Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا بِأَرْضٍ مَضَبَّةٍ فَمَا تَأْمُرُنَا قَالَ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ أُمَّةً مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مُسِخَتْ دَوَابَّ فَمَا أَدْرِي أَيُّ الدَّوَابِّ هِيَ فَلَمْ يَأْمُرْ وَلَمْ يَنْهَ.
English Translation
Yazid ibn Harun told us, Dawud ibn Abi Hind told us, from Abu Nadrah, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: A man came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and said: "O Messenger of Allah, we are in a land infested with dabb-lizards; what do you command us?" He said: "It has reached me that a nation of the Children of Israel was transformed into animals, but I do not know which animals these are." So he neither commanded nor forbade it.