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LEAVES OF THE HUBLAH AND SAMOR TREES

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“I (Sa'ad, son of Abi Wakkas) am the first Arab to shoot an arrow in
the cause of Allah. We fought along with the Prophet, praise and
peace be upon him, and our food was only the leaves of the Hublah
and Samor trees. The stools of some of us were like the droppings
of goats.”

Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Sa'ad, the son of Abi Wakkas who related

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FAINT THROUGH HUNGER