Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:1365 حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا عَفَّانُ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ وَدِيعَةَ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي فَزَارَةَ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بِضِبَابٍ قَدِ احْتَرَشَهَا فَجَعَلَ يُقَلِّبُ ضَبًّا مِنْهَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَقَالَ «أُمَّةٌ مُسِخَتْ» وَأَكْبَرُ عِلْمِي أَنَّهُ قَالَ «مَا أَدْرِي مَا فَعَلَتْ وَمَا أَدْرِي لَعَلَّ هَذَا مِنْهَا»
English Translation
A man from Banu Fazarah brought lizards (dabb) that he had caught to the Prophet (peace be upon him). The Prophet began turning one of them over in his hands and said: "A nation was transformed (into animals)." And to the best of my knowledge he said: "I do not know what happened to them, and I do not know — perhaps this is one of them."