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 د بن الحسن القطان قال: أخبرنا علي بن الحسن بن سال٠د بن الوليد يعني البسري قال: حدثنا ٠د بن جعفر يعني غندر قال: حدثنا شعبة، عن س٠عت النبي صلى الله عليه وآله يقول: يكون بعدي اثنا عشر أ٠12-16 Ahmad ibn al-Hassan al-Qat’tan narrated that Ali ibn Al-Hassan ibn Salim quoted Muhammad ibn al-Walid - al-Basry, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ja’far - Qandar, on the authority of Shu’bat, on the authority of Samak ibn Harb, on the authority of Jabir ibn Samurah, “I heard the Prophet (MGB) say, ‘There will be twelve Leaders after me.’ Then the Prophet (MGB) (lowered his voice and) said something which I could not hear.

I asked, ‘What tribe?’ The Prophet (MGB) said, ‘They are all from the Quraysh.’”