Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ الثَّقَفِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فُقِدَتْ أُمَّةٌ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لَمْ يُدْرَ مَا فَعَلَتْ وَإِنِّي لَا أُرَاهَا إِلَّا الْفَأْرَ أَلَا تَرَوْنَهَا إِذَا وُضِعَ لَهَا أَلْبَانُ الْإِبِلِ لَا تَشْرَبُ وَإِذَا وُضِعَ لَهَا أَلْبَانُ الشَّاءِ شَرِبَتْهُ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ حَدَّثْتُ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ كَعْبًا فَقَالَ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ لِي ذَلِكَ مِرَارًا فَقُلْتُ أَتَقْرَأُ التَّوْرَاةَ.
English Translation
Abd al-Wahhab al-Thaqafi told us, Khalid told us, from Muhammad, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "A nation of the Children of Israel disappeared, and no one knew what became of it, and I think it was none other than the mice - do you not see that when camel's milk is put before them they do not drink it, but when the milk of sheep is put before them they drink it?" Abu Hurayrah said: I related this hadith to Ka'b, and he said: "Did you hear this from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him?" I said: "Yes." He said that to me repeatedly, so I said: "Do you read the Torah?"