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tabarani:6441al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Muḥammad b. Abū Shaybah > al-ʿAwwām b. Ḥawshab > Saʿīd b. Jumhān > Safīnah

[Machine] I was with the Messenger of Allah in a journey, and everyone who had a heavy load from his companions, he placed it on me until I carried a lot from that. Then the Prophet ﷺ passed by me and said, "You are nothing but a ship."  

الطبراني:٦٤٤١حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ عَنِ الْعَوَّامِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُمْهَانَ عَنْ سَفِينَةَ قَالَ

كُنْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ فَجَعَلَ كُلُّ مَنْ ثَقُلَ عَلَيْهِ مَتَاعُهُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ حَمَلَهُ عَلَيَّ حَتَّى حَمَلْتُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا كَثِيرًا فَمَرَّ بِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَا أَنْتَ إِلَّا سَفِينَةٌ»  


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ahmad:21925ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Saʿīd b. Jumhān > Safīnah

[Machine] We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey, and whenever some of the people got tired, they would throw their swords, shields, and spears on me until I carried many things. Then the Prophet ﷺ said, "You are the ship."  

أحمد:٢١٩٢٥حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُمْهَانَ عَنْ سَفِينَةَ قَالَ

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ فَكُلَّمَا أَعْيَابَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ أَلْقَى عَلَيَّ سَيْفَهُ وَتُرْسَهُ وَرُمْحَهُ حَتَّى حَمَلْتُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا كَثِيرًا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْتَ سَفِينَةُ