English narration
Narrated by جابر بن عبد الله الأنصاري
We went out in a campaign and the army was called The Army of the Khabt, and Abu 'Ubaida was our commander. We were struck with severe hunger. Then the sea threw a huge dead fish called Al- `Anbar, the like of which had never been seen. We ate of it for half a month, and then Abu 'Ubaida took one of its bones (and made an arch of it) so that a rider could easily pass under it.
النص العربي
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى ، عَنْ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرًا رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، يَقُولُ : "
غَزَوْنَا جَيْشَ الْخَبَطِ ، وَأُمِّرَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ فَجُعْنَا جُوعًا شَدِيدًا فَأَلْقَى الْبَحْرُ حُوتًا مَيِّتًا لَمْ يُرَ مِثْلُهُ ، يُقَالُ لَهُ : الْعَنْبَرُ ، فَأَكَلْنَا مِنْهُ نِصْفَ شَهْرٍ ، فَأَخَذَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ عَظْمًا مِنْ عِظَامِهِ فَمَرَّ الرَّاكِبُ تَحْتَهُ
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