mouse that fell into clarified butter [samn] and died. He said: 'If it [the butter] is solid, take it [the mouse] and what is around it, then eat what remains. If it is liquid, do not eat it.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 17, Hadith 42
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 6880
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-43270