Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أبَو الزُّبَيْرِ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ أُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِضَبٍّ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَهُ وَقَالَ إِنِّي لَا أَدْرِي لَعَلَّهُ مِنْ الْقُرُونِ الَّتِي مُسِخَتْ.
English Translation
Abd al-Razzaq told us: Ibn Jurayj told us: Abu al-Zubayr informed me: I heard Jabir ibn Abdullah say: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was brought a dabb lizard, but he refused to eat it and said: "I do not know - perhaps it is from those generations that were transformed (into animals)."