He replied: They are all from Quraysh.

He replied: They are all from Quraysh.[^2] It has come in both Sahih Muslim and Musnad of Ahmad : It is reported on the authority of Jabir ibn Samurah that he said: I heard the Prophet (S) saying: The command of the people will not pass until twelve men command over them. He says that the Prophet (S) then said something which I could not hear, so I asked my father: What did he (S) say? He replied: The Prophet (S) said: They will all be from Quraysh.

[^3] It has come in Sahih Ibn Habban : I heard the Messenger of Allah (S) saying: There will be twelve successors after me and all of them will be from Quraysh. [^4] It has come in Sunan al-Tirmidhi : There will be Twelve Commanders after me. The reporter says: He then said something I did not understand. Therefore, I asked the one beside me, he said: All of them will be from Quraysh. [^5] It has come in Musnad Ahmad bin Hanbal : There will be Twelve after me and all of them will be from Quraysh.

[^6] And it has also come: There will be Twelve Commanders after me. Then I don’t know what he said so I asked all the people present, they all said: He (S) said: They are all from Quraysh. ^7 It has come in Musnad Ahmad bin Hanbal : There will be Twelve Commanders after me. Then he said something I could not hear, so I asked someone beside me, and he said: They are all from Quraysh. [^8] It has in Musnad Ahmad : There will be Twelve Commanders after me. Then he said something quietly.

The reporter says that I asked someone sitting next to me about what he (S) said? He replied: They are all from Quraysh. [^9] It has come in Musnad by Ibn Ju’d : There will be Twelve Commanders afer me. Husayn has reported in his narration that then he said something I did not understand. One reporter said that I asked my father. Another said that I asked the people. The reply was: They are all from Quraysh.

[^10] It has come in Musnad Abu Ya’la : The Prophet (S) said: This relgion will remain till the Day of Judgment and there will be Twelve over you, all of whom will be from Quraysh. [^11] It has come in Musnad Ahmad bin Hanbal : It is reported on the authority of Jabir ibn Samurah that he said: The Messenger of Allah (S) delivered a sermon to us in ‘Arafat saying: This matter will remain honourable, mighty and distinct against the opposition so long as the Twelve have the sovereignty, all of them.

Then he (S) said something that I did not understand, so I asked my father about what he said after that.