It is narrated from Sayyiduna Safinah (may Allah be pleased with him), the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), that he said: I was travelling on the sea when my ship broke apart. I climbed onto one of its planks, and that plank cast me into a thicket where a lion lived. The lion came towards me, and I said: "O Abu al-Harith (the lion's kunyah)! I am the slave of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." At that it lowered its head and came towards me; it pushed me with its shoulder, brought me out of the thicket and set me on the road. Then it growled softly; I think it was bidding me farewell. That was my last encounter with it. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. (After this) is the mention of Sayyiduna Ziyad bin Labid al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him).