Musnad Ahmad

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A group from the Children of Israel went missing; no one could find out where they went. I think that they became mice. Do you not observe that if camel’s milk is placed before a mouse, it does not drink it, but if goat’s milk is placed before it, it drinks it?

Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) says that I narrated this hadith to Ka’b al-Ahbar (may Allah have mercy on him), who was a newly converted Jewish scholar. He asked me, “Did you yourself hear this hadith from the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?” I replied in the affirmative. He asked me this question several times. Finally, I said to him, “Have you read the Torah?”