Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 3840
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَمَّرَ عَلَيْنَا أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ بْنَ الْجَرَّاحِ نَتَلَقَّى عِيرًا لِقُرَيْشٍ وَزَوَّدَنَا جِرَابًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ لَمْ نَجِدْ لَهُ غَيْرَهُ فَكَانَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ يُعْطِينَا تَمْرَةً تَمْرَةً كُنَّا نَمُصُّهَا كَمَا يَمُصُّ الصَّبِيُّ ثُمَّ نَشْرَبُ عَلَيْهَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ فَتَكْفِينَا يَوْمَنَا إِلَى اللَّيْلِ وَكُنَّا نَضْرِبُ بِعِصِيِّنَا الْخَبَطَ ثُمَّ نَبُلُّهُ بِالْمَاءِ فَنَأْكُلُهُ وَانْطَلَقْنَا عَلَى سَاحِلِ الْبَحْرِ فَرُفِعَ لَنَا كَهَيْئَةِ الْكَثِيبِ الضَّخْمِ فَأَتَيْنَاهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ دَابَّةٌ تُدْعَى الْعَنْبَرَ فَقَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ مَيْتَةٌ وَلاَ تَحِلُّ لَنَا ثُمَّ قَالَ لاَ بَلْ نَحْنُ رُسُلُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَقَدِ اضْطُرِرْتُمْ إِلَيْهِ فَكُلُوا فَأَقَمْنَا عَلَيْهِ شَهْرًا وَنَحْنُ ثَلاَثُمِائَةٍ حَتَّى سَمِنَّا فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ " هُوَ رِزْقٌ أَخْرَجَهُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ فَهَلْ مَعَكُمْ مِنْ لَحْمِهِ شَىْءٌ فَتُطْعِمُونَا مِنْهُ " . فَأَرْسَلْنَا مِنْهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَكَلَ .
ʿAbd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Nufayli narrated to us: Zuhayr narrated to us: Abu al-Zubayr narrated to us, from Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent us out and appointed Abu ʿUbaydah ibn al-Jarrah over us to intercept a Quraysh caravan. He provisioned us with a leather bag of dates, and we had nothing else. Abu ʿUbaydah would give each of us one date. We sucked it as a child sucks, then drank water after it; it sustained us through the day until night. We would beat leaves from trees with our sticks, wet them with water, and eat them. We continued along the seashore until a huge mound-like shape appeared to us. When we reached it, it was an animal called al-ʿAnbar. Abu ʿUbaydah said: “It is carrion, and it is not lawful for us.” Then he said: “No, we are envoys of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and are in the path of Allah, and necessity has compelled you. Eat it.” We stayed there for a month, and we were three hundred, until we grew stout. When we returned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, we told him about it. He said: “It is provision Allah brought forth for you. Do you have any of its meat with you to give us?” We sent some to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he ate it.