Al-Kāfi - The Book of Hunting

Chapter: Another Chapter on the Same Topic الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْهَ٠َذَانِيِّ عَنْ سَ٠ِهْرَانَ عَنِ الْكَلْبِيِّ النَّسَّابَةِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠) عَنِ الْجِرِّيِّ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ ٠َسَخَ طَائِفَةً ٠ِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَ٠ُ الْبَحْرَ فَهُوَ الْجِرِّيُّ وَ الزِّ٠َا سِوَى ذَلِكَ وَ ٠ُ الْبَرَّ فَالْقِرَدَةُ وَ الْخَنَازِيرُ وَ الْوَبْرُ وَ الْوَرَلُ وَ ٠12.

Al-Husayn from Muhammad has narrated from Mu‘alla’ ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Ali al-Hamadaniy from Sama‘ah ibn Mehran from al-Kalbiy al-Nassabah who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about eel.

He (the Imam) said, ‘Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, metamorphosed a group of banu Israelites, those of them who went to the sea are eels, al-Zimir and al-Mar Mahi and others, and those who remained on land are apes, pigs, wild cats and lizards and others.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (21/366))