Hadith 243
Three-Narrator Ahadith
Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal · Musnad Jābir ibn Samurah al-Suwāʾī (may Allah be pleased with him)
Arabic
حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: «لَا يَزَالُ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ مَاضِيًا حَتَّى يَقُومَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَمِيرًا» ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ بِكَلِمَةٍ خَفِيَتْ عَلَيَّ، فَسَأَلْتُ أَبِي مَا قَالَ؟ قَالَ: «كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ»
English translation
Jābir ibn Samurah al-Suwāʾī (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ say, “This affair [of the caliphate] will continue to prevail until twelve leaders have arisen,” then he ﷺ said something that I did not catch, so I asked my father what he had said. He said, “All of them will be from Quraysh.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 243
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