Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ عَدِيٍّ أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ عَن عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَن حُصَيْنِ بْنِ قَبِيصَةَ عَن سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ قَالَ سَأَلَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ فَقَطَعَ عَلَيْهِ خُطْبَتَهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا تَقُولُ فِي الضِّبَابِ فَقَالَ مُسِخَتْ أُمَّةٌ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَاللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَعْلَمُ فِي أَيِّ الدَّوَابِّ مُسِخَتْ.
English Translation
Zakariyya ibn Adi told us: Ubaydullah informed us, from Abd al-Malik ibn Umayr, from Husayn ibn Qabisah, from Samurah ibn Jundub, who said: A bedouin asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was delivering a sermon, interrupting his sermon, and said: "O Messenger of Allah, what do you say about lizards (dabb)?" He said: "A nation among the Children of Israel was transformed [into animals]; Allah, Blessed and Exalted, knows best into which beasts they were transformed."