Sahih Muslim Book - 34, Hadith - 5044

حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَقِيلٍ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نَضْرَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ ، أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : إِنِّي فِي غَائِطٍ مَضَبَّةٍ ، وَإِنَّهُ عَامَّةُ طَعَامِ أَهْلِي ؟ قَالَ : فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ ، فَقُلْنَا : عَاوِدْهُ ، فَعَاوَدَهُ ، فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ ثَلاَثًا ، ثُمَّ نَادَاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ ، فَقَالَ : يَا أَعْرَابِيُّ ، إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَعَنَ ، أَوْ غَضِبَ ، عَلَى سِبْطٍ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَمَسَخَهُمْ دَوَابَّ ، يَدِبُّونَ فِي الأَرْضِ ، فَلاَ أَدْرِي ، لَعَلَّ هَذَا مِنْهَا ، فَلَسْتُ آكُلُهَا ، وَلاَ أَنْهَى عَنْهَا.

It was narrated from Abu Sa'eed that a Bedouin came to the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) and said: "I live in a low land that abounds in mastigures, and they are the main food of my people." He (s.a.w) did not answer him and we said: "Ask him again." He asked him again and he did not answer him, three times. Then the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) called out to him the third time and said: "O Bedouin, Allah cursed or became angry with a tribe of the Children of Israel, and He transformed them into animals that move on the earth, and I do not know, perhaps these are descended from them. So I do not eat it but I do not forbid it."