Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 2983

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Book 56: Fighting for the Cause of Allah (Jihaad)

Chapter: To carry the journey-food on one's shoulder

Chain of Narration (Isnad)

Narrated by Jabir bin Abdullah 5 narrators
Sadqah bin al-Fadl Atbāʿ Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn d. 226 AH 'Abdah bin Sulaiman al-Klabi Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn d. 187 AH or after Hisham bin Urwa Tābiʿī ~61 AH – 146 AH Wahb bin Kysan al-Quraishi Tābiʿī d. 127 AH Jabir bin Abdullah Companion 16 BH/607 CE – ~78 AH/687 CE
Narrated Wahb bin Kaisan:Jabir bin `Abdullah 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 (Jabir), "O Abu `Abdullah! How could a person be satisfied with a single date?" Jabir replied, "We realized the value of that one date when we could not even have that much till we reached the sea-shore, 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."

Reference

Sahih al-Bukhari 2983

In-book reference

Book 56, Hadith 192

USC-MSA web (English)

Vol. 4, Book 52, Hadith 226

Translation by Muhsin Khan · Language: EN

Arabic Text

حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدَةُ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ خَرَجْنَا وَنَحْنُ ثَلاَثُمِائَةٍ 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 الْبَحْرَ فَإِذَا حُوتٌ قَدْ قَذَفَهُ الْبَحْرُ، فَأَكَلْنَا مِنْهَا ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا مَا أَحْبَبْنَا‏.‏

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