Umm Hufayd, the maternal aunt of Ibn Abbas, gave the Prophet ﷺ a gift of dried curd, clarified butter, and lizards. The Prophet ﷺ ate from the dried curd and the clarified butter, but left the lizard out of distaste.Ibn Abbas said, "It was eaten at the table of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and had it been forbidden, it would not have been eaten at the table of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."In another wording, "Had they been forbidden, they would not have been eaten at his table, nor would he have permitted them to be eaten."
أهدت أم حفيد خالة ابن عباس إلى النبي ﷺ أقطا وسمنا وأضبا، فأكل النبي ﷺ من الأقط والسمن، وترك الضب تقذرا، قال ابن عباس: فأكل على مائدة رسول الله ﷺ، ولو كان حراما ما أكل على مائدة رسول الله ﷺ. وفي لفظ: ولو كان حراما ما أكلن على مائدته ولا أمر بأكلهن.
Bukhari related it in the Book of Gifts (2575), and Muslim in the Book of Hunting and Slaughtered Animals (1974), both through the route of Shuba, from Abu Bishr Jafar bin Iyas, from Saeed bin Jubayr, from Ibn Abbas, who mentioned it. Bukhari also related it in the Book of Holding Fast (7385) through the route of Abu Awana, from Abu Bishr, in a similar wording, containing the second version.