Existence of Imam Mahdi in Hadith “My caliphs are twelve persons” (2) - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief Existence of Imam Mahdi in Hadith “My caliphs are twelve persons” (2) 2023-03-03 487 Views Imam Al-Mahdi , The Twelfth Imam , Sunni Traditions In this part of the article titled “Existence of Imam Mahdi in Hadith “My caliphs are twelve persons””, we shall focus on another versions of the hadith on the topic.
Contents 3: “Twelve leaders” 4: “Twelve guardians” 5: “Twelve men” The meaning of “Twelve caliphs” in this narrative: A: “Sunnis’ point of view: 3: “Twelve leaders” In some of narratives this phrase is written “Twelve leaders”: This narrative is written in “Sahih Bukhari”: … جَابِرَ بن سَمُرَةَ قال: سمعت النبي صلي الله عليه وسلم يقول: يَكُونُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَمِيرًا فقال: كَلِمَةً لم أَسْمَعْهَا فقال: أبي إنه قال: كلهم من قُرَيْشٍ “Jabir ibn Samurah” says: I heard from Messenger of Allah [PBUHH] who said: there are twelve leaders after me; the he said something that I didn’t hear, my father said: Messenger of Allah said: All those leaders are from “Quraysh”.
(1) “Ahmad ibn Hanbal” says in his “Musnad” that this saying of Messenger of Allah [PBUHH] about twelve successors was said in farewell “Hajj”: … عن جَابِرِ بن سَمُرَةَ السوائي قال: سمعت رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلي الله عليه وسلم يقول: في حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ لاَ يَزَالُ هذا الدِّينُ ظَاهِراً علي من نَاوَأَهُ لاَ يَضُرُّهُ مُخَالِفٌ وَلاَ مَفَارِقٌ حتي يَمْضِيَ من أمتي اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَمِيراً كلهم من قُرَيْشٍ قال: ثُمَّ خفي عَلَيَّ قَوْلُ رسول اللَّهِ صلي الله عليه وسلم قال: وكان أبي أَقْرَبَ إلي رَاحِلَةِ رسول اللَّهِ صلي الله عليه وسلم مِنِّي فقلت: يا أَبَتَاهُ ما الذي خفي علي من قَوْلِ رسول اللَّهِ صلي الله عليه وسلم قال يقول: كلهم من قُرَيْشٍ قال: فاشهد علي إِفْهَامِ أبي إياي قال: كلهم من قُرَيْشٍ “Jabir” says: messenger of Allah [PBUH] said in farewell “Hajj”: this religion always wins over enemy and its supporters and opponents can never hurt it.
Twelve persons of my nation who are all from “Quraysh” will become leader. Then he said a sentence that I didn’t hear it, my father was closer to him than me, I told him: what did he say? He said: messenger of Allah said: all of them are from “Quraysh”. “Jabir” says: I testify that my father heard that sentence from messenger of Allah who said: all these twelve persons are from “Quraysh”.
(2) In another narrative, “Ahmad ibn hanbal” quotes this phrase: لاَ يَزَالُ هذا الأَمْرُ مَاضِياً حتي يَقُومَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَمِيراً.