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ahmad:20838Bahz > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Islam will remain exalted until there are twelve caliphs." Then, he uttered a secret word.  

أحمد:٢٠٨٣٨حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سِمَاكٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَا يَزَالُ الْإِسْلَامُ عَزِيزًا إِلَى اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً فَقَالَ كَلِمَةً خَفِيَّةً  


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muslim:1821dHaddāb b. Khālid al-Azdī > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Jābir b. Samurah

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.  

مسلم:١٨٢١dحَدَّثَنَا هَدَّابُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الأَزْدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لاَ يَزَالُ الإِسْلاَمُ عَزِيزًا إِلَى اثْنَىْ عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً ثُمَّ قَالَ كَلِمَةً لَمْ أَفْهَمْهَا فَقُلْتُ لأَبِي مَا قَالَ فَقَالَ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ  

ahmad:21020Bahz > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

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)  

أحمد:٢١٠٢٠حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سِمَاكٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ يَقُولُ

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  

ahmad:20927ʿAbdullāh > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr b. ʿAlī al-Muqaddamī > Zuhayr b. Isḥāq > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > ʿĀmir / al-Shaʿbī > Jābir b. Samurah

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: This religion will continue to be strong till the time of twelve caliphs. The people then uttered: Allah is more great and uproared. He then silently a word which I could not understand. So I said to my father: What did he say, father ? He said: All of them will belong to Quraish. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4280)  

أحمد:٢٠٩٢٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ عَامِرٍ يَعْنِي الشَّعْبِيَّ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَا يَزَالُ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ عَزِيزًا إِلَى اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً فَكَبَّرَ النَّاسُ وَضَجُّوا وَقَالَ كَلِمَةً خَفِيَّةً قُلْتُ لِأَبِي يَا أَبَتْ مَا قَالَ؟ قَالَ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ  

ahmad:20951Bahz b. Asad > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Simāk Qālasamiʿt Jābir b. Samurah

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)   

أحمد:٢٠٩٥١حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزُ بْنُ أَسَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سِمَاكٌ قَالَسَمِعْتُ جَابِرُ بْنُ سَمُرَةَ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَا يَزَالُ الْإِسْلَامُ عَزِيزًا إِلَى اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً فَقَالَ كَلِمَةً خَفِيَّةً لَمْ أَفْهَمْهَا قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي مَا قَالَ؟ قَالَ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ أَرَادَ بِقَوْلِهِ: «يَكُونُ بَعْدِي اثْنَا عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً»، أَنَّ الْإِسْلَامَ يَكُونُ عَزِيزًا فِي أَيَّامِهِمْ لَا أَنَّهُ أَرَادَ بِهِ نَفْيَ مَا وَرَاءَ هَذَا الْعَدَدِ مِنَ الْخُلَفَاءِ

ibnhibban:6662ʿImrān b. Mūsá b. Mujāshiʿ > Hudbah b. Khālid > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Jābir b. Samurah

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)  

ابن حبّان:٦٦٦٢أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ مُجَاشِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ يَقُولُ

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»  

tabarani:1792ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz And ʾAbū Muslim al-Kashhī > Ḥajjāj b. al-Minhāl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > al-Shaʿbī > Jābir

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said: "Islam will continue to be strong until the twelve successors."  

الطبراني:١٧٩٢حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ وَأَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ قَالَا ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَزَالُ الْإِسْلَامُ عَزِيزًا إِلَى اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ خَلِيفَةً»