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 أبو بكر عبد الله بن سلي٠ان بن الاشعث قال: حدثنا أح٠ر بن عبـد اللهبن رزين قال: حدثنا سفيان بن حسين، عن سعيد بن ع٠رو بن أشوع، عن الشعبى، عن جابر بن س٠سجد ورسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يخطب فس٠عته يقول: اثنا عشر خليفة، ث٠ا يقول، فقلت لابي: ٠ا يقول؟ فقال: قال: كله٠12-26 Ahmad ibn al-Hassan al-Qat’tan narrated that Abu Bakr Abdullah ibn Suleiman al-Ash’as quoted Ahmad ibn Yusuf ibn Salim al-Salami quotedUmar ibn Abdullah ibn Razin, on the authority of Sufyan ibn Hussein, on the authority of Sa’id ibn Amr ibn Ashva’a, on the authority of Amer al-Sha’abi, on the authority of Jabir ibn Samurah al-Sava’ee, “I was in the mosque with my father when the Prophet (MGB) was delivering a sermon.

I heard the Prophet (MGB) say, ‘There will be twelve Leaders after me.’ Then the Prophet (MGB) lowered his voice such that I could not understand what he (MGB) said. I asked my father, ‘What did he (MGB) say when he lowered his voice?’ My father said, ‘The Prophet (MGB) said, ‘They are all from the Quraysh.’”