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2475. Jābir bin ‘Abdullāh narrated: “The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ dispatched us, and there were three-hundred of us. We were carrying our provisions on our shoulders. Then our provisions ran out such that each man among us could eat only a date per day.” It was said to him: “O Abū ‘Abdullāh! How could one date be enough for a man?” He said: “We realized its value when we did not even have that. Then we came to the sea where we saw a whale that the sea had tossed (on the shore). So we ate as much as we liked from it for eighteen days.” (Sahih)
[Abū ‘Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Sahih [It has been reported through other routes from Jābir bin ‘Abdullāh, and Mālik bin Anas reported it from Wahab bin Kaisān in a more complete and longer form than this.]
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The Hadīth gives us an idea of the exemplary quality of contentment and patience exhibited by the Companions, even in the face of the highly trying conditions. The Hadīth also tells us, that Allāh bestows upon His servants provisions from sources they would not even have imagined. The Hadīth also proves that a fish dying of being driven or thrown out of water is a Halāl (permissible) food. A detailed Hadīth on the subject appears in both Sahih Al-Bukhārī and Muslim.
