ﻟا ﻰﻋْﺪُﺗ ٌﺔﱠﺑاَد ﻲِه اذِﺈَﻓ ُﻩﺎَﻨْﻴﺗَﺄَﻓ ، ﻢﺨﻀﻟا ِﺐﻴِﺜَﻜﻟا ِﺔَﺌْﻴَﻬآ ِﺮْﺤَﺒﻟا ِﻞِﺣﺎﺳ ﻰﻠﻋ ﺎَﻨﻟ َﻊﻓُﺮﻓ ، ِﺮْﺤَﺒﻟا ِﻞِﺣَﺎﺳ ﻰﻠﻋ
، َﺮَﺒْﻨَﻌ
َةَﺪْﻴَﺒُﻋ ﻮُﺑَأ لﺎﻘﻓ
:
لﺎﻗ ﱠﻢُﺛ ، ٌﺔَﺘْﻴَﻣ
: ﻻ
ِﺪَﻗو ، ﻪﱠﻠﻟا ِﻞﻴﺒﺳ ﻲﻓو ، ﻢﱠﻠَﺳو ِﻪْﻴَﻠَﻋ ُﷲا ﻰّﻠَﺻ ﻪﱠﻠﻟا ِلﻮُﺳر ُﻞُﺳر ُﻦْﺤﻧ ْﻞﺑ ،
و ﻦﻣ ُفِﺮَﺘْﻐَﻧ ﺎَﻨُﺘﻳَأَر ْﺪَﻘﻟو ، ﺎﱠﻨِﻤَﺳ ﻰﱠﺘﺣ ، ﺔَﺋﺎﻤُﺛﻼَﺛ ُﻦْﺤَﻧَو ، ًاﺮْﻬَﺷ ِﻪْﻴَﻠﻋ ﺎَﻨْﻤَﻗَﺄَﻓ ، اﻮُﻠﻜَﻓ ْﻢﺗرِﺮُﻄْﺿا
ِﻪِﻨْﻴَﻋ ِﺐْﻗ
ُﻊَﻄْﻘَﻧو َﻦْهﱡﺪﻟا ِلﻼِﻘْﻟﺎﺑ
ِرْﻮﱠﺜﻟا ِرْﺪَﻘآ وَأ ِرْﻮﱠﺜﻟﺎَآ َرَﺪِﻔْﻟا ُﻪْﻨﻣ
.
ِﻪِﻋﻼْﺿَأ ْﻦﻣ ًﺎﻌَﻠِﺿ َﺬَﺧَأَو ِﻪِﻨْﻴَﻋ ِﺐْﻗو ﻲﻓ ﻢُهَﺪَﻌْﻗَﺄﻓ ًﻼُﺟَر َﺮَﺸَﻋ َﺔَﺛﻼَﺛ َةَﺪْﻴﺒُﻋ ﻮُﺑَأ ﺎﱠﻨِﻣ َﺬَﺧَأ ْﺪَﻘَﻟو
َﻞَﺣَر ﱠﻢُﺛ ﺎَﻬَﻣﺎَﻗَﺄﻓ
ﱠوَﺰَﺗَو ﺎَﻬِﺘْﺤَﺗ ْﻦﻣ ّﺮﻤﻓ ﺎَﻨَﻌَﻣ ٍﺮﻴِﻌَﺑ َﻢَﻈْﻋَأ
ِﻪْﻴَﻠَﻋ ُﷲا ﻰّﻠَﺻ ﻪﱠﻠﻟا لﻮﺳر ﺎَﻨْﻴَﺗَأ َﺔَﻨِﻳﺪﻤﻟا ﺎَﻨﻣِﺪﻗ ﺎﱠﻤﻠَﻓ ،َﻖِﺋﺎَﺷَو ِﻪِﻤْﺤﻟ ْﻦِﻣ ﺎَﻧْد
لﺎﻘﻓ ، ﻪﻟ َﻚﻟذ ﺎَﻧَﺮْآﺬَﻓ ﻢﱠﻠَﺳو
:
»
؟ ﺎَﻧﻮُﻤِﻌْﻄﺘَﻓ ءﻲَﺷ ِﻪِﻤْﺤﻟ ْﻦِﻣ ْﻢﻜَﻌﻣ ْﻞَﻬَﻓ ، ْﻢُﻜَﻟ ﻪﱠﻠﻟا ُﻪَﺟَﺮْﺧَأ ٌقْزِر َﻮُه
«
ﺎَﻨْﻠﺳْرَﺄَﻓ
ﱠﻠﻟا لﻮﺳر ﻰﻟإ
ُﻪَﻠَآَﺄَﻓ ُﻪْﻨِﻣ ﻢﱠﻠَﺳو ِﻪْﻴَﻠَﻋ ُﷲا ﻰّﻠَﺻ ﻪ
.
