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.

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لاَ يَزَالُ هَذَا الأَمْرُ عَزِيزًا إِلَى اثْنَىْ عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً قَالَ ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ بِشَىْءٍ لَمْ أَفْهَمْهُ فَقُلْتُ لأَبِي مَا قَالَ فَقَالَ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ

The Prophet ﷺ said: The religion will continue to be established till there are twelve caliphs over you, and the whole community will agree on each of them. I then heard from the Prophet ﷺ some remarks which I could not understand. I asked my father: What is he saying: He said: all of them will belong to Quraysh.

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لاَ يَزَالُ هَذَا الدِّينُ قَائِمًا حَتَّى يَكُونَ عَلَيْكُمُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً كُلُّهُمْ تَجْتَمِعُ عَلَيْهِ الأُمَّةُ فَسَمِعْتُ كَلاَمًا مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَمْ أَفْهَمْهُ قُلْتُ لأَبِي مَا يَقُولُ قَالَ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ

[AI] " I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say during his farewell pilgrimage: 'Verily, this religion will always remain apparent and no one will harm it by opposing or deviating from it until twelve caliphs have passed from my Ummah.' Then he said something that I did not understand, so I asked my father, 'What did he say?' He replied, 'All of them will be from the Quraysh.'"

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ إِنَّ هَذَا الدِّينَ لَنْ يَزَالَ ظَاهِرًا عَلَى مَنْنَاوَأَهُ لَا يَضُرُّهُ مُخَالِفٌ وَلَا مُفَارِقٌ حَتَّى يَمْضِيَ مِنْ أُمَّتِي اثْنَا عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً قَالَ ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ أَفْهَمْهُ فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي مَا قَالَ؟ قَالَ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ

[AI] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say in the Farewell Pilgrimage: "This religion will always remain visible to those who embrace it, and no divergent or disunited person will harm it, until twelve leaders from my nation pass away, all of them from the Quraysh." He ﷺ then said, "And my father was closer to that time than me. So I asked him, 'O my father, what was hidden from me in the statement of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ?' He said, 'He said they will all be from the Quraysh.'"

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ لَا يَزَالُ هَذَا الدِّينُ ظَاهِرًا عَلَى مَنْ نَاوَأَهُ لَا يَضُرُّهُ مُخَالِفٌ وَلَا مُفَارِقٌ حَتَّى يَمْضِيَ مِنْ أُمَّتِي اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَمِيرًا كُلُّهُمْ قَالَ ثُمَّ خَفِيَ عَلَيَّ قَوْلُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ وَكَانَ أَبِي أَقْرَبَ إِلَى رَاحِلَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنِّي فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَتَاهُ مَا الَّذِي خَفِيَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ قَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَقُولُ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ قَالَ فَأَشْهَدُ عَلَى إِفْهَامِ أَبِي إِيَّايَ قَالَ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivered a sermon to us and said, "Verily, this religion will continue to be strong until the time of the twelve caliphs." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ spoke a word that I did not understand, and the people became noisy. So, I asked my father, "What did he say?" He said, "They are all from the Quraysh tribe."

خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا الدِّينَ لَا يَزَالُ عَزِيزًا إِلَى اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً قَالَ ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِكَلِمَةٍ لَمْ أَفْهَمْهَا وَضَجَّ النَّاسُ فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي مَا قَالَ؟ قَالَ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ

[AI] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say in the Farewell Pilgrimage: "This religion will continue to be apparent to all and no one who opposes or abandons it will harm it."

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ يَقُولُ لَا يَزَالُ هَذَا الدِّينُ ظَاهِرًا عَلَى كُلِّ مَنْنَاوَأَهُ لَا يَضُرُّهُ مَنْ خَالَفَهُ أَوْ فَارَقَهُ

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Islam will continue to be triumphant until there have been twelve Caliphs. Then the Prophet ﷺ said something which I could not understand. I asked my father: What did he say? He said: He has said that all of them (twelve Caliphs) will be from the Quraish. (Using translation from Muslim 1821d)

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَا يَزَالُ الْإِسْلَامُ عَزِيزًا إِلَى اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً ثُمَّ قَالَ كَلِمَةً خَفِيَّةً لَمْ أَفْهَمْهَا قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي مَا قَالَ؟ قَالَ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Islam will continue to be triumphant until there have been twelve Caliphs. Then the Prophet ﷺ said something which I could not understand. I asked my father: What did he say? He said: He has said that all of them (twelve Caliphs) will be from the Quraish. (Using translation from Muslim 1821d)

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا يَزَالُ الْإِسْلَامُ عَزِيزًا إِلَى اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً» قَالَ فَقَالَ كَلِمَةً لَمْ أَفْهَمْهَا قُلْتُ لِأَبِي مَا قَالَ؟ قَالَ «كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ»

[AI] I have heard the Prophet ﷺ saying in the Farewell Pilgrimage, "This matter will always remain apparent to anyone who seeks it, unaffected by any opposing or deviant individuals, until there have been twelve Caliphs from the Quraysh."

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ يَقُولُ «لَا يَزَالُ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ ظَاهِرًا عَلَى مَنْ نَاوَأَهُ لَا يَضُرَّهُ مُخَالِفٌ وَلَا مَفَارِقٌ حَتَّى يَمْضِيَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ»

[AI] I entered with my father to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he said, "Indeed, this matter will not pass and it will not come to an end until twelve Caliphs have passed." Then he said something that I did not understand. I asked my father, "What did he say?" He said, "All of them are from the Quraysh."

دَخَلْتُ مَعَ أَبِي عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ لَنْ يَمْضِيَ وَلَنْ يَنْقَضِيَ حَتَّى يَنْقَضِيَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً» ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ أَفْهَمْهُ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي مَا الَّذِي قَالَ؟ قَالَ «كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ»

"لا يَزالُ هَذَا الدين ظَاهِرًا عَلَى من نَاوأه وخَالفَه، لا يضرُّهُ شيءٌ أبدًا".