Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 3795
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ، عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ وَدِيعَةَ، قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي جَيْشٍ فَأَصَبْنَا ضِبَابًا - قَالَ - فَشَوَيْتُ مِنْهَا ضَبًّا فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَوَضَعْتُهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ - قَالَ - فَأَخَذَ عُودًا فَعَدَّ بِهِ أَصَابِعَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ " إِنَّ أُمَّةً مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مُسِخَتْ دَوَابَّ فِي الأَرْضِ وَإِنِّي لاَ أَدْرِي أَىُّ الدَّوَابِّ هِيَ " . قَالَ فَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ وَلَمْ يَنْهَ .
ʿAmr ibn ʿAwn narrated to us: Khalid informed us, from Husayn, from Zayd ibn Wahb, from Thabit ibn Wadiʿah, who said: We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in an army and caught some desert monitor lizards. I roasted one and brought it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, placing it before him. He took a stick and counted its digits with it, then said: “A group among the Children of Israel was transformed into creatures on earth, and I do not know which creatures they were.” He did not eat it, nor did he forbid it.