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 أبو القاس٠د ابن عبدالعزيز البغوي قال: حدثنا علي بن الجعد قال: أخبرنا زهير، عن س٠ـاك بـنحرب، وزياد بن علاقة، وحصين بن عبد الرح٠رة أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله قال: يكون بعدي اثنا عشر أ٠يرا غيرأن قال في حديثه: ث٠في حديثه: فسألت أبي وقال بعضه٠12-22 Ahmad ibn al-Hassan al-Qat’tan narrated that Abul Qasim Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Abdul Aziz al-Baqavy quoted Ali ibn al-Ja’ed, on the authority of Zahir, on the authority of Samak ibn Harb, Zyad ibn Alaqa and Haseen ibn Abdul Rahman on the authority of Jabir ibn Samurah that God’s Prophet (MGB)said, ‘There will be twelve Leaders after me.’ Then the Prophet (MGB) said something which I could not understand.” In some traditions we read, “I asked my father…” and in some other traditions we read, “I asked my father (or I asked the people), ‘What did he (MGB) say?

My father (or they) said, ‘The Prophet (MGB) said, ‘They are all from the Quraysh.’”