Explanation of the Book of Foods-07a
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The reciter: Abdullah ibn Muhammad narrated to us, Sufyan informed us from Amr, who said: I heard Jabir say: Sahih al-Bukhari 5494
The Shaykh : How many were they?
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 Khabt (desert bushes), so our army was called the Army of the Khabt. 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
بعثنا النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ثلاث مائة راكب وأميرنا أبو عبيدة نرصد عيراً لقريش فأصابنا جوع شديد حتى أكلنا الخبط فسمي جيش الخبط وألقى البحر حوتاً يقال له العنبر فأكلنا نصف شهر وادهنا بودكه ..The Shaykh : How many were they?