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Narrated Jabir:We went out in a campaign and the army was called The Army of the Khabat, and Abu 'Ubaida was our commander. We were struck with severe hunger. Then the sea threw a huge dead fish called Al- `Anbar, the like of which had never been seen. We ate of it for half a month, and then Abu 'Ubaida took one of its bones (and made an arch of it) so that a rider could easily pass under it

حدثنا مسدد، حدثنا يحيى، عن ابن جريج، قال اخبرني عمرو، انه سمع جابرا رضى الله عنه يقول غزونا جيش الخبط وامر ابو عبيدة فجعنا جوعا شديدا فالقى البحر حوتا ميتا لم ير مثله يقال له العنبر فاكلنا منه نصف شهر فاخذ ابو عبيدة عظما من عظامه فمر الراكب تحته