Hadith
Sahih Muslim #4578
The Book on Government· كتاب الإمارة
sahih_muslim:4578حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ جَابِرِ، بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ يَزَالُ هَذَا الأَمْرُ عَزِيزًا إِلَى اثْنَىْ عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً " . قَالَ ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ بِشَىْءٍ لَمْ أَفْهَمْهُ فَقُلْتُ لأَبِي مَا قَالَ فَقَالَ " كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ " .
This order will continue to be dominant until there have been twelve Caliphs. The narrator says: Then he said something which I could not understand, and I said to my father: What did he say? My father told me that he said that all of them (Caliphs) would be from the Quraish.
Chain 1·6 narrators
5
Muhammad ibn Abdullah← Oldest
محمد بن عبد الله
Narratorprophet
Transmitted via “قال”
narrated to
4
جابر بن سمرة
Tabi'ithiqa
Transmitted via “عن”
narrated to
3
Taba Tabi'inthiqa
Transmitted via “عن”
narrated to
2
Taba Tabi'inthiqa
Transmitted via “عن”
narrated to
1
Taba Tabi'inthiqa
Transmitted via “حدثنا”
narrated to
0
Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah← Compiler
أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة
Taba Tabi'inthiqa
Transmitted via “حدثنا”
Legend: Sahabi Tabi'i Taba Tabi'in Later
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