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Sahih Muslim 1935a

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) (may peace he upon him) sent us (on an expedition) and appointed Abu Ubaida our chief that we might intercept a caravan of the Quraish and…

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حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ

قَالَ بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَمَّرَ عَلَيْنَا أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ نَتَلَقَّى عِيرًا لِقُرَيْشٍ وَزَوَّدَنَا جِرَابًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ لَمْ يَجِدْ لَنَا غَيْرَهُ فَكَانَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ يُعْطِينَا تَمْرَةً تَمْرَةً (قَالَ) فَقُلْتُ: كَيْفَ كُنْتُمْ تَصْنَعُونَ بِهَا قَالَ نَمَصُّهَا كَمَا يَمَصُّ الصَّبِيُّ ثُمَّ نَشْرَبُ عَلَيْهَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ فَتَكْفِينَا يَوْمَنَا إِلَى اللَّيْلِ وَكُنَّا نَضْرِبُ بِعِصِيِّنَا الْخَبَطَ ثُمَّ نَبُلُّهُ بِالْمَاءِ فَنَأْكُلُهُ قَالَ وَانْطَلَقْنَا عَلَى سَاحِلِ الْبَحْرِ فَرُفِعَ لَنَا عَلَى سَاحِلِ الْبَحْرِ كَهَيْئَةِ الْكَثِيبِ الضَّخْمِ فَأَتَيْنَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ دَابَّةٌ تُدْعَى الْعَنْبَرَ قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ مَيْتَةٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ: لَا بَلْ نَحْنُ رُسُلُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَقَدِ اضْطُرِرْتُمْ فَكُلُوا قَالَ فَأَقَمْنَا عَلَيْهِ شَهْرًا وَنَحْنُ ثَلَاثُ مِائَةٍ حَتَّى سَمِنَّا قَالَ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا نَغْتَرِفُ مِنْ وَقْبِ عَيْنِهِ بِالْقِلَالِ الدُّهْنَ وَنَقْتَطِعُ مِنْهُ الْفِدَرَ كَالثَّوْرِ (أَوْ كَقَدْرِ الثَّوْرِ) فَلَقَدْ أَخَذَ مِنَّا أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ رَجُلاً فَأَقْعَدَهُمْ فِي وَقْبِ عَيْنِهِ وَأَخَذَ ضِلَعًا مِنْ أَضْلَاعِهِ فَأَقَامَهَا ثُمَّ رَحَلَ أَعْظَمَ بَعِيرٍ مَعَنَا فَمَرَّ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا وَتَزَوَّدْنَا مِنْ لَحْمِهِ وَشَائِقَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ أَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ: «هُوَ رِزْقٌ أَخْرَجَهُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ فَهَلْ مَعَكُمْ مِنْ لَحْمِهِ شَىْءٌ فَتُطْعِمُونَا».

قَالَ فَأَرْسَلْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْهُ فَأَكَلَهُ

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) (may peace he upon him) sent us (on an expedition) and appointed Abu Ubaida our chief that we might intercept a caravan of the Quraish and provided us with a bag of dates. And he found for us nothing besides it. Abu Ubaida gave each of us one date (everyday).

I (Abu Zubair, one of the narrators) said: What did you do with that? He said: We sucked that just as a baby sucks and then drank water over that, and it sufficed us for the day until night. We beat off leaves with the help of our staffs, then drenched them with water and ate them. We then went to the coast of the sea, and there rose before us on the coast of the sea something like a big mound.

We came near that and we found that it was a beast, called al-Anbar (spermaceti whale). Abu Ubaida said. It is dead. He then said: No (but it does not matter), we have been sent by the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) in the path of Allah and you are hard pressed (on account of the scarcity of food), so you eat that.

We three hundred in number stayed there for a month, until we grew bulky. He (Jabir) said: I saw how we extracted pitcher after pitcher full of fat from the cavity of its eye, and sliced from it compact piece of meat equal to a bull or like a bull. Abu Ubaida called forth thirteen men from us and he made them sit in the cavity of its eye, and he took hold of one of the ribs of its chest and made it stand and then saddled the biggest of the camels we had with us and it passed under it (the arched rib), and we provided ourselves with pieces of boiled meat (especially for use in our journey).

When we came back to Medina, we went to the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and made a mention of that to him, whereupon he said: That was a provision which Allah had brought forth for you. Is there any piece of meat (left) with you, so that you give to us that?

He (Jabir) said: We sent to the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) tome of that (a piece of meat) and he ate it.

যুহায়র ইবনু হারব, ইবনু নুমায়র (রহঃ) ..... আয়িশাহ (রাযিঃ) থেকে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, রসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম আমার নিকট (অবস্থানকালে) আসর সালাতের পরের দু' রাকাআত কখনো ত্যাগ করেননি। (ইসলামী ফাউন্ডেশন ১৮০৫, ইসলামীক সেন্টার)

عروہ نے حضرت عائشہ رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہا سے روایت کی ، انھوں نے فرمایا : رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے میرے ہاں عصر کے بعد دو رکعتیں کبھی نہیں چھوڑیں ۔

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Zuhair bin Harb] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Jarir] -dalam jalur lain- Dan telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ibnu Numair] telah menceritakan kepada kami [bapakku] semuanya dari [Hisyam bin Urwah] dari [bapaknya] dari [Aisyah] ia berkata; Menurutku, Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam sama sekali tidak pernah meninggalkan dua raka'at sesudah Ashar

Bize Züheyr b. Harb rivayet etti. (Dediki): Bize Cerîr rivayet etti. H. Bize İbnü Numeyr de rivayet etti. (Dediki): Bize babam rivayet etti. Bunlar hep birden: Hişâm b. Urve'den, o da babasından, o da Âişe'den naklen rivayet etmişlerdir. Âişe: «Resûlullah (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem) ikindiden sonra benim yanımda iki rek'ât nafile kılmayı hiç bırakmadı.» demiş

Sahih Muslim 1935a, Book 34, The Book of Hunting, Slaughter, and what may be Eaten, Hadith 27. 2 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) sent a detachment to overtake a caravan that was carrying wheat and food for Quraysh. He appointed Abu ‘Ubaydah as their commander. The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) gave them a leather sack of dates, and their commander used to give each one of them one date, due to the scarcity of the provisions they had.

They would suck the dates and drink water over them. They also used to pluck the leaves off the trees by their sticks, which are the camels' fodder, then soak them in water to soften them up. When they arrived at the sea shore, they saw something like a mound of sand. When they reached it, they found out that it was a large fish called 'Al-‘Anbar' (sperm whale).

Their commander Abu ‘Ubaydah forbade them from eating from it because it was dead, and dead animals are unlawful according to the Qur’anic texts. Then, he changed his ruling and allowed them to eat from it, because it is permissible for the Muslim to eat dead animals when he is forced by necessity, particularly they were on a journey that was an act of obedience to Allah, the Exalted.

They forgot that the dead animals of the sea are lawful. Based on necessity, they ate from it and carried some of its meat with them. When they arrived at Madīnah, they informed the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) of that incident, whereupon he approved their action and ate from it.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Ahmad ibn YunusTold us, Fourth generation, died 227 AH
  3. 3Zuhayr ibn MuawiyahTold us, Third generation, died 172 AH
  4. 4Abu az-Zubayr al-MakkiTold us, Successor, died 126 AH
  5. 5Jabir ibn ZaydFrom, Successor, died 90 AH
  6. 6Jabir ibn AbdullahFrom, Companion, died 68 AH

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