It has been reported on the authority of Jabir b. Samura who said:
I went with my father to the Messenger of Allah (may peeace be upon him) and I heard him say: This religion would continue to remain powerful and dominant until there have been twelve Caliphs. Then he added something which I couldn't catch on account of the noise of the people. I asked my father: What did he say? My father said: He has said that all of them will be from the Quraish.
حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ النَّوْفَلِيُّ، - وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ - حَدَّثَنَا أَزْهَرُ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ، قَالَ انْطَلَقْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَمَعِي أَبِي فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ " لاَ يَزَالُ هَذَا الدِّينُ عَزِيزًا مَنِيعًا إِلَى اثْنَىْ عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً " . فَقَالَ كَلِمَةً صَمَّنِيهَا النَّاسُ فَقُلْتُ لأَبِي مَا قَالَ قَالَ " كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ " .
Isnad
8 transmitters- 1Nasr bin 'Ali bin Nasr bin 'Ali (young)d. 250 AH or after
- 2Yazid bin Zari'al-Basra · d. 182 AH
- 3'Abdullah bin 'Awn bin Artabanal-Basra, Syria, Hijaz, Kufa · d. 150 AH
- 4Ahmed bin 'Uthman bin Hakeemal-Kufa · d. 261 AH or before
- 5Azhar bin Sa'd al-SamanBasra · d. 203 AH
- 6'Abdullah bin 'Awn bin Artabanal-Basra, Syria, Hijaz, Kufa · d. 150 AH
- 7'Amir al-Sha'biKufa · d. ~104 AH
- 8Jabir bin SamraMedina/Kufa · d. ~74 AH
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 33, Hadith 10
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Book 20, Hadith 4482 (deprecated numbering scheme)