His saying: "And when Moses asked for water for his people."

597 - Muhammad ibn 'Ubayd Allah al-Munadi reported to me in what he wrote to me, Yunus ibn Muhammad al-Mu'addib narrated to us, Shayban al-Nahwi narrated to us from Qatadah regarding His saying: "And when Moses asked for water for his people," he said: Moses asked for water, and he was commanded regarding a stone to strike it with his staff.

His saying: "So We said, 'Strike with your staff the stone.'"

598 - 'Ammar ibn Khalid al-Wasiti narrated to us, Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Wasiti and Yazid ibn Harun narrated to us—the wording is Muhammad's—from Asbagh ibn Zayd al-Warraq from al-Qasim ibn Abi Ayyub from Sa'id ibn Jubayr from Ibn 'Abbas; he said: He placed a square stone among them, and he commanded Moses, so he struck it with his staff.

599 - Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Abi al-Thalj narrated to us, Yazid ibn Harun narrated to us, Fudayl informed us from 'Atiyyah al-'Awfi: He placed for them a stone like the head of an ox, which would be carried upon an ox; whenever they reached a place to camp, they would set it down, and Moses would strike it with his staff, and twelve springs would gush forth from it, and the water would remain steady.

600 - 'Isam ibn Rawwad narrated to us, Adam narrated to us, Damrah narrated to us from 'Uthman ibn 'Ata' from his father, he said: The Children of Israel had a stone, and Aaron would set it down and Moses would strike it with his staff.

601 - Muhammad ibn 'Ubayd Allah al-Munadi reported to me in what he wrote to me, Yunus ibn Muhammad al-Mu'addib narrated to us, Shayban al-Nahwi narrated to us from Qatadah regarding His saying: "And when Moses asked for water for his people, so We said, 'Strike with your staff the stone.'" He said: He was commanded regarding a stone to strike it with his staff, and it was a stone from Tur (Mount Sinai), which they would carry with them; whenever they would stop, Moses would strike it with his staff.

His saying: "There gushed forth from it twelve springs."

602 - 'Ammar ibn Khalid al-Wasiti narrated to us, Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Wasiti and Yazid ibn Harun narrated to us—the wording is Muhammad's—from Asbagh ibn Zayd al-Warraq from al-Qasim ibn Abi Ayyub, Sa'id ibn Jubayr narrated to me from Ibn 'Abbas: "There gushed forth from it twelve springs," in every side of it were three springs.

603 - Abu al-Azhar al-Naysaburi reported to me in what he wrote to me, Wahb ibn Jarir narrated to us, my father narrated to us from 'Ali ibn al-Hakam from al-Dahhak, he said: Ibn 'Abbas said: When the Children of Israel were in the wilderness, he split for them rivers from the stone.