Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ وَعَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ رَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي فَزَارَةَ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ قَالَ أَتَى نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ فَقَطَعَ عَلَيْهِ خُطْبَتَهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ تَقُولُ فِي الضَّبِّ قَالَ أُمَّةٌ مُسِخَتْ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَلَا أَدْرِي أَيَّ الدَّوَابِّ مُسِخَتْ حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ حُصَيْنِ بْنِ قَبِيصَةَ الْفَزَارِيِّ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ قَالَ سَأَلَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ.
English Translation
Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik told us, Abu Awanah informed us — and Affan told us, Abu Awanah told us — Abd al-Malik ibn Umayr told us, from Husayn, a man from Banu Fazarah, from Samurah ibn Jundub, who said: A bedouin came to the Prophet of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, while he was delivering a sermon, and he interrupted his sermon, saying: 'O Messenger of Allah, what do you say about the lizard (dabb)?' He said: 'A nation that was transformed from the Children of Israel' — but I do not know which animal it was transformed into. Hasan ibn Musa told us, Shayban told us, from Abd al-Malik, from Husayn ibn Qabisah al-Fazari, from Samurah ibn Jundub, who said: A bedouin asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he mentioned the like of it.