Hadith 2983

To carry the journey-food on one's shoulder.

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Darussalam · Volume 4

56 - THE BOOK OF JIHĀD

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 2983 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 55

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English translation

2983. Narrated Wahb bin Kaisān: Jābir bin 'Abdullāh رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا said, "We set out, and we were three hundred men, carrying our journey-food on our shoulders. Then we began to eat a single date each per day." A man asked (Jābir), "O Abū 'Abdullāh! How could a person be satisfied with a single date?" Jābir replied, "We realised the value of that one date when we could not even have that much till we reached the seashore, when all of a sudden we saw a huge fish cast by the sea. So, we ate of it as much as we wished for eighteen days."

Arabic text

2983 - حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ الفَضْلِ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدَةُ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، قَالَ: «خَرَجْنَا وَنَحْنُ ثَلاَثُ مِائَةٍ نَحْمِلُ زَادَنَا عَلَى رِقَابِنَا، فَفَنِيَ زَادُنَا حَتَّى كَانَ الرَّجُلُ مِنَّا يَأْكُلُ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ تَمْرَةً»، قَالَ رَجُلٌ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، وَأَيْنَ كَانَتِ التَّمْرَةُ تَقَعُ مِنَ الرَّجُلِ؟ قَالَ: «لَقَدْ وَجَدْنَا فَقْدَهَا حِينَ فَقَدْنَاهَا، حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا البَحْرَ، فَإِذَا حُوتٌ قَدْ قَذَفَهُ البَحْرُ، فَأَكَلْنَا مِنْهُ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا مَا أَحْبَبْنَا»

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