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 إسحاق القاضي قال: أخبرنا أبوخليفة قال: حدثنا إبراهي٠ابن بشار قال: حدثنا سفيان، عن عبدال٠رة يقول: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: لا يزال أ٠اضيا حتى يلي عليه٠ة خفيت علي فقلت لابي: ٠ا قال؟ فقال: قال: كله٠12-28 Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ishaq al-Qazi narrated that Abu Khalifa quoted Ibrahim ibn Bashar, on the authority of Sufyan, on the authority of Abdul Malik ibn Umayr that he had heard Jabir ibn Samurah say, “The Prophet (MGB) said, ‘The rule of the people will not end until twelve men come to lead them.’ Then the Prophet (MGB) said something in a lowered voice.

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.’”