Ibn Majah 4159 · Book 37
Sunan Ibn Majah, 4159
Zuhd
Sahih (authentic)by Al-Albani
حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ وَنَحْنُ ثَلاَثُمِائَةٍ نَحْمِلُ أَزْوَادَنَا عَلَى رِقَابِنَا فَفَنِيَ أَزْوَادُنَا حَتَّى كَانَ يَكُونُ لِلرَّجُلِ مِنَّا تَمْرَةٌ . فَقِيلَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَأَيْنَ تَقَعُ التَّمْرَةُ مِنَ الرَّجُلِ فَقَالَ لَقَدْ وَجَدْنَا فَقْدَهَا حِينَ فَقَدْنَاهَا وَأَتَيْنَا الْبَحْرَ فَإِذَا نَحْنُ بِحُوتٍ قَدْ قَذَفَهُ الْبَحْرُ فَأَكَلْنَا مِنْهُ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا .
It was narrated that Jabir bin ‘Abdullah said:“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent us, (we were) three hundred men, carrying our provisions on our necks. Our provisions ran out until there would be for (every) man among us one date (a day).” Then it was said: “O Abu ‘Abdullah, how can one date satisfy a man?” He said: “When we no longer had it, we realized how much it was worth. Then we came to the sea and found a whale that had been thrown up by the sea, and we ate from it for eighteen days.”Rapporté par Jabir bin ‘Abdullah : Le Messager d’Allah (ﷺ) nous a envoyés, nous étions trois cents hommes, portant nos provisions sur nos cous. Nos provisions se sont épuisées, au point que chacun d’entre nous n’avait plus qu’une datte par jour.” On lui a alors demandé : “Ô Abu ‘Abdullah, comment une seule datte peut-elle suffire à un homme ?” Il a répondu : “Quand nous n’en avions même plus, nous avons compris combien elle était précieuse. Puis nous sommes arrivés à la mer et avons trouvé une baleine rejetée par la mer, et nous en avons mangé pendant dix-huit jours.”Grades given by scholars
- Al-Albani
- Sahih
- Muhammad Fouad Abd al-Baqi
- Sahih
- Shuaib Al Arnaut
- Sahih
- Zubair Ali Zai
- Sahih - Agreed Upon
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