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Jabir said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent us on an expedition and made Abu Ubaidah Bin AlJarrah our leader. We had to meet a caravan of the Quraish. He gave us a bag of dates as a light meal during the journey. We had nothing except that. Abu Ubaidah would give each of us one date. We used to suck them as a child sucks; and drink water after that and it sufficed us that day till night. We used to beat leaves off the trees with our sticks for food ; wetted them with water and ate them. We then went to the coast of the sea. There appeared to us a body like a great mound. When we came to it; we found that it was an animal called Alanbar. Abu Ubaidah said: It is a carrion; and it is not lawful for us. He then said: No; we are the Messengers of the Apostel of Allah ﷺ and we are in the path of Allah. If you are forced by necessity to eat it ; then eat it. We stayed feeding on it for one mouth; till we became fat; and we were three hundred in number. When we came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ; we mentioned it to him. He said : It is a provision which Allah has brought forth for you; and give us some to eat if you have any meat of it with you. So we sent some of it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he ate it.