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ahmad:21924Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Sharīk > ʿImrān al-Nakhlī > a freed slave of Liʾum Salamah

[Machine] I was with the Prophet ﷺ on a journey, and we arrived at a valley. He said, "I was passing by the people or carrying them." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, "What were you today except a ship? What are you except a ship?" It was said to Shurayh, "He is the ship of the guardian of Umm Salamah."  

أحمد:٢١٩٢٤حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ النَّخْلِيِّ عَنْ مَوْلًى لِأُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ

كُنْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ فَانْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى وَادٍ قَالَ فَجَعَلْتُ أَعْبُرُ النَّاسَ أَوْ أَحْمِلُهُمْ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا كُنْتَ الْيَوْمَ إِلَّا سَفِينَةً أَوْ مَا أَنْتَ إِلَّا سَفِينَةٌ قِيلَ لِشَرِيكٍ هُوَ سَفِينَةُ مَوْلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