Arabic hadith text
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ سُئِلَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ عَنِ الْجَرَادِ، فَقَالَ وَدِدْتُ أَنَّ عِنْدِي، قَفْعَةً نَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ .
Translation
Yahya related to me from Malik fromAbdullah ibn Dinar that Abdullah ibn Umar said, ''Umar ibn al-Khattabwas asked about locusts. He said, 'I would like to have a basket ofthem, from which we could eat.' "