Hadith #531
Arabic Text
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
Isnad Chain
زكريا بن عدي
عبيد الله
عبد الملك بن عمير
حصين بن قبيصة
سمرة بن جندب
English Translation
Zakariyyā ibn ‘Adī narrated to us, ‘Ubayd Allāh informed us, from ‘Abd al-Malik ibn ‘Umayr, from Ḥuṣayn ibn Qabīṣah al-Fazārī, from Samurah ibn Jundub, who said: A Bedouin asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was delivering a sermon, interrupting it, and said: O Messenger of Allah, what do you say about lizards? He said: ‘A community from the Children of Israel was transformed (maskh), and Allah تبارك وتعالى knows best into which of the creatures they were transformed.’
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 37, Hadith 531
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 19369
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-55759