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Jami at-Tirmidhi 1645 — Umm Haram and the Sea Expedition
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Umm Haram Sea Expedition Hadith
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 1645
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 1645
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُوسَى الأَنْصَارِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهُ يَقُولُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَدْخُلُ عَلَى أُمِّ حَرَامٍ بِنْتِ مِلْحَانَ فَتُطْعِمُهُ وَكَانَتْ أُمُّ حَرَامٍ تَحْتَ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَوْمًا فَأَطْعَمَتْهُ وَجَلَسَتْ تَفْلِي رَأْسَهُ فَنَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظَ وَهُوَ يَضْحَكُ قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ مَا يُضْحِكُكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ " نَاسٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي عُرِضُوا عَلَىَّ غُزَاةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ يَرْكَبُونَ ثَبَجَ هَذَا الْبَحْرِ مُلُوكٌ عَلَى الأَسِرَّةِ أَوْ مِثْلُ الْمُلُوكِ عَلَى الأَسِرَّةِ " . قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنِي مِنْهُمْ . فَدَعَا لَهَا ثُمَّ وَضَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَنَامَ ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظَ وَهُوَ يَضْحَكُ قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ مَا يُضْحِكُكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ " نَاسٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي عُرِضُوا عَلَىَّ غُزَاةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ " . نَحْوَ مَا قَالَ فِي الأَوَّلِ قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنِي مِنْهُمْ . قَالَ " أَنْتِ مِنَ الأَوَّلِينَ " . قَالَ فَرَكِبَتْ أُمُّ حَرَامٍ الْبَحْرَ فِي زَمَانِ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ فَصُرِعَتْ عَنْ دَابَّتِهَا حِينَ خَرَجَتْ مِنَ الْبَحْرِ فَهَلَكَتْ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَأُمُّ حَرَامٍ بِنْتُ مِلْحَانَ هِيَ أُخْتُ أُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ وَهِيَ خَالَةُ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ .
Ishaq ibn Abdullah ibn Abi Talha Narrated from:
Narrated Ishaq bin 'Abdullah bin Abi Talhah: That He Heard Anas [Bin Malik] Saying: "The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) Used To Visit Umm Haram Bint Milhan, Who Would Offer Him Meals. Umm Haram Was The Wife Of 'Ubadah Bin As-Samit. Once The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) Visited Her And She Provide Him With Some Food And Started Inspecting This Head For Lice. Then The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) Slept And Afterwards He Awoke Smiling.She Said: 'I Said: "What Causes You To Smile, O The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) ?" He Said: "Some Of My Followers Who Were Displayed Before Me )In A Dream) As Fighters In Allah'S Cause, Riding On A Ship This Ocean Who Were Kings Upon Thrones, Or Like Kings Upon Thrones." I Said: "O Messenger Of Allah! Supplicate To Allah To Make Me Among Them.'" So He Supplicated For Her. Then He Lay Down His Head To Sleep. Then He Woke Up And He Was Smiling.She Said: 'So I Said To Him: "What Causes You To Smile, O The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ)?" He Said: "Some Of My Followers Who Were Displayed Before Me (In A Dream) As Fighters In Allah'S Cause," And He Said Similar To What He Said Earlier. She Said: 'I Said: "O Messenger Of Allah! Supplicate To Allah To Make Me Among Them." He Said: "You Are The Earlier Ones.'" He Said: "So Umm Haram Rode On The Sea During The Time Of Mu'Awiyah Bin Abu Sufyan. She Was Thrown From The Riding Animal After She Arrived From The Ocean Voyage, And She Died."[Abu 'Eisa Said:] This Hadith Is Hasan Sahih. Umm Haram Bint Milhan Is The Daughter Of Umm Sulaim, The Maternal Aunt Of Anas Bin Malik.
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1645In-book reference : Book 22, Hadith 28English translation : Vol. 3, Book 20, Hadith 1645
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 1645
This Hadith tells the well-known Umm Haram sea expedition hadith. The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم visited Umm Haram bint Milhan, ate at her home, slept, then woke smiling. He said some of his followers were shown to him as fighters in Allah’s cause, riding on the sea like kings upon thrones. Umm Haram asked him to supplicate that Allah make her among them, and he did. When the vision was mentioned again, she asked again, and he said she was among the earlier ones. The Hadith then says she later rode the sea during the time of Mu’awiyah and died after returning from the voyage. The focus is the Prophet’s dream, his supplication, and Umm Haram’s place among those early sea fighters.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was shown people from his followers fighting in Allah’s cause at sea.
- Umm Haram asked for a good share in that honor through the Prophet’s supplication.
- The Hadith connects her later sea journey with the earlier good news.
- The narration should be read as a specific event about Umm Haram.
