[His saying, the Almighty: "And We sent down upon them"]

8389 - My father told us, Abu Salih the scribe of al-Layth told us, Mu'awiyah ibn Salih told me, from 'Ali ibn Abi Talhah, from Ibn 'Abbas who said: The Manna (mann) would descend upon them at night on the trees, and they would go to it in the morning and eat of it as much as they wished.

8390 - Abu Zur'ah told us, Safwan ibn Salih told us, al-Walid told us, Sa'id ibn Bashir informed us, from Qatadah regarding Allah's saying: "And We sent down upon them the Manna"—he said: The Manna would fall upon them in their camping grounds like the falling of snow, whiter than milk and sweeter than honey. It would fall upon them from the break of dawn until the rising of the sun. A man would take as much as would suffice him for that day; if he exceeded that, what remained would spoil. Until when it was the sixth day—the day of gathering—he would take what would suffice him for his sixth day and his seventh day, because it was a day of 'Eid (festival/rest) in which he would not go out for his livelihood and no thing would be sought by him. All this was in the wilderness.

His saying, the Almighty: "The Manna"

[The First Aspect]

8391 - Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Yazid al-Muqri' told us, Sufyan told us, from 'Abd al-Malik ibn 'Umayr, from 'Amr ibn Hurayth, from Sa'id ibn Zayd ibn 'Amr ibn Nufayl, that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "The truffle (al-kama'ah) is of the Manna which Allah sent down upon the Children of Israel, and its water is a cure for the eye."

The Second Aspect:

8392 - al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Sabah told us, Shababah told us, Warqa' told us, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid regarding His saying: "The Manna"—he said: Its gum (humquhu).

The Third Aspect:

8393 - Abu 'Abd Allah ibn Hammad al-Tahrani told us, Hafs ibn 'Umar al-'Adani informed us, al-Hakam ibn Aban told us, from 'Ikrimah who said: The Manna is something that Allah sent down upon them like dew, similar to thick resin.

And the Fourth Aspect:

8394 - Abu Zur'ah told us, 'Amr ibn Hammad ibn Talhah told us, Asbat told us, from al-Suddi: