[Machine] I heard Jabir ibn Abdullah saying, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent a military expedition, in which I was among them, to the coast. We ran out of supplies until we gathered what each person had. Then we combined them together until it became enough to give each person an amount according to what they could bear. So, no person would receive anything except for a date each day. A man said to Jabir, 'O Abu Abdullah, what benefit does a date have for a person?' Jabir said, 'O son of my brother, we found it to be the only thing left when it was consumed.' Jabir said, 'While we were in that situation, we saw a black mass. When it covered us, we saw that it was a creature from the sea. The army stayed with it for eighteen nights, and they would eat from it whatever they wanted until they became satisfied.'"  

سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ ؓ يَقُولُ بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَرِيَّةً أَنَا فِيهِمْ إِلَى سِيفِ الْبَحْرِ فَأَرْمَلْنَا الزَّادَ حَتَّى جَمَعْنَا مَا مَعَ كُلِّ إِنْسَانٍ فَجَعَلْنَاهُ وَاحِدًا حَتَّى كَانَ يُعْطِي كُلَّ إِنْسَانٍ قَدْرَ مَا يُصِيبُهُ حَتَّى مَا كَانَ يُصِيبُ إِنْسَانًا إِلَّا تَمْرَةٌ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ لِجَابِرٍ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ وَمَا تُغْنِي عَنْ رَجُلٍ تَمْرَةٌ؟ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي قَدْ وَجَدْنَا فَقْدَهَا حِينَ فَنِيَتْ قَالَ جَابِرٌ فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ إِذْ رَأَيْنَا سَوَادًا فَلَمَّا غَشِينَا إِذَا دَابَّةٌ مِنَ الْبَحْرِ قَدْ خَرَجَتْ مِنَ الْبَحْرِ فَأَنَاخَ عَلَيْهَا الْعَسْكَرُ ثَمَانِ عَشْرَةَ لَيْلَةً فَيَأْكُلُونَ مِنْهَا مَا شَاءُوا حَتَّى أَرْبَعُوا