Sahih al-Bukhari 5494

Hadith text

Narrated Jabir:The Prophet (ﷺ) sent us as an army unit of three hundred warriors under the command of Abu 'Ubaida to ambush a caravan of the Quraish. But we were struck with such severe hunger that we ate the Khabat (desert bushes), so our army was called the Army of the Khabat. Then the sea threw a huge fish called Al-`Anbar and we ate of it for half a month and rubbed our bodies with its fat till our bodies became healthy. Then Abu Ubaida took one of its ribs and fixed it over the ground and a rider passed underneath it. There was a man amongst us who slaughtered three camels when hunger became severe, and he slaughtered three more, but after that Abu 'Ubaida forbade him to do so

Jabir bataate hain: Nabi (SAW) ne humein teen sau (300) jaanbaazon ka ek fauji dasta banaakar Abu Ubaida ki qayaadat mein Quraish ke ek kaafle ko ghaat lagaane bheja. Magar humein itni shadeed bhookh lagi ke humne Khabat (registaani jhaadiyaan) khaayi, isliye hamaari fauj ko 'Khabat ki Fauj' kaha gaya. Phir samundar ne Al-Anbar naami ek badi machhli phenki aur humne usse aadhe mahine tak khaaya aur uski charbi se apne jism mile, yahaan tak ke hamare jism sehatmand ho gaye. Phir Abu Ubaida ne uski ek paseli li aur zameen par khadi ki, aur ek sawaar uske neeche se guzar gaya. Humaare beech ek shaks tha jisne bhookh shadeed hone par teen oont zibah kiye, aur usne teen aur zibah kiye, magar baad mein Abu Ubaida ne use aisa karne se mana kar diya.

Sahih al-Bukhari 5494 · Book 72, Hadith 20