مسند أحمد
Musnad Ahmad Hadith 21928
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَشْرَجُ بْنُ نُبَاتَةَ الْعَبْسِيُّ، كُوفِيٌّ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُمْهَانَ، حَدَّثَنِي سَفِينَةُ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " الْخِلَافَةُ فِي أُمَّتِي ثَلَاثُونَ سَنَةً، ثُمَّ مُلْكًا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ " ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي سَفِينَةُ: " أَمْسِكْ خِلَافَةَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، وَخِلَافَةَ عُمَرَ، وَخِلَافَةَ عُثْمَانَ، وَأَمْسِكْ خِلَافَةَ عَلِيٍّ " قَالَ: " فَوَجَدْنَاهَا ثَلَاثِينَ سَنَةً، ثُمَّ نَظَرْتُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فِي الْخُلَفَاءِ، فَلَمْ أَجِدْهُ يَتَّفِقُ لَهُمْ ثَلَاثُونَ "، قُلْتُ لِسَعِيدٍ: أَيْنَ لَقِيتَ سَفِينَةَ؟ قَالَ: لَقِيتُهُ بِبَطْنِ نَخْلَةَ (١) فِي زَمَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ، فَأَقَمْتُ عِنْدَهُ ثَمَانِ لَيَالٍ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ أَحَادِيثِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ: مَا اسْمُكَ؟ قَالَ: مَا أَنَا بِمُخْبِرِكَ، سَمَّانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَفِينَةَ. قُلْتُ: وَلِمَ سَمَّاكَ سَفِينَةَ؟ قَالَ: خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَعَهُ أَصْحَابُهُ، فَثَقُلَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَتَاعُهُمْ، فَقَالَ لِي: " ابْسُطْ كِسَاءَكَ " فَبَسَطْتُهُ، (٢) فَجَعَلُوا فِيهِ مَتَاعَهُمْ، ثُمَّ حَمَلُوهُ عَلَيَّ، فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " احْمِلْ، فَإِنَّمَا أَنْتَ سَفِينَةُ " فَلَوْ حَمَلْتُ يَوْمَئِذٍ، وِقْرَ بَعِيرٍ أَوْ بَعِيرَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةٍ أَوْ أَرْبَعَةٍ أَوْ خَمْسَةٍ أَوْ سِتَّةٍ أَوْ سَبْعَةٍ مَا ثَقُلَ عَلَيَّ إِلَّا أَنْ تَجْفُو (٣)، ،
Translation
English translation
It is narrated from Safina (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Noble Prophet (ﷺ) say: "The Caliphate will remain for thirty years, after that kingship will come." Safina (may Allah be pleased with him) counted it as follows: two years for the Caliphate of Siddiq Akbar (may Allah be pleased with him), ten years for Umar Farooq (may Allah be pleased with him), twelve years for Usman Ghani (may Allah be pleased with him), and six years for Ali Murtaza (may Allah be pleased with him) (making a total of thirty years). The narrator of the hadith says: I asked Saeed bin Jumhan, "Where did you meet Safina (may Allah be pleased with him)?" He said, "During the time of Hajjaj bin Yusuf, I met him in Batn Nakhlah, and I stayed with him for eight nights and kept asking him about the ahadith of the Noble Prophet (ﷺ). I also asked him his name, but he replied, 'I cannot tell you that. The Noble Prophet (ﷺ) named me Safina.' I asked, 'Why did the Noble Prophet (ﷺ) name you Safina?' He replied, 'Once the Noble Prophet (ﷺ) set out with his companions (may Allah be pleased with them), their luggage was gathered and the bundle was loaded onto me. The Noble Prophet (ﷺ) said to me, "Carry it, for you are Safina (a ship)." That day, even if not one or two, but the load of seven camels had been placed on me, I would not have felt any burden, except if they had overburdened me.'"
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This is Hadith 21928 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 959, Hadith of Abu 'Abd al-Rahman Safinah, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), as in-book entry 10.
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