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: حدثنا أبوبكر عبد الله بن سلي٠ان ابن الاشعث قال: حدثنا علي بن خشر٠قال: حدثنا عيسى بن يونس، عن ع٠ان، عن الشعبي، عن جابر بن س٠عت النبي صلى الله عليه وآله يقول لا يزال أ٠لك اثني عشر خليفة، ث٠ن هو أقرب إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وآله ٠12-23 Ahmad ibn al-Hassan al-Qat’tan narrated that Abu Bakr Abdullah ibn Suleiman al-Ash’as quoted Ali ibn Khashram, on the authority of Isa ibn Yunis, on the authority of Imran - that is ibn Suleiman, on the authority of Al-Sha’abi, on the authority of Jabir ibn Samurah that he had heard God’s Prophet (MGB) say, “The rule of this esteemed nation will not terminate until there come twelve Caliphs.” Then the Prophet (MGB) said something quietly which could not be understood.

I asked someone who was close to the Prophet (MGB) ‘What did he (MGB) say?’ He said, ‘The Prophet (MGB) said, ‘They are all from the Quraysh.’”