Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 3305

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏ فُقِدَتْ أُمَّةٌ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لاَ يُدْرَى مَا فَعَلَتْ، وَإِنِّي لاَ أُرَاهَا إِلاَّ الْفَارَ إِذَا وُضِعَ لَهَا أَلْبَانُ الإِبِلِ لَمْ تَشْرَبْ، وَإِذَا وُضِعَ لَهَا أَلْبَانُ الشَّاءِ شَرِبَتْ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَحَدَّثْتُ كَعْبًا فَقَالَ أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُهُ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ‏.‏ قَالَ لِي مِرَارًا‏.‏ فَقُلْتُ أَفَأَقْرَأُ التَّوْرَاةَ

Translation

Musa ibn Ismaʿil narrated to us: Wuhaib narrated to us, from Khalid, from Muhammad, from Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: ‘A community of the Children of Israel disappeared, and it is not known what became of it. I can only think that they were mice: when camel milk was placed before them, they would not drink it, but when sheep’s milk was placed before them, they would drink it.’ I related this to Kaʿb, and he said, ‘Did you hear the Prophet ﷺ say this?’ I replied, ‘Yes.’ He asked me this repeatedly. I said, ‘Am I reading the Torah?’

Translation notes
  • The Arabic segment ends mid-context after ‘Am I reading the Torah’; preserved the excerpt boundary and did not add a completion.