Bukhari

Narrated Jabir: We went out in a campaign and the army was called The Army of the Khabt, and Abu 'Ubaida was our commander. We were struck with severe hunger. Then the sea threw a huge dead fish called Al- `Anbar, the like of which had never been seen. We ate of it for half a month, and then Abu 'Ubaida took one of its bones (and made an arch of it) so that a rider could easily pass under it.

Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the game of the sea is that which is hunted by «تدبير» (i.e., by nets, etc.), and its food is that which the water throws out. Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the sea animal which dies and floats on the water is lawful (halal). Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that "its food" refers to the carrion of the sea, except that which has decayed. The Jews do not eat bam, shrimp, or fish, but we eat them freely, and the companion of the Prophet (peace be upon him), Shuraih (may Allah be pleased with him), said that every sea creature is considered slaughtered; it does not need to be slaughtered. Ata said regarding the sea bird that in my opinion, it should be slaughtered. Ibn Jurayj said: I asked Ata bin Abi Rabah, "Is the game of rivers and the game of flood pools also considered sea game (so that its consumption without slaughter is permissible)?" He said, "Yes." Then he recited, as evidence, this verse from Surah An-Nahl «هذا عذب فرات سائغ شرابه وهذا ملح أجاج ومن كل تأكلون لحما طريا‏»: "This sea is very sweet and this other sea is very salty, and you eat fresh meat (fish) from each of them." And Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) rode on a saddle made from the skin of a sea dog, and Shu'bi said, "If my family eats frogs, I will also feed them," and Hasan al-Basri saw no harm in eating tortoise. Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said, "Eat the game of the sea, whether it was hunted by a Christian, a Jew, or a Magian." And Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Put fish in wine, and if the sunlight falls on it, then it is no longer wine."

Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the game of the sea is that which is hunted by «تدبير» (i.e., by nets, etc.), and its food is that which the water throws out. Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the sea animal which dies and floats on the water is lawful (halal). Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that "its food" refers to the carrion of the sea, except that which has decayed. The Jews do not eat bam, shrimp, or fish, but we eat them freely, and the companion of the Prophet (peace be upon him), Shuraih (may Allah be pleased with him), said that every sea creature is considered slaughtered; it does not need to be slaughtered. Ata said regarding the sea bird that in my opinion, it should be slaughtered. Ibn Jurayj said: I asked Ata bin Abi Rabah, "Is the game of rivers and the game of flood pools also considered sea game (so that its consumption without slaughter is permissible)?" He said, "Yes." Then he recited, as evidence, this verse from Surah An-Nahl «هذا عذب فرات سائغ شرابه وهذا ملح أجاج ومن كل تأكلون لحما طريا‏»: "This sea is very sweet and this other sea is very salty, and you eat fresh meat (fish) from each of them." And Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) rode on a saddle made from the skin of a sea dog, and Shu'bi said, "If my family eats frogs, I will also feed them," and Hasan al-Basri saw no harm in eating tortoise. Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said, "Eat the game of the sea, whether it was hunted by a Christian, a Jew, or a Magian." And Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Put fish in wine, and if the sunlight falls on it, then it is no longer wine."

Narrated Jabir: We went out in a campaign and the army was called The Army of the Khabt, and Abu 'Ubaida was our commander. We were struck with severe hunger. Then the sea threw a huge dead fish called Al- `Anbar, the like of which had never been seen. We ate of it for half a month, and then Abu 'Ubaida took one of its bones (and made an arch of it) so that a rider could easily pass under it.

Narrated Jabir: The Prophet sent us as an army unit of three hundred warriors under the command of Abu 'Ubaida to ambush a caravan of the Quraish. But we were struck with such severe hunger that we ate the Khabt (desert bushes), so our army was called the Army of the Khabt. Then the sea threw a huge fish called Al-`Anbar and we ate of it for half a month and rubbed our bodies with its fat till our bodies became healthy. Then Abu Ubaida took one of its ribs and fixed it over the ground and a rider passed underneath it. There was a man amongst us who slaughtered three camels when hunger became severe, and he slaughtered three more, but after that Abu 'Ubaida forbade him to do so.