أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ آدَمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ کَيْسَانَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ بَعَثَنَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَنَحْنُ ثَلَاثُ مِائَةٍ نَحْمِلُ زَادَنَا عَلَی رِقَابِنَا فَفَنِيَ زَادُنَا حَتَّی کَانَ يَکُونُ لِلرَّجُلِ مِنَّا کُلَّ يَوْمٍ تَمْرَةٌ فَقِيلَ لَهُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَأَيْنَ تَقَعُ التَّمْرَةُ مِنْ الرَّجُلِ قَالَ لَقَدْ وَجَدْنَا فَقْدَهَا حِينَ فَقَدْنَاهَا فَأَتَيْنَا الْبَحْرَ فَإِذَا بِحُوتٍ قَذَفَهُ الْبَحْرُ فَأَکَلْنَا مِنْهُ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4366
it was narrated that Jabir bin ‘Abdullah said: “The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم sent us, a group of three hundred, and we carried our provision on our mounts. Our supplies ran out until each man of us had one date per day.” It was said to him: “Abi ‘Abdullah, what good is one date for a man?” He said: “When we ran Out of dates it became very difficult for us, Then we found a whale that had been cast ashore by the sea, and we ate from it for eighty days.”(Sahih).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020