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Sahih al-Bukhari 2983 (Book 56, Hadith 192) #2852
Appreciating What You Have

SUMMARY: This hadith is about the importance of being content with what one has and appreciating it, as demonstrated by Jabir and his companions who were able to survive on a single date for 18 days.

Narrated Wahb bin Kaisan: Jabir bin 'Abdullah said, "We set out, and we were three-hundred men carrying our journey-food on our shoulders. Then we began to eat a single date each per day". A man asked (Jabir), "O Abu 'Abdullah! How could a person be satisfied with a single date?" Jabir replied, "We realized the value of that one date when we could not even have that much till we reached the sea-shore, when all of a sudden we saw a huge fish cast by the sea. So, we ate of it as much as we wished for eighteen days".
حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدَةُ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ خَرَجْنَا وَنَحْنُ ثَلاَثُمِائَةٍ نَحْمِلُ زَادَنَا عَلَى رِقَابِنَا، فَفَنِيَ زَادُنَا، حَتَّى كَانَ الرَّجُلُ مِنَّا يَأْكُلُ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ تَمْرَةً‏.‏ قَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، وَأَيْنَ كَانَتِ التَّمْرَةُ تَقَعُ مِنَ الرَّجُلِ قَالَ لَقَدْ وَجَدْنَا فَقْدَهَا حِينَ فَقَدْنَاهَا، حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا الْبَحْرَ فَإِذَا حُوتٌ قَدْ قَذَفَهُ الْبَحْرُ، فَأَكَلْنَا مِنْهَا ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا مَا أَحْبَبْنَا‏.‏

TOPICS
contentment  *  gratitude  *  journeyfood  *  seashore

QUICK LESSONS:
Be patient in difficult times; Show gratitude for what you have; Appreciate your blessings; Be content with whatever you have been given

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the importance of being content with what one has and appreciating it. It was narrated by Wahb bin Kaisan that Jabir bin 'Abdullah said that he and his companions set out on a journey carrying their journey food on their shoulders. They only ate a single date each per day but they were still satisfied with this small amount of food. When they reached the sea shore they found a huge fish which provided them enough food for 18 days. This story teaches us to be grateful for whatever we have in life no matter how little it may seem because Allah will always provide us with more than we need if we are patient and thankful.

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