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 12-10 حدثنا عتاب بن ٠يني الحافظ قال: حدثنا يحيى بن ٠د بن صاعد قال: حدثنا يوسف بن ٠وسى قال: حدثنا عبدالرح٠سروق، قال عتاب بن ٠د بن الحسين، عن حفص قال حدثنا ح٠زة بن عون، عن أبي اسا٠جالد قال:أحبرنا عا٠سروق قال: جاء رجل إلى ابن ٠سعود قال: هل حدثك٠صلى الله عليه وآله ك٠ن خليفة؟ فقال: نع٠ا سألني عنها أحد قبلك وإنك لاحدث القو٠سنا قال صلى الله عليه وآله: يكون بعدي عدة نقباء ٠12-10 At’tab ibn Muhammad al-Varaminy al-Hafiz narrated that Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn Sa’ed quoted the following tradition on the authority of Yusuf ibn Musa, on the authority of Abdul Rahman ibn Meqra, on the authority of Mujalid, on the authority of Amer, on the authority of Masruq, on the authority of Atab ibn Muhammad.

The same tradition has been narrated on the authority of Muhammad ibn al-Hussein, on the authority of Hafs, on the authority of Hamzih ibn U’an, on the authority of Abi Usamah, on the authority of Mujalid, on the authority of Amer, on the authority of Masruq, “A man went to see (Abdullah) ibn Masood and asked him, ‘Has your Prophet told you how many successors he will have after him?’ He replied, ‘Yes. No one had asked me this question before.

You asked it although you are the youngest of them all. The Prophet (MGB) has said, ‘There will be twelve successors after me - as many as the Israelite chiefs after Moses (MGB).’”