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ahmad:20872Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > Jābir b. Samurah

I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "There will be twelve Muslim rulers (who will rule all the Islamic world)." He then said a sentence which I did not hear. My father said, "All of them (those rulers) will be from Quraish." (Using translation from Bukhārī 7222)  

أحمد:٢٠٨٧٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَكُونُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَمِيرًا قَالَ فَقَالَ كَلِمَةً لَمْ أَسْمَعْهَا قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبِي إِنَّهُ قَالَ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī
bukhari:7222Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Ghundar > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd al-Malik > Jābir b. Samurah

I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "There will be twelve Muslim rulers (who will rule all the Islamic world)." He then said a sentence which I did not hear. My father said, "All of them (those rulers) will be from Quraish."  

البخاري:٧٢٢٢حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَكُونُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَمِيرًا فَقَالَ كَلِمَةً لَمْ أَسْمَعْهَا فَقَالَ أَبِي إِنَّهُ قَالَ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ  

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:21050ʿUmar b. ʿUbayd Abū Ḥafṣ > Simāk > Jābir

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "After me, there will be twelve leaders." Then he spoke something which I could not understand. He said, so I asked someone who was with me, "What did he say?" He said, "All of them are from the Quraysh."  

أحمد:٢١٠٥٠حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ أَبُو حَفْصٍ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَكُونُ بَعْدِي اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَمِيرًا قَالَ ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ فَخَفِيَ عَلَيَّ مَا قَالَ قَالَ فَسَأَلْتُ بَعْضَ الْقَوْمِ أَوِ الَّذِي يَلِينِي مَا قَالَ؟ قَالَ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ  

ahmad:20836Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Jābir b. Samurah > Nabī Allāh ﷺ > Yakūn Āthnā ʿAshar Amīr > Kalimah Lam Asmaʿhā

[Machine] I heard Prophet Muhammad ﷺ saying: "There will be twelve leaders." Then he said a word that I did not hear. Then the people said, "They are all from Quraysh."  

أحمد:٢٠٨٣٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَكُونُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَمِيرًا فَقَالَ كَلِمَةً لَمْ أَسْمَعْهَا فَقَالَ الْقَوْمُ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ  

ahmad:20896Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Jābir b. Samurah > Nabī Allāh ﷺ > Yakūn Āthnā ʿAshar Amīr > Kalimah Lam Asmaʿhā

[Machine] I heard the Prophet of Allah, ﷺ , saying: There will be twelve princes. Then he said a word that I did not hear. The people said, "All of them are from the Quraysh."  

أحمد:٢٠٨٩٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَكُونُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَمِيرًا فَقَالَ كَلِمَةً لَمْ أَسْمَعْهَا فَقَالَ الْقَوْمُ 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:1791[Chain 1] ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Muʿallá b. Asad al-ʿAmmī > Wuhayb [Chain 2] Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Ibn ʿAwn > 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)   

الطبراني:١٧٩١حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا مُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ الْعَمِّيُّ ثنا وُهَيْبٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ كِلَاهُمَا عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا يَزَالُ هَذَا الدِّينُ عَزِيزًا مَنِيعًا إِلَى اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً» فَقَالَ كَلِمَةً فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ»  

tabarani:1896Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn al-Anmāṭī > Yaḥyá b. Maʿīn > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "There will be twelve leaders." Then he said a word that I did not understand, so the people said, "He said, 'All of them are from Quraysh.'"  

الطبراني:١٨٩٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْأَنْمَاطِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَكُونُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَمِيرًا» ثُمَّ قَالَ كَلِمَةً لَمْ أَفْهَمْهَا فَقَالَ الْقَوْمُ قَالَ «كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ»  

tabarani:1923Bishr b. Mūsá > Khalaf b. al-Walīd > Isrāʾīl > Simāk > Jābir

'There will be twelve Amir after me."' He said: "Then he said something that I did not understand. So I asked the one who was next to me, who said that he ﷺ had said: 'All of them are from Quraish."' (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2223)   

الطبراني:١٩٢٣حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا خَلَفُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدَ ثنا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَكُونُ بَعْدِي اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَمِيرًا» ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ أَفْهَمْهُ فَسَأَلْتُ الْقَوْمَ فَقَالُوا «كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ»  

tabarani:1936Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Khālid al-Ḥarrānī from my father > Zuhayr > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

'There will be twelve Amir after me."' He said: "Then he said something that I did not understand. So I asked the one who was next to me, who said that he ﷺ had said: 'All of them are from Quraish."' (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2223)   

الطبراني:١٩٣٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا زُهَيْرