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Existence of Imam Mahdi in Hadith “My caliphs are twelve persons” (1) - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief Existence of Imam Mahdi in Hadith “My caliphs are twelve persons” (1) 2023-03-03 716 Views Imam Al-Mahdi , The Twelfth Imam , Sunni Traditions There are numerous narratives in Shia and Sunni resources in which Messenger of Allah [PBUHH] says: “My successors are twelve persons” .

Amongst Shia and Sunni hadith narrators, this narrative is known as “My caliphs are twelve persons”. The question is that is this narrative indicates the existence of Imam Mahdi [a.s] or not? Contents Respond Text of narrative with different phrases Phrase of “Twelve caliphs” 2: “Twelve chieftains” Respond Narrative of “My caliphs are twelve person” is amongst narratives that indicate the existence of one of Shia imams until day of resurrection to protect and continuity of Islam religion.

So, in current age, one of “” [a.s] must exist so that Islam religion remains stable. In this article, we’ll study this matter in perspective of Shia and Sunni relying on authentic resources of Sunni.

قال: ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ بِكَلَامٍ خَفِيَ عَلَيَّ قال: فقلت لِأَبِي: ما قال؟ قال: كلهم من قُرَيْشٍ “Jabir ibn Samarah” says: I went to messenger of Allah [PBUH] with my father. I heard that he said: the matter of Islamic caliphate won’t end unless twelve successors rule amongst them. Then he said a sentence that was unclear to me, I said to my father: what did messenger of Allah [PBUH] say? My father said: all these caliphs will be from “Quraysh” tribe.