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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الصيد والذبائح
Book of Hunting and Slaughtering
باب: الحيتان وميتة البحر
Chapter: Fish and the dead of the sea
Bayhaqi 18962 — Fish and the dead of the sea
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ، أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ، ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ الْقَاضِي، ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يُونُسَ، ثنا زُهَيْرٌ، ثنا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو النَّضْرِ الْفَقِيهُ، ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، أنبأ أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَمَّرَ عَلَيْنَا أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ بْنَ الْجَرَّاحِ نَتَلَقَّى عِيرًا لِقُرَيْشٍ وَزَوَّدَنَا جِرَابًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ لَمْ يَجِدْ لَنَا غَيْرَهُ، فَكَانَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ يُعْطِينَا تَمْرَةً تَمْرَةً، فَقُلْنَا: كَيْفَ كُنْتُمْ تَصْنَعُونَ بِهَا؟ قَالَ: نَمُصُّهَا كَمَا يَمُصُّ الصَّبِيُّ ثُمَّ نَشْرَبُ عَلَيْهَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ فَيَكْفِينَا يَوْمَنَا إِلَى اللَّيْلِ، وَكُنَّا نَضْرِبُ الْخَبَطَ بِعِصِيِّنَا ثُمَّ نَبُلُّهُ بِالْمَاءِ فَنَأْكُلُهُ، فَأَصَبْنَا عَلَى سَاحِلِ الْبَحْرِ مِثْلَ الْكَثِيبِ الضَّخْمِ دَابَّةً تُدْعَى الْعَنْبَرَ، فَقَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ: مَيْتَةٌ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: لَا بَلْ نَحْنُ رُسُلُ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَقَدِ اضْطُرِرْتُمْ فَكُلُوا، فَأَكَلْنَا مِنْهُ شَهْرًا وَنَحْنُ ثَلَاثُمِائَةٍ حَتَّى سَمِنَّا، وَلَقَدْ كُنَّا نَغْتَرِفُ مِنْ وَقْبِ عَيْنَيْهِ بِالْقِلَالِ الدُّهْنَ، وَنَقْطَعُ مِنْهُ الْفِدَرَ كَالثَّوْرِ، وَلَقَدْ أَخَذَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ مِنَّا ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ رَجُلًا فَأَقَامَهُمْ فِي وَقْبِ عَيْنَيْهِ، وَأَخَذَ ضِلَعًا مِنْ أَضْلَاعِهِ فَأَقَامَهَا ثُمَّ رَحَلَ أَعْظَمَ بَعِيرٍ فَمَرَّ تَحْتَهَا وَتَزَوَّدْنَا مِنْ لَحْمِهِ وَشَائِقَ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ أَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ: " هُوَ رِزْقٌ أَخْرَجَهُ اللهُ لَكُمْ، فَهَلْ مَعَكُمْ مِنْ لَحْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فَتُطْعِمُونَا؟ ". فَأَرْسَلْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْهُ فَأَكَلَ مِنْهُ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَحْيَى، وَفِي رِوَايَةِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يُونُسَ قَالَ: وَانْطَلَقْنَا عَلَى سَاحِلِ الْبَحْرِ فَرُفِعَ لَنَا عَلَى سَاحِلِ الْبَحْرِ كَهَيْئَةِ الْكَثِيبِ الضَّخْمِ فَأَتَيْنَاهُ، فَإِذَا دَابَّةُ الْعَنْبَرِ، وَقَالَ: لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا نَغْتَرِفُ مِنْ عَيْنِهِ بِالْقِلَالِ الدُّهْنَ وَنَقْتَطِعُ مِنْهُ الْفِدَرَ كَالثَّوْرِ أَوْ كَقَدْرِ الثَّوْرِ، وَقَالَ: فَأَقْعَدَهُمْ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ. وَقَالَ فِي آخِرِهِ: فَأَرْسَلْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَكَلَ. رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَحْيَى وَأَحْمَدَ بْنِ يُونُسَ.
Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent us out, appointing Abu Ubaydah (may Allah be pleased with him) as our commander, so that we could watch over the caravans of Quraysh. We had no provisions except one bag of dates, and Abu Ubaydah (may Allah be pleased with him) would give us only one date each. We asked: What did you do with it? The narrator said: We would suck it as a child sucks, then drink water after it, and that would suffice us for a day. We would beat leaves down with our sticks, soak them in water and eat them. Then we saw on the seashore a fish like a huge sand-dune; its name was al-Anbar. Abu Ubaydah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: It is carrion. Then he said: We are the envoys of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the path of Allah, and we have been compelled by necessity, so eat. We, three hundred people, ate the fish for a month until we grew fat. We would scoop out a jar of oil from the socket of that fish's eye, and cut from it a chunk like a bull. Abu Ubaydah (may Allah be pleased with him) took thirteen men and stood them in the eye socket, and he set up one of its ribs and had a large camel with a saddle on it pass beneath it. We took its meat as provisions for the journey. When we came to Madinah we told the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It was provision that Allah brought out for you. Do you have any of its meat, so that you may feed us too?" So we sent some of it to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) ate it.
(b) In the narration of Ahmad bin Yunus: We went along the seashore and saw something like a huge sand-dune; when we came near it, it was the Anbar fish. We would take out a vessel of fat from its eye socket, and we would cut a chunk from it like a bull. The narrator said: They were seated in the socket of that fish's eye. At the end of this hadith it says: We sent its meat to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) ate it.
(b) In the narration of Ahmad bin Yunus: We went along the seashore and saw something like a huge sand-dune; when we came near it, it was the Anbar fish. We would take out a vessel of fat from its eye socket, and we would cut a chunk from it like a bull. The narrator said: They were seated in the socket of that fish's eye. At the end of this hadith it says: We sent its meat to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) ate it.
