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sand dune stretched out on the beach. We approached it and found
it was a whale. Abu Ubaidah said: „This is carrion, we cannot eat it
because it is forbidden.‟ But upon reflection he added: „We have
been sent by the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon
him, and are engaged in the cause of Allah. We have been driven
by necessity, therefore it is lawful for us to eat it.‟ There were three
hundred of us and we lived from it for a month and gained weight.
We extracted skinfuls of oil through its eyes, and carved out pieces
of meat as large as an ox.
On one occasion Abu Ubaidah told thirteen of us to sit in the socket
of its eye. He took one of its ribs and stood it up and made our
tallest camel walk under it. When we left we took large pieces of
boiled meat with us for our provision. Upon our return to Medina we
presented ourselves before the Prophet, praise and peace be upon
him, and told him about the whale. He said: „That was a provision
sent to you by Allah. Have you any of its meat to give to us so that
we may eat?‟ So we sent some of it to the Prophet, praise and
peace be upon him, and he ate from it.‟"
it was a whale. Abu Ubaidah said: „This is carrion, we cannot eat it
because it is forbidden.‟ But upon reflection he added: „We have
been sent by the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon
him, and are engaged in the cause of Allah. We have been driven
by necessity, therefore it is lawful for us to eat it.‟ There were three
hundred of us and we lived from it for a month and gained weight.
We extracted skinfuls of oil through its eyes, and carved out pieces
of meat as large as an ox.
On one occasion Abu Ubaidah told thirteen of us to sit in the socket
of its eye. He took one of its ribs and stood it up and made our
tallest camel walk under it. When we left we took large pieces of
boiled meat with us for our provision. Upon our return to Medina we
presented ourselves before the Prophet, praise and peace be upon
him, and told him about the whale. He said: „That was a provision
sent to you by Allah. Have you any of its meat to give to us so that
we may eat?‟ So we sent some of it to the Prophet, praise and
peace be upon him, and he ate from it.‟"