The people complained to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ of hunger, and he said, "Perhaps Allah will feed you."So we went to the seashore, and the sea surged with a great swell and cast out a beast. We kindled a fire on its side, and we cooked and roasted and ate until we were full.Jabir said, "Then I and so-and-so and so-and-so went in," until he counted five men, "inside the socket of its eye, and no one could see us until we came out. Then we took one of its ribs and bent it into an arch. Then we called for the biggest man in the caravan, on the biggest camel in the caravan, with the biggest saddle-pad in the caravan, and he passed underneath it without having to lower his head."
وشكا الناس إلى رسول الله ﷺ الجوع فقال عسى الله أن يطعمكم فأتينا سيف البحر فزخر البحر زخرة فألقى دابة فأورينا على شقها النار فاطبخنا واشتوينا وأكلنا حتى شبعنا قال جابر فدخلت أنا وفلان وفلان حتى عد خمسة في حجاج عينها ما يرانا أحد حتى خرجنا فأخذنا ضلعا من أضلاعه فقوسناه ثم دعونا بأعظم رجل في الركب وأعظم جمل في الركب وأعظم كفل في الركب فدخل تحته ما يطأطئ رأسه