"The Prophet sent us with Abu 'Ubaidah on a campaign. Our supplies ran out. Then we passed by a whale that had been cast ashore by the sea. We wanted to eat from it, but Abu 'Ubaidah told us not to. Then he said: 'We are the envoys of the Messenger of Allah for the sake of Allah, so eat. So we ate from it for several days. When we came to the messenger of Allah we told him about that and he said: 'If you have anything left of it then send it to us."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4353)
بَعَثَنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَعَهُ فِي سَفَرٍ فَنَفِدَ زَادُنَا فَمَرَرْنَا بِحُوتٍ قَذَفَهُ الْبَحْرُ فَأَرَدْنَا أَنْ نَأْكُلَ مِنْهُ فَمَنَعَنَا أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ قَالَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ نَحْنُ رُسُلُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ كُلُوا قَالَ فَأَكَلْنَا مِنْهُ أَيَّامًا فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا ذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ بَقِيَ مَعَكُمْ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ فَابْعَثُوا بِهِ إِلَيْنَا