ﻢﻠﺴﻣ ﻩاور
.
«
ُباَﺮِﺠﻟا
«
:
ُﺢﺼْﻓَأ ُﺮﺴﻜﻟاو ، ﺎﻬِﺤﺘﻓو ﻢﻴﺠﻟا ﺮِﺴَﻜﺑ ﻮُهَو ، فوُﺮْﻌَﻣ ٍﺪْﻠِﺟ ْﻦِﻣ ءﺎﻋِو
.
ﻪﻟﻮﻗ
:
» ﺎَﻬﱡﺼَﻤَﻧ
«
ﻢﻴﻤﻟا ﺢﺘﻔﺑ
» َﻂْﺒَﺨﻟاو «
ُﻞﺑِﻹا ُﻪُﻠُآْﺄَﺗ فوُﺮْﻌَﻣ ٍﺮَﺠَﺷ ُقَرَو
.
» ِﺜَﻜﻟاَو ُﺐﻴ «
، ِﻞْﻣﱠﺮﻟا َﻦِﻣ ﱡﻞﱠﺘﻟا
»
ُﺐْﻗَﻮﻟاو «
:
ِﺢﺘﻔﺑ
ﻦْﻴﻌﻟا ةﺮﻘﻧ ﻮُهَو ، ٌةﺪﺣﻮﻣ ءﺎﺑ ﺎَهﺪﻌﺑو ِفﺎﻘﻟا نﺎﻜﺳِإو ِواﻮﻟا
» ُلﻼِﻘﻟاَو
« ُراَﺮِﺠﻟا
. » ُرَﺪِﻔﻟاو
«
ِءﺎﻔﻟا ِﺮﺴﻜﺑ
لاﺪﻟا ﺢﺘﻓو
:
ُﻊﻄِﻘﻟا
.
»
َﺮﻴِﻌَﺒﻟا َﻞَﺣَر
«
َﻞْﺣﺮﻟا ﻪﻴﻠﻋ َﻞﻌﺟ ْيأ ِءﺎﺤﻟا ِﻒﻴﻔﺨﺘﺑ
.و
»
ﻖﺋﺎَﺷَﻮْﻟا
«
ِﺔﻤﺠﻌﻤﻟا ِﻦﻴﺸﻟﺎﺑ
ِفﺎﻘﻟاو
:
ﻢﻠﻋأ ﻪﱠﻠﻟاو ، ﻪْﻨِﻣ َدﱠﺪَﻘﻴﻟ َﻊِﻄُﺘْﻗا يﺬﱠﻟا ُﻢْﺤﱠﻠﻟا
.
518.
Jabir bin `Abdullah (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: Messenger of Allah (PBUH) sent us in an
expedition under the command of Abu `Ubaidah (May Allah be pleased with him) to intercept a caravan of the
Quraish. He provided us with a bag of dates, apart from which he found nothing for us. Abu `Ubaidah (May Allah
be pleased with him) gave each of us one date (every day). He (the narrator) was asked: "What did you do with
that?'' He said: We sucked that just like a baby and then drank water over that, and it was sufficient for us for the day
until night. We beat off leaves with the help of our sticks, then drenched them with water and ate them. We then
went to the seaside, when there appeared before us something like a big mound. We came near it and we found that
it was a beast called Al-Anbar. Abu 'Ubaidah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: "It is dead (so it useless for
us).'' He then said: "No (but it does not matter), we have been sent by Messenger of Allah (PBUH) in the way of
Allah and you are hard-pressed (on account of the scarcity of food), so you can eat that.'' We, three hundred in
number, stayed there for a month until we fattened up (having plenty to eat of that fish). He (Jabir) said: I saw how
we extracted pitcher after pitcher full of fat from the cavity of its eye, and sliced from it compact piece of meat equal
to a bull or almost like a bull. Abu 'Ubaidah (May Allah be pleased with him) called thirteen men from us and he
made them sit in the cavity of its eye, and he held one of its ribs and raised it erect and then saddled the biggest of
the camels we had with us and it passed through it (the arched rib), and we carried large pieces of meat for use in our
journey. When we came back to Al-Madinah we went to Messenger of Allah (PBUH) and told him about that,
whereupon he said,
"That was a sustenance Allah had brought forth for you. Do you have any piece of meat left with
you, for us to eat.''
Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) said: We sent to Messenger of Allah (PBUH) some of that
(meat) and he ate it.
[Muslim].
Commentary:
This Hadith also points to the economic pinch from which the Companions suffered in the early
phase of Islam. They braved it patiently. Secondly, The blessing came to them in the sense that each one of them
was patient enough to live on a single date-fruit and water in twenty-four hours. Thirdly, it emphasizes that
according to the circumstances, there is always room for Ijtihad (independent juristic reasoning). First Abu 'Ubaidah
(May Allah be pleased with him) hesitated, but later he established a different opinion on the basis of his Ijtihad and
decided to use the body of the giant fish as food. Fourthly, it provides us a proof of the sacrifice of the Companions
that Allah miraculously granted them such a huge sea-fish that a group of three hundred people kept eating for one
month. Fifthly, it tells us that a sea-carrion is a lawful food as indicated in another Hadith: "The water of the sea and
its carrion are both Halal.'' Sixthly, this particular fish, like the whale, is a gigantic phenomenon which is normally
about 50 feet long.''
519
ﺖﻟﺎﻗ ﺎﻬﻨﻋ ﻪﱠﻠﻟا ﻲﺿر َﺪﻳِﺰَﻳ ِﺖْﻨﺑ َءﺎَﻤْﺳَأ ﻦﻋو
:
ﻰﻟِإ ﻢﱠﻠَﺳو ِﻪْﻴَﻠَﻋ ُﷲا ﻰّﻠَﺻ ﻪﱠﻠﻟا لﻮﺳر ِ
ﺺﻴِﻤﻗ ﱡﻢُآ َنﺎآ
ِﻎْﺻﱡﺮﻟا
لﺎﻗو ، يﺬﻣﺮﺘﻟاو ، دواد ﻮﺑأ ﻩاور
:
ﻦﺴﺣ ﺚﻳﺪﺣ
.
ﺖﻠﻗ
) :
ﻒﻴﻌﺿ ] (
ﻪﻴﻓ :
ﻒﻴﻌﺿ ﻮهو ، ﺐﺷﻮﺣ ﻦﺑ ﺮﻬﺷ
. [
»
ُﻎْﺻﱡﺮﻟا
«
ُﻎْﺳﱡﺮﻟاو ِدﺎﺼﻟﺎﺑ
ًﺎﻀﻳَأ ِﻦﻴﺴﻟﺎﺑ
:
ِﺪِﻋﺎﱠﺴﻟاو ﱢﻒَﻜﻟا ْﻦﻴﺑ ُﻞِﺼْﻔُﻤﻟا َﻮه
.
519.
Asma' bint Yazid (May Allah be pleased with them) reported:
The sleeves of the shirt of Messenger of Allah
(PBUH) reached his wrists.
[At-Tirmidhi].
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