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Sahih MuslimThe Book of Hunting, Slaughter, and what may be Eaten

Sahih Muslim 1935c

Chapter: Permissibility of dead animals from the sea

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Companion’s words (mawquf) Sahih Muslim 1935c

Narrator:Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ سَمِعَ عَمْرٌو، جَابِرًا يَقُولُ

فِي جَيْشِ الْخَبَطِ إِنَّ رَجُلاً نَحَرَ ثَلاَثَ جَزَائِرَ ثُمَّ ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ نَهَاهُ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ ‏.‏

'Amr reported on the authority of Jabir that in the expedition of Khabat (leaves) a person slaughtered three camels, then three, then three, then Abu 'Ubaida forbade him (to do so fearing that the rides may become short).

Reported by Muslim (No. 1935c) and Al-Bukhari (No. 5494).

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An-Nawawi — Sharh Sahih Muslim

قَوْله : ( إِنَّ رَجُلًا نَحَرَ ثَلَاث جَزَائِر ثُمَّ ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ نَهَاهُ أَبُو عُبَيْدَة ) وَهَذَا الرَّجُل الَّذِي نَحَرَ الْجَزَائِر هُوَ قَيْس بْن سَعْد بْن عُبَادَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّه عَنْهُ.…

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Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 5494

The Prophet (ﷺ) sent us as an army unit of three hundred warriors under the command of Abu 'Ubaida to ambush a caravan of the Quraish. But we were struck with such severe hunger that we ate the Khabt (desert bushes), so our army was called the Army of the Khabt. Then the sea threw a huge fish…

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