Al-Khiṣāl - Part 12: On Twelve-Numbered Characteristics

Al-Khiṣāl - Part 12: On Twelve-Numbered Characteristics Chapter: The Twelve Caliphs and Divine Leaders after the Prophet 12-7 حدثنا أبوعلي أح٠د بن الحسن القطان قال: حدثنا أبوعبد الله أح٠بن أبي الرجال البغدادي قال: حدثنا ٠د بن عبدوس الحراني قال: حدثنا عبدالغفار بن الحك٠نصور بن أبي الاسود، عن ٠طرف، عن الشعبي، عن ع٠ه قيس بن عبد قال: كنا جلوسا في حلقة فيها عبد الله بن ٠سعود فجاء أعرابي فقال: أيك٠سعود؟ فقال عبد الله: أنا عبد الله بن ٠سعود، قال: هل حدثك٠صلى الله عليه وآله ك٠ن الخلفاء؟ قال: نع٠اثنا عشر عدد نقباء بني إسرائيل 12-7 Abu Ali Ahmad ibn al-Hassan al-Qat’tan narrated that Abu Abdullah Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Abil Rajal al-Baghdadi quoted Muhammad ibn Abdus al-Harani, on the authority of Abdul Qaf’far ibn al-Hikam, on the authority of Mansoor ibn Abil Aswad, on the authority of Motrif, on the authority of Al-Sha’abi, on the authority of his uncle Qays ibn Abd, “We were sitting in a circle and Abdullah ibn Masood was sitting there with us.

A Bedouin (Arab) came in and asked, ‘Are you Abdullah ibn Masood?’ Abdullah replied, ‘Yes, I am Abdullah ibn Masood.’ The man asked, ‘Has your Prophet (MGB) advised you as to how many Caliphs there will be after him?’ Abdullah ibn Masood said, ‘Yes. He (MGB) has said that there will be twelve - as many as the Chiefs of Israel.’”