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A lion guides the shipwrecked man to safety

hakim:4235 – Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Shaybānī Bi-al-Kūfah > Aḥmad b. Ḥāzim al-Ghifārī > ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Usāmah b. Zayd > Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir > Safīnah

[AI] I sailed the sea on a ship, and it broke apart, so I rode upon a plank from it, and it cast me onto a thicket in which there was a lion. Nothing frightened me except it, so I said, “O Abu al-Harith, I am a client of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.” Then it lowered its head and nudged my side with its shoulder, and it kept nudging me and guiding me to the road until it set me upon the road. When it set me down, it murmured, and I thought that it was bidding me farewell.

الحاكم:٤٢٣٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ بِالْكُوفَةِ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ الْغِفَارِيُّ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى أَنْبَأَ أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ سَفِينَةَ قَالَ

رَكِبْتُ الْبَحْرَ فِي سَفِينَةٍ فَانْكَسَرَتْ فَرَكِبْتُ لَوْحًا مِنْهَا فطَرَحَنِي فِي أَجَمَةٍ فِيهَا أَسَدٌ فَلَمْ يَرُعْنِي إِلَّا بِهِ فَقُلْتُ «يَا أَبَا الْحَارِثِ أَنَا مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَطَأْطَأَ رَأْسَهُ وَغَمَزَ بِمَنْكِبِهِ شَقِّي فَمَا زَالَ يَغْمِزُنِي وَيَهْدِينِي إِلَى الطَّرِيقِ حَتَّى وَضَعَنِي عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ فَلَمَّا وَضَعَنِي هَمْهَمَ فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ يُوَدِّعُنِي»

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ صحيح

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hakim:6550 – Abū al-ʿAbbās > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Ḥakam > Ibn Wahb > Usāmah b. Zayd > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān > Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir > Safīnah a freed slave of

[Machine] That the ship of the Master of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I rode the sea and my ship in which I was broke. So I rode a plank from its planks, so the plank threw me into a place where lions were. So the lion came towards me wanting me, so I said, 'O Abu al-Harith, I am the slave of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ .' So he lowered his head and came towards me and pushed me with his shoulder until he took me out of the place where the lions were and put me on the road. And he made sounds, so I thought that he was bidding me farewell, so that was my last covenant with him."

الحاكم:٦٥٥٠ – وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ أَنْبَأَ ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ

أَنَّ سَفِينَةَ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ رَكِبْتُ الْبَحْرَ فَانْكَسَرَتْ سَفِينَتِي الَّتِي كُنْتُ فِيهَا فَرَكِبْتُ لَوْحًا مِنْ أَلْوَاحِهَا فَطَرَحَنِي اللَّوْحُ فِي أَجَمَةٍ فِيهَا الْأَسَدُ فَأَقْبَلَ إِلَيَّ يُرِيدُنِي فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا الْحَارِثِ أَنَا مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَطَأْطَأَ رَأْسَهُ وَأَقْبَلَ إِلَيَّ فَدَفَعَنِي بِمَنْكِبِهِ حَتَّى أَخْرَجَنِي مِنَ الْأَجَمَةِ وَوَضَعَنِي عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ وَهَمْهَمَ فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ يُوَدِّعُنِي فَكَانَ ذَلِكَ آخِرَ عَهْدِي بِهِ

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُعلى شرط مسلم

tabarani:6432 – Ismāʿīl b. al-Ḥasan al-Khaffāf al-Miṣrī > Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Wahb > Usāmah b. Zayd > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān > Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir

[Machine] That the ship of the master of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I boarded the sea and my ship in which I was in broke. Then I boarded a plank from its planks, and the plank threw me into a whirlpool where there were lions. So one of the lions approached me, and I said, 'O Abu Al-Harith, I am the servant of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ .' He nodded his head and came towards me, pushing me with his shoulder until he took me out of the whirlpool and placed me on the road. He showed concern and I thought that he was bidding me farewell. That was the last time I saw him."

الطبراني:٦٤٣٢ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْخَفَّافُ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ثنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ

أَنَّ سَفِينَةَ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ رَكِبْتُ الْبَحْرَ فَانْكَسَرَتْ سَفِينَتِي الَّتِي كُنْتُ فِيهَا فَرَكِبْتُ لَوْحًا مِنْ أَلْوَاحِهَا فَطَرَحَنِي اللَّوْحُ فِي أَجَمَةٍ فِيهَا الْأَسَدُ فَأَقْبَلَ يُرِيدُنِي فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا الْحَارِثِ أَنَا مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَطَأْطَأَ رَأْسَهُ وَأَقْبَلَ إِلَيَّ فَدَفَعَنِي بِمَنْكِبِهِ حَتَّى أَخْرَجَنِي مِنَ الْأَجَمَةِ وَوَضَعَنِي عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ وَهَمْهَمَ فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ يُوَدِّعُنِي فَكَانَ ذَلِكَ آخِرَ عَهْدِي بِهِ