Hadith 16862

Yahya related to me from Malik from Wahb ibn Kaysan that Jabiribn Abdullah said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him andgrant him peace, sent a delegation to the coast. Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah was in command of them. There were 300 people and I was amongthem. We went out until we had gone part of the way and our provisionswere finished. Abu Ubayda ordered that the provisions of the army begathered up and they amounted to two containers of dates. He used togive us a little provision from it each day until it was finished, andwe used to have only a single date each. I said, 'What use is onedate?' He said, 'We will certainly feel its loss when they arefinished.' "Jabir continued, "Then we reached the sea andthere was a fish like a small mountain. The army ate from it foreighteen nights. Then Abu Ubayda ordered two ribs from it to be setup. Then he commanded that a camel be ridden underneath them and itdid not touch them."