{"title":"Safina (ra): The Prophet’s ﷺ “Ship” | The Firsts","slug":"the-firsts-safina-the-prophets-ship","author":"Dr. Omar Suleiman","abstract":"If you asked him his name, he would use the nickname the Prophet ﷺ had given him: a ship. He served the Prophet ﷺ in his expeditions, spoke to a lion, and narrated a hadith about the Khulafa al-Rashidin (Rightly-Guided Caliphs) at a critical moment in the ummah’s history. Dr. Omar Suleiman also...","topics":["History","Life of the Prophet (seerah)"],"published_date":"2026-04-07 12:48:26","video_url":"https://youtu.be/_UkePBl_LEw","transcript_summary":null,"key_points":null,"chapters":[{"start_time":0,"title":"The mawali (freed slaves) of the Prophet ﷺ","end_time":312},{"start_time":312,"title":"Who was Safina (ra)?","end_time":487},{"start_time":487,"title":"How Umm Salamah (ra) freed him","end_time":659},{"start_time":659,"title":"How he got the name “Safina” (ship)","end_time":786},{"start_time":786,"title":"Why names and nicknames matter in Islam","end_time":987},{"start_time":987,"title":"When Safina (ra) spoke to a lion","end_time":1350},{"start_time":1350,"title":"The hadith about khilafah","end_time":1500},{"start_time":1500,"title":"What would the Prophet ﷺ nickname you?","end_time":1552}],"series_name":"The Firsts (Sahaba Stories) | The Forerunners of Islam","url":"https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/the-firsts-safina-the-prophets-ship?utm_source=webmcp&utm_medium=ai-agent&utm_campaign=content-discovery"}