Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3061

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‘Ammar ibn Yasir reported that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘The table spread with food was sent down from heaven with bread and meat. They were commanded not to betray the trust or save any of it for the next day. But they betrayed the trust, stored some for the next day, and were transformed into apes and pigs.’ Abu ‘Isa graded this report gharib. Abu ‘Asim and several others narrated it from Sa‘id ibn Abi ‘Arubah, from Qatadah, from Khilas, from ‘Ammar, as a Companion’s statement, not as a Prophetic report. Abu ‘Isa knew it as a marfu‘ report only through al-Hasan ibn Qaza‘ah. A second chain through Sufyan ibn Habib from Sa‘id ibn Abi ‘Arubah gives similar wording without attributing it to the Prophet. Abu ‘Isa said this version is more sound than al-Hasan ibn Qaza‘ah’s and that the raised version has no basis.