صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الزهد والرقائق
The Book of Zuhd and Softening of Hearts
باب فِي الْفَأْرِ وَأَنَّهُ مَسْخٌ:
Chapter: Mice Are A Transformed Race
Hadith 2997
This hadith is listed as number 7496 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى الْعَنَزِيُّ ، ومحمد بن عبد الله الرزي جميعا ، عَنْ الثَّقَفِيِّ وَاللَّفْظُ لِابْنِ الْمُثَنَّى ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " فُقِدَتْ أُمَّةٌ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لَا يُدْرَى مَا فَعَلَتْ ، وَلَا أُرَاهَا إِلَّا الْفَأْرَ أَلَا تَرَوْنَهَا إِذَا وُضِعَ لَهَا أَلْبَانُ الْإِبِلِ لَمْ تَشْرَبْهُ ، وَإِذَا وُضِعَ لَهَا أَلْبَانُ الشَّاءِ شَرِبَتْهُ " ، قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ : فَحَدَّثْتُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ كَعْبًا ، فَقَالَ : آنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ؟ ، قُلْتُ : نَعَمْ ، قَالَ : ذَلِكَ مِرَارًا ، قُلْتُ : أَأَقْرَأُ التَّوْرَاةَ ، وقَالَ إِسْحَاقُ فِي رِوَايَتِهِ : لَا نَدْرِي مَا فَعَلَتْ .
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: A group of Bani Isra'il was lost. I do not know what happened to it, but I think (that it underwent a process of metamorphosis) and assumed the shape of rats. Don't you see when the milk of the camel is placed before them, these do not drink and when the milk of goat is placed before them, these do drink. Abu Hurairah (RA) said: I narrated this very hadith to Ka'b and he said: Did you hear this from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ? I ( Abu Hurairah (RA) ) said: Yes. He said this again and again, and I said: Have I read Torah? This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ishaq with a slight variation of wording.
