Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan 1261 — The Book of Hunting and Slaughtering, and What Type of Animals Can Be Eaten.

Jabir bin `Abdullah Narrated from:

Allâh's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم sent us and we were three-hundred riders under the command of Abû 'Ubaïda bin Al-Jarrâh in order to watch the caravan of the Quraish pagans. We stayed at the sea-shore for half-a-month and were struck with such severe hunger that we ate even the Khabt (i.e. the leaves of the Salam, a thorny desert tree), and because of that, the army was known as Jaish-ul-Khabt.Then the sea threw out an animal (i.e. a fish) called Al-'Anbar and we ate of that for half-a-month, and rubbed its fat on our bodies till our bodies returned to their original state (i.e. became strong and healthy). Abû 'Ubaïda took one of its ribs, fixed it on the ground; then he went to the tallest man of his companions (to let him pass under the rib). [Once Sufyân said, “He took a rib from its parts and fixed it, and then took a man and camel and they passed from underneath it (without touching it).]Jâbir added: There was a man amongst the people who slaughtered three camels and then slaughtered another three camels and then slaughtered other three camels, and then Abû 'Ubaïda forbade him to do so. ( Sahîh Al-Bukhârî, Hadîth No. 647, Vol. 5)