1 . أَخْبَرَنَا حَمْزَةُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْقُمِّيُّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ الْمَنْصُورَ الْهَاشِمِيَّ الْخُرَاسَانِيَّ أَيَّدَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ: إِنَّكُمْ لَتُحَرِّمُونَ أَشْيَاءَ مَا جَعَلَهَا اللَّهُ إِلَّا مَكْرُوهَةً، فَكُلُوا مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ إِلَّا مَا حَرَّمَ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ: ﴿قُلْ لَا أَجِدُ فِي مَا أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ مُحَرَّمًا عَلَى طَاعِمٍ يَطْعَمُهُ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ مَيْتَةً أَوْ دَمًا مَسْفُوحًا أَوْ لَحْمَ خِنْزِيرٍ فَإِنَّهُ رِجْسٌ أَوْ فِسْقًا أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ بِهِ﴾[1].
Translation of the saying:
Hamzah ibn Ja‘far al-Qomi informed us, he said: I heard Mansoor Hashemi Khorasani, may God support him, say: “Indeed, you forbid things that God has made but as detested, so eat anything except for what the Book of God has made unlawful.” Then he recited (this verse): “Say: ‘In what has been sent down to me, I do not find anything forbidden to one who would eat it unless it is carrion, spilled blood, pork, which is unclean, or a sinful offering in the name of any other than God.’”
2 . أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ الطَّبَرِيُّ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ الْمَنْصُورَ عَنِ الْأَرْنَبِ وَالسَّنْجَابِ وَالسُّلَحْفَاةِ وَالْحَيْوَانِ الَّذِي لَمْ يُحَرِّمْهُ اللَّهُ فِي الْقُرْآنِ، فَقَالَ: كُلٌّ مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ، فَاخْتَارُوا الْأَطْيَبَ مِنْهَا فَالْأَطْيَبَ!
Translation of the saying:
Abdullah ibn Habib al-Tabari informed us, he said: I asked Mansoor about rabbits, squirrels, turtles, and other animals that God has not made unlawful in the Quran, so he said: “They are all pure, so choose what is purer from among them!”
3 . أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ الْجُوزَجَانِيُّ، قَالَ: دَخَلَ الْمَنْصُورُ سُوقًا وَأَنَا مَعَهُ، فَمَرَّ عَلَى دُكَّانٍ فِيهِ الْحِيتَانُ، فَرَأَى فِيهِ السِّلَوْرَ وَالْمَارْمَاهِيَ، فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ وَقَالَ: أُفٍّ! أُفٍّ! قُلْتُ: أَحَرَامٌ هَذَا؟ قَالَ: لَا، إِنَّمَا الْحَرَامُ مَا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ فِي كِتَابِهِ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَعَافُونَ الشَّيْءَ، فَنَحْنُ نَعَافُهُ!
Translation of the saying:
Isa ibn Abd al-Hamid al-Jowzjani informed us, he said: Mansoor entered a bazaar while I was with him, then he passed by a shop in which there were fishes, then he saw catfishes and eels in it, so he turned away from it and said: “Uf! Uf!” I said: “Are these forbidden?” He said: “No, forbidden things are what God has made unlawful in His Book, but they (i.e., the righteous predecessors) detested something, so we too detest it!”