حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو کُرَيْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحِيمِ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ نَادَی رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الصُّفَّةِ حِينَ انْصَرَفَ مِنْ الصَّلَاةِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَرْضَنَا أَرْضٌ مَضَبَّةٌ فَمَا تَرَی فِي الضِّبَابِ قَالَ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّهُ أُمَّةً مُسِخَتْ فَلَمْ يَأْمُرْ بِهِ وَلَمْ يَنْهَ عَنْهُ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 3240
It was narrated that Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri said: "A man from among Ahlus-Suffah called the Messenger of Allah when he had finished the prayer, saying: 'O Messenger of Allah! Our land is a land infested with mastigures. What do you think of (eating) mastigures?' He said: 'I have heard that a nation was transformed.' He did not tell us to eat them, and he did not forbid that."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020