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?”