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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
مسند جابر
Musnad of Jabir
مُسْنَدُ جَابِرٍ
Musnad of Jabir
Musnad Abi Ya'la 1955 — he said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent us
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ ، يَقُولُ : بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فِي ثَلَاثِمِائَةِ رَاكِبٍ ، وَأَمِيرُنَا أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ نَرْصُدُ عِيرًا لِقُرَيْشٍ ، فَأَقَمْنَا بِالسَّاحِلِ نِصْفَ شَهْرٍ ، فَأَصَابَنَا جُوعٌ شَدِيدٌ حَتَّى أَكَلْنَا الْخَبَطَ ، قَالَ : فَسُمِّيَ ذَلِكَ الْجَيْشُ جَيْشَ الْخَبَطِ ، ثُمَّ أَلْقَى الْبَحْرُ لَنَا دَابَّةً يُقَالُ لَهَا : الْعَنْبَرُ ، فَأَكَلْنَا مِنْهُ نِصْفَ شَهْرٍ حَتَّى ثَابَتْ أَجْسَامُنَا ، وَادَّهَنَّا بِوَدَكِهِ ، فَأَخَذَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ ضِلَعًا مِنْ أَضْلَاعِهِ فَنَظَرَ إِلَى أَطْوَلِ جَمَلٍ فِي الْجَيْشِ فَحَمَلَهُ عَلَيْهِ فَمَرَّ تَحْتَهُ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent us in an army of three hundred riders and appointed Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah bin al-Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him) as its commander. Our purpose was to lie in wait for a trade caravan of Quraysh. We stayed on the seashore for fifteen days, where we suffered such severe hunger that we ate (fallen) leaves (of trees). For this reason that army came to be called 'Jaysh al-Khabat' (the army of the leaves). Then the sea cast up for us a huge creature called 'al-Anbar'. We ate its meat for fifteen days until our bodies became strong (as before), and we rubbed its fat on our bodies as oil. Then Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah (may Allah be pleased with him) took one of the ribs of that creature and had the tallest camel in the army brought. He set the rib upright (like an arch), and that camel (with its rider) passed easily beneath it."
