50. Expeditions
٥٠۔ كِتَابُ السِّيَرِ
[Machine] In His saying, exalted is He, "And take provisions, but indeed, the best provision is righteousness" [Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:197], it is said that there were people who performed Hajj without provisions. So, the verse was revealed "And take provisions, but indeed, the best provision is righteousness" [Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:197].
فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى {§وَتَزَوَّدُوا فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ الزَّادِ التَّقْوَى} [البقرة 197] قَالَ كَانَ نَاسٌ يَحُجُّونَ بِغَيْرِ زَادٍ فَنَزَلَتْ {وَتَزَوَّدُوا فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ الزَّادِ التَّقْوَى} [البقرة 197]
"The Prophet sent us, a group of three hundred, and we carried our provision on our mounts. Our supplies ran our until each man of us had one date per day." It was said to him: "O Abu'Abdullah , what good is one date for a man?" he said: "When we ran out of dates it became very difficult for us. Then we found a whale that had been cast ashore by the sea. And we ate from it for eight days." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4351)
بَعَثَنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ ثَلَاثُ مِائَةٍ نَحْمِلُ زَادَنَا عَلَى رِقَابِنَا فَفَنِيَ زَادُنَا حَتَّى كَانَ يَكُونُ لِلرَّجُلِ مِنَّا كُلَّ يَوْمٍ تَمْرَةٌ فَأَتَيْنَا الْبَحْرَ فَإِذَا بِحُوتٍ قَدْ قَذَفَهُ الْبَحْرُ فَأَكَلْنَا مِنْهُ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا