الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب فى فضائل بعض الصحابة الكرامChapters on the Virtues of Some Noble Companions
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي سَفِينَةَ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ
Chapter on What Has Been Narrated Regarding Safinah Abu Abdur-Rahman, may Allah be pleased with him, the Freed Slave of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ
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Hadith 11735
(11492) عَنْ سَفِينَةَ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ: أَعْتَقَتْنِي أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ وَاشْتَرَطَتْ عَلَيَّ أَنْ أَخْدُمَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم مَا عَاشَ۔
It is narrated from Abu Abdur Rahman Sayyiduna Safina (may Allah be pleased with him), who says: Umm al-Mu'mineen Sayyida Umm Salama (may Allah be pleased with her) set me free and placed this condition upon me that as long as the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is alive, I will continue to serve him.
Hadith 11736
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَشْرَجُ بْنُ نُبَاتَةَ الْعَبْسِيُّ كُوفِيٌّ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُمْهَانَ، حَدَّثَنِي سَفِينَةُ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللّٰهِ صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم ((الْخِلَافَةُ فِي أُمَّتِي ثَلَاثُونَ سَنَةً ثُمَّ مُلْكًا بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ۔)) ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي سَفِينَةُ: أَمْسِكْ خِلَافَةَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَخِلَافَةَ عُمَرَ وَخِلَافَةَ عُثْمَانَ وَأَمْسِكْ خِلَافَةَ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللّٰهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُمْ، قَالَ: فَوَجَدْنَاهَا ثَلَاثِينَ سَنَةً، ثُمَّ نَظَرْتُ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فِي الْخُلَفَاءِ فَلَمْ أَجِدْهُ يَتَّفِقُ لَهُمْ ثَلَاثُونَ، فَقُلْتُ لِسَعِيدٍ: أَيْنَ لَقِيتَ سَفِينَةَ؟ قَالَ: لَقِيتُهُ بِبَطْنِ نَخْلٍ فِي زَمَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ فَأَقَمْتُ عِنْدَهُ ثَمَانِ لَيَالٍ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ أَحَادِيثِ رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ: مَا اسْمُكَ؟ قَالَ: مَا أَنَا بِمُخْبِرِكَ سَمَّانِي رَسُولُ اللّٰهِ صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم سَفِينَةَ، قُلْتُ: وَلِمَ سَمَّاكَ سَفِينَةَ؟ قَالَ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللّٰهِ صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم وَمَعَهُ أَصْحَابُهُ فَثَقُلَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَتَاعُهُمْ فَقَالَ: ((لِي ابْسُطْ كِسَاءَكَ؟)) فَبَسَطْتُهُ فَجَعَلُوا فِيهِ مَتَاعَهُمْ ثُمَّ حَمَلُوهُ عَلَيَّ، فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللّٰهِ صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم ((احْمِلْ فَإِنَّمَا أَنْتَ سَفِينَةُ۔)) فَلَوْ حَمَلْتُ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَقْرَ بَعِيرٍ أَوْ بَعِيرَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةٍ أَوْ أَرْبَعَةٍ أَوْ خَمْسَةٍ أَوْ سِتَّةٍ أَوْ سَبْعَةٍ مَا ثَقُلَ عَلَيَّ إِلَّا أَنْ يَجْفُوْا۔
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Safinah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The period of caliphate in my Ummah will last for thirty years. After that, kingship will come. Then Sayyiduna Safinah said to me (Sa‘id bin Jumhan): Count the periods of caliphate of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr, Sayyiduna ‘Umar, Sayyiduna ‘Uthman, and Sayyiduna ‘Ali; we found the total of all these periods to be thirty years. I also looked at the periods of the caliphs after them, but I did not find thirty years completed among them. I (i.e., Hashrah bin Nabatah ‘Absi Kufi) asked Sa‘id: Where did you meet Safinah? He replied that during the rule of Hajjaj, I met him in Batn Nakhl, and I stayed with him for eight nights. I kept asking him about the hadiths of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). I asked him: What is your real name? He said: I will not tell you that, but the fact is that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) named me Safinah. I asked: Why did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) name you Safinah? He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Companions were on a journey, and carrying the luggage became a burden and hardship for them, so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: Spread your sheet. I spread the sheet, and everyone put their luggage in it, and I was made to carry it. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: Carry it, you are Safinah (i.e., a ship). By the blessing of his words, even if I had carried the weight of one, two, three, four, five, six, or seven camels that day, I would not have felt it heavy. The people (the caravan) of Al-Ayyah would go ahead of me.
