Islamic Stories - A Gift After Hardships

The Prophet Muhammad(peace be upon him) dispatched towards the
sea-shore an expedition of three hundred men, under the command of Abu
Ubaidah (ra) in 8 A.H. He gave them a bag full of dates for their
rations. They had been hardly out for fifteen days when they ran short
of rations. In orderto provide the contingent with food, Qais (ra)
began buying three camels daily from his own men, to feed
theMujahideen, with a promise to pay on returnto Madinah. The Amir
seeing that the slaugtherof camels would deprive the party of their
only means of transport, prohibited him to do so. He collected the
dates that had been left with each person and stored them in a bag. He
would issue one date to each man as his daily ration. When Jabir (ra)
later on narrated this story to thepeople, one of his audience
inquired:
"How did you manage tolive upon one date only for the whole day?" He
replied: "We longed even for that one date, when the whole stock was
exhausted. We wereon the verge of starvation. We moistened the dry
tree-leaves with water and ate them."
When they reached this stage, Allah had mercy on them for He always
brings ease after every hardship, provided it is endured patiently. A
big fish known as "Ambar" was thrown out of the sea for them. The fish
was so big that they lived on it for eighteen days altogether. They
also filled their satchels with the remaining portion, which lasted
them right up to Madinah. When the episode was narrated to the Prophet
(peace be upon him), he said: "The fish was a provision arranged for
you by Allah."
Source: From the book"Stories of the Sahabah" by Shaikh Muhammad
Zakariyya Kandhalvi.
We are Muslims today because of such sacrifices by the companions of
Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). We should remember these events
as a source of comfort whenever we too are faced with difficulties
regarding practising Islam.

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