Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent us out with Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah bin al-Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him). We were six hundred and ten-odd men, and we had set out to intercept a trade caravan of Quraysh. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) found nothing for us as provisions except a bag of dates, so he (Abu Ubaydah) used to give us one date each every day; we would suck it and drink water after it. When they ran out, we felt their loss. Then we turned to khabat (the leaves of trees): we would beat them down with our sticks, then swallow them dry and drink water after them, until we came to be called 'Jaysh al-Khabat' (the Army of Leaves). Then we passed along the seashore, and the sea cast out for us an animal called al-Anbar, which was like a sand dune (in size). Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "It is carrion; it is not lawful for us." Then afterwards he said: "No, rather we are (out) in the path of Allah, and we are in dire need, (so eat)." So we ate from it for about half a month and more, and we also dried (and preserved) a great deal of its meat. We kept scooping fat with jars from the socket of its eye until we had taken it all out. Then thirteen of our men sat in the socket of its eye. Then Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah (may Allah be pleased with him) took one of its ribs and stood it up on its two ends, and gave orders concerning the tallest camel in the caravan, so it was saddled; then a man rode on it, and it passed under that (rib) without his head touching it. Then we came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do you have any of it with you?" We said: Yes. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Feed us some of it as well." So we sent him (peace and blessings be upon him) a piece of the dried meat, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) ate from it.
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated these hadiths from Ziyad bin Sa'd (may Allah have mercy on him) except Zam'ah, and Abu Qurrah is alone in narrating them."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الأوسط / باب الميم / 9202
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعيف لضعف زمعة بن صالح
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