English Translation

Sayyar ibn Hatim told us, Ja'far told us, he said: I came to Farqad one day and found him alone, so I said, "O son of Umm Farqad, I shall surely ask you today about this hadith." I said, "Tell me about what you say concerning being swallowed into the earth and being pelted with stones -- is it something you say yourself, or do you transmit it from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him?" He said, "No, rather I transmit it from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him." I said, "And who told you it?" He said, "Asim ibn Amr al-Bajali told me, from Abu Umamah, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him; and Qatadah told me, from Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab; and Ibrahim al-Nakha'i told it to me -- that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: 'A group of my nation will spend the night eating, drinking, and engaged in idle amusement and play, then in the morning they will become apes and swine, and a wind will be sent upon some of their communities that will sweep them away as it swept away those before them, because of their permitting wine, their beating of tambourines, and their taking of singing-girls.'"