1 The Virtues of Surah Al-Ma'idah; When It was Revealed Surah to ...

as their commander, and the army consisted of
three hundred men, including myself.
We marched on until we reached a place where
our food was about to finish. Abu Ubaydah
ordered us to collect all the food for our journey,
and it was collected in two bags of dates.
Abu Ubaydah kept on giving us our daily ration in
small amounts from it, until it was exhausted.
The share of each of us used to be one date
only.''
I (one of the narrators from Jabir) said,
"How could one date suffice for you''
Jabir replied, "We came to know its value when
even that finished.''
Jabir added, "When we reached the seashore, we
saw a huge fish which was like a small mountain.
The army ate from it for eighteen days. Then Abu
Ubaydah ordered that two of its ribs be affixed in
the ground. Then he ordered that a she-camel be
ridden, and it passed under the two ribs (forming
an arch) without touching them.''
This Hadith was also collected in the Two
Sahihs.
Malik recorded that Abu Hurayrah said,
"A man asked Allah's Messenger, `O Allah's
Messenger! We go to sea and carry little water
with us. If we use it for Wudu, we get thirsty, so
should we use seawater for Wudu''
The Messenger of Allah said,
Its water is pure and its dead are lawful.''
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هُوَ‏ الط َّهُورُ‏ مَاؤُهُ‏ الْحِل ُّ مَيْتَتُه
The two Imams, Ash-Shafii and Ahmad bin
Hanbal, recorded this Hadith, along with the Four
Sunan compilers.