Messenger of Allah (may peace he upon him) sent us (on an expedition). We were three hundred riders and our chief (leader) was 'Ubaida b. al-Jarrah. We were on the look out for a caravan of the Quraish. So we stayed on the coast for half a month, and were so much afflicted by extreme hunger that we (were obliged) to eat leaves. That is why it was called the Detachment of the Leaves. The ocean cast out for us an animal which was called al-'Anbar (whale). We ate of that for half of the month and rubbed its fat on our (bodies) until our bodies became stout. Abu 'Ubaida caught hold of one of its ribs and fixed that up. He then cast a glance at the tallest man of the army and the highest of the camels. and then made him ride over that, and that-tnan passed beneath it (the rib), and many a man could sit in its eye-socket, and we extracted many pitchers of fat from the cavity of its eye. We had small bags containing dates with us (before finding the whale). 'Ubaida gave every person amongst us a handful of dates (and when the provision ran short), he then gave each one of us one date. And when that (stock) was exhausted, we felt its loss.  

بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ ثَلاَثُمِائَةِ رَاكِبٍ وَأَمِيرُنَا أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ نَرْصُدُ عِيرًا لِقُرَيْشٍ فَأَقَمْنَا بِالسَّاحِلِ نِصْفَ شَهْرٍ فَأَصَابَنَا جُوعٌ شَدِيدٌ حَتَّى أَكَلْنَا الْخَبَطَ فَسُمِّيَ جَيْشَ الْخَبَطِ فَأَلْقَى لَنَا الْبَحْرُ دَابَّةً يُقَالُ لَهَا الْعَنْبَرُ فَأَكَلْنَا مِنْهَا نِصْفَ شَهْرٍ وَادَّهَنَّا مِنْ وَدَكِهَا حَتَّى ثَابَتْ أَجْسَامُنَا قَالَ فَأَخَذَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ ضِلَعًا مِنْ أَضْلاَعِهِ فَنَصَبَهُ ثُمَّ نَظَرَ إِلَى أَطْوَلِ رَجُلٍ فِي الْجَيْشِ وَأَطْوَلِ جَمَلٍ فَحَمَلَهُ عَلَيْهِ فَمَرَّ تَحْتَهُ قَالَ وَجَلَسَ فِي حَجَاجِ عَيْنِهِ نَفَرٌ قَالَ وَأَخْرَجْنَا مِنْ وَقْبِ عَيْنِهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا قُلَّةَ وَدَكٍ قَالَ وَكَانَ مَعَنَا جِرَابٌ مِنْ تَمْرٍ فَكَانَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ يُعْطِي كُلَّ رَجُلٍ مِنَّا قَبْضَةً قَبْضَةً ثُمَّ أَعْطَانَا تَمْرَةً تَمْرَةً فَلَمَّا فَنِيَ وَجَدْنَا فَقْدَهُ  

[Machine] We sent the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with three hundred riders, our commander Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah, and we camped on the coast until our supplies ran out and we resorted to eating sea animals. Then, the sea threw up a creature called al-‘Anbar, and we ate from it for half a month until our bodies became healthy. Abu Ubaidah took a rib from his own ribs, set it up, and looked at the longest camel. It passed under it, and there was a man who crossed three islands, and then three islands, and then three islands. Abu Ubaidah forbade him from doing so.  

بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي ثَلَاثِ مِائَةِ رَاكِبٍ أَمِيرُنَا أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ فَأَقَمْنَا عَلَى السَّاحِلِ حَتَّى فَنِيَ زَادُنَا حَتَّى أَكَلْنَا الْخَبَطَ ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْبَحْرَ أَلْقَى دَابَّةً يُقَالُ لَهَا الْعَنْبَرُ فَأَكَلْنَا مِنْهُ نِصْفَ شَهْرٍ حَتَّى صَلَحَتْ أَجْسَامُنَا فَأَخَذَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ ضِلَعًا مِنْ أَضْلَاعِهِ فَنَصَبَهُ وَنَظَرَ إِلَى أَطْوَلِ بَعِيرٍ فَجَازَ تَحْتَهُ وَكَانَ رَجُلٌ يَجْزُرُ ثَلَاثَةَ جُزُرٍ ثُمَّ ثَلَاثَةَ جُزُرٍ ثُمَّ ثَلَاثَةَ جُزُرٍ فَنَهَاهُ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ sent us with three hundred riders, and our leader was Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah seeking the caravan of the Quraysh. We camped on the coast until our provisions ran out, and we ate the leaves of trees. Then, the sea threw a creature called "al-'anbar" to us, and we ate from it for half a month until our bodies became healthy. Abu Ubaydah took a rib from his own body and tied it to the longest camel in the army and the tallest man carried it on his back. He passed under it and he had slaughtered three camels, then three more, until Abu Ubaydah prohibited him. Qays bin Sa'd used to narrate this hadith.  

بَعَثَنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي ثَلَاثِمِائَةِ رَاكِبٍ وَأَمِيرُنَا أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ يَطْلُبُ عِيرَ قُرَيْشٍ فَأَقَمْنَا عَلَى السَّاحِلِ حَتَّى فَنِيَ زَادُنَا فَأَكَلْنَا الْخَبَطَ ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْبَحْرَ أَلْقَى لَنَا دَابَّةً يُقَالُ لَهَا الْعَنْبَرُ فَأَكَلْنَا مِنْهُ نِصْفَ شَهْرٍ حَتَّى صَلُحَتْ أَجْسَامُنَا وَأَخَذَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ ضِلَعًا مِنْ أَضْلَاعِهِ فَنَصَبَهُ وَنَظَرَ إِلَى أَطْوَلِ بَعِيرٍ فِي الْجَيْشِ وَأَطْوَلِ رَجُلٍ فَحَمَلَهُ عَلَيْهِ فَجَازَ تَحْتَهُ وَقَدْ كَانَ رَجُلٌ نَحَرَ ثَلَاثَ جَزَائِرَ ثُمَّ ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ نَهَاهُ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ وَكَانَ يَرْوِيهِ قَيْسُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ أَخْرَجَاهُ فِي الصَّحِيحِ كَمَا مَضَى