سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith 4159
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- Book
- 37. Zuhd
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- 60
Chapter 12
Chapter context: The livelihood of the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ)
باب مَعِيشَةِ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ
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Original Arabic
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 .
Translation
English translation
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.”
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Where is this hadith found?
This is Hadith 4159 in Sunan Ibn Majah. It appears in Book 37, Zuhd, as in-book entry 60 under the chapter “The livelihood of the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ).”
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Source and grading notes
English : Vol. 5, Book 37, Hadith 4159 Arabic : Book 37, Hadith 4298
- Al-Albani:
- Sahih
- Muhammad Fouad Abd al-Baqi:
- Sahih
- Shuaib Al Arnaut:
- Sahih
- Zubair Ali Zai:
- Sahih - Agreed Upon
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