[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The caliphate in my Ummah will be for thirty years, then there will be kingship after that." Then he said to me, "Safinah, hold on to the caliphate of Abu Bakr, the caliphate of Umar, the caliphate of Uthman, and hold on to the caliphate of Ali." He said, "So we found it for thirty years. Then I looked afterwards at the caliphs and I did not find it proper for them for thirty years." I said to Saeed, "Where did you meet Safinah?" He said, "I met him inside a date palm tree during the time of Hajjaj, and I stayed with him for eight nights. I asked him about the hadiths of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said, I asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "I am not informing you. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ named me Safinah." I said, "Why did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ name you Safinah?" He said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out with his companions and they were carrying their belongings. He said to me, "Spread your garment." So I spread it and they put their belongings in it. Then they put it on me. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, "Carry it, for you are the Safinah (boat). If I were to carry a load on that day, even if it were the weight of a camel or two camels or three or four or five or six or seven, it would not be burdensome to me except if they become fatigued."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ 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 فِي زَمَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ فَأَقَمْتُ عِنْدَهُ ثَمَانِ لَيَالٍ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ أَحَادِيثِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ مَا اسْمُكَ؟ قَالَ مَا أَنَا بِمُخْبِرِكَ سَمَّانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَفِينَةَ قُلْتُ وَلِمَ سَمَّاكَ سَفِينَةَ؟ قَالَ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَعَهُ أَصْحَابُهُ فَثَقُلَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَتَاعُهُمْ فَقَالَ لِي ابْسُطْ كِسَاءَكَ فَبَسَطْتُهُ فَجَعَلُوا فِيهِ مَتَاعَهُمْ ثُمَّ حَمَلُوهُ عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ 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