Sahih al-Bukhari 2387 (Book 47, Hadith 1)
chief, and the army consisted of three-hundred men including myself. We marched on till we reached
a place where our food was about to finish. Abu- ‘Ubaida ordered us to collect all the journey food and
it was collected. My (our) journey food was dates. Abu ‘Ubaida kept on giving us our daily ration in
small amounts from it, till it was exhausted. The share of everyone of us used to be one date only.” I
said, “How could one date benefit you?” Jabir replied, “We came to know its value when even that too
finished.” Jabir added, “When we reached the sea-shore, we saw a huge fish which was like a small
mountain. The army ate from it for eighteen days. Then Abu ‘Ubaida ordered that two of its ribs be
fixed and they were fixed in the ground. Then he ordered that a she-camel be ridden and it passed
under the two ribs (forming an arch) without touching them.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 2387 (Book 47, Hadith 1)
The above hadith is from the Sahih al-Buhari collection of hadiths. The compilation known as Sahih al-Bukhari is a paramount collection of the Sunnah and hadith of the Prophet Muhammad. Its creator, Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī, dedicated his life to this work, completing it around 847. It holds a position of immense respect as arguably the most authentic book in Sunni Islam after the Holy Quran. As a key pillar of the six canonical books (Kutub al-Sittah), its detailed 97-chapter structure houses an estimated 7,563 narrations that continue to shape Islamic theology, law, and ethics to this day.
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