Hadith #524
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ الْأَشْجَعِيِّ قَالَ كُنْتُ جَالِسًا مَعَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَاطِبٍ فَقَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَل
َيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنِّي قَدْ رَأَيْتُ أَرْضًا ذَاتَ نَخْلٍ فَاخْرُجُوا فَخَرَجَ حَاطِبٌ وَجَعْفَرٌ فِي الْبَحْرِ قِبَلَ النَّجَاشِيِّ قَالَ فَوُلِدْتُ أَنَا فِي تِلْكَ السَّفِينَةِ
Isnad Chain
معاوية بن عمرو
أبو إسحاق
أبي مالك الأشجعي
English Translation
Muʿāwiyah ibn ʿAmr narrated to us, Abū Isḥāq narrated to us, from Abū Mālik al-Ashjaʿī, who said: I was sitting with Muḥammad ibn Ḥāṭib رضي الله عنه and he said: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'I have seen a land of date palms, so go out.' So Ḥāṭib and Jaʿfar left on the ship toward the Negus. He said: 'I was born on that ship.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 34, Hadith 524
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 17562
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-53952