Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent us with an army of three hundred, and hunger overtook us (i.e., our provisions ran out). We reached the sea, and suddenly it threw out a huge creature, which we ate well and our bodies became fat. Sayyiduna Abu Ubaidah (may Allah be pleased with him) (the commander of the army) stood up one of its ribs, and the tallest man of the army was made to sit on the largest camel, and he passed underneath it.