Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 3173

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، عَنْ سِمَاكٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، ‏‏{إِنَّ الشَّيَاطِينَ لَيُوحُونَ إِلَى أَوْلِيَائِهِمْ}‏ قَالَ كَانُوا يَقُولُونَ مَا ذُكِرَ عَلَيْهِ اسْمُ اللَّهِ فَلاَ تَأْكُلُوا وَمَا لَمْ يُذْكَرِ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ فَكُلُوهُ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ‏‏{وَلاَ تَأْكُلُوا مِمَّا لَمْ يُذْكَرِ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ}‏ ‏.‏

Translation

ʿAmr ibn ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us: Wakīʿ narrated to us, from Isrāʾīl, from Simāk, from ʿIkrimah, from Ibn ʿAbbās, regarding the verse “The devils inspire their allies”: They used to say, “Do not eat what has had the name of God mentioned over it, but eat what has not.” Then God, Mighty and Sublime, revealed: “Do not eat from that over which the name of God has not been mentioned.”