Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ ابْنِ وَدَاعَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ اصْطَدْنَا ضِبَابًا وَنَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي بَعْضِ مَغَازِيهِ قَالَ فَطَبَخَ النَّاسُ وَشَوَوْا قَالَ فَأَخَذْتُ ضَبًّا فَشَوَيْتُهُ فَأَتَيْتُ بِهِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَوَضَعَهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَأَخَذَ عُودًا فَجَعَلَ يُقَلِّبُ بِهِ أَصَابِعَهُ أَوْ يَعُدُّهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ أُمَّةً مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مُسِخَتْ دَوَابَّ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَإِنِّي لَا أَدْرِي أَيَّ الدَّوَابِّ هِيَ قَالَ قُلْتُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ شَوَوْا قَالَ فَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ مِنْهُ وَلَمْ يَنْهَهُمْ عَنْهُ.
English Translation
Husayn told us, Yazid ibn Ata told us, from Husayn, from Zayd ibn Wahb al-Juhani, from Thabit ibn Yazid ibn Wada'ah al-Ansari, who said: We hunted some spiny-tailed lizards while we were with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, on one of his military expeditions. The people cooked and roasted them. I took a lizard and roasted it, then brought it to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and placed it in front of him. He took a stick and began turning over his fingers with it, or counting them, then said, "A nation among the Children of Israel was transformed into creatures on the earth, and I do not know which of the creatures it is." I said, "The people have roasted [some]." He said: So he did not eat from it, nor did he forbid them from it.