Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3454
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ، أَنْبَأَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، سَمِعَ عَمْرَو بْنَ حُرَيْثٍ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ أَنَّ " الْكَمْأَةُ مِنَ الْمَنِّ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَمَاؤُهَا شِفَاءٌ لِلْعَيْنِ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Saʿīd ibn Zayd ibn ʿAmr ibn Nufayl reported from the Prophet ﷺ that he said, ‘The desert truffle is among the manna that Allah sent down to the Children of Israel, and its water is a cure for the eye.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report links the desert truffle to the manna sent down to the Children of Israel and states that its water is a cure for the eye.
No method for obtaining or applying the truffle’s water is specified.
يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ أَنَّ " الْكَمْأَةُ مِنَ الْمَنِّ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَمَاؤُهَا شِفَاءٌ لِلْعَيْنِ " .
Al-kamʾah is a desert truffle or similar underground fungus; the report does not specify a precise species.
Which precise kind of desert truffle is meant by al-kamʾah?