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Abu Daud with a chain up to Abu Umamah Iyas, the son of Thalabah who related
this hadith.
PROVISION FROM ALLAH
|H 519
“The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, sent the Companions
out under the leadership of Abu Ubaidah to an encounter with a
Korayshi caravan.
Their provisions were a leather bag containing dried dates and
nothing else. Abu Ubaidah gave them each one date a day. Jabir
was asked: „How did you manage.‟ He replied: „We sucked it in the
way a child would and then drank some water afterwards. This kept
us going until night. We would also pull down leaves from the trees
with our staffs, dip them in water and eat them.
When we reached the coast we saw something that resembled a
this hadith.
PROVISION FROM ALLAH
|H 519
“The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, sent the Companions
out under the leadership of Abu Ubaidah to an encounter with a
Korayshi caravan.
Their provisions were a leather bag containing dried dates and
nothing else. Abu Ubaidah gave them each one date a day. Jabir
was asked: „How did you manage.‟ He replied: „We sucked it in the
way a child would and then drank some water afterwards. This kept
us going until night. We would also pull down leaves from the trees
with our staffs, dip them in water and eat them.
When we reached the coast we saw something that resembled a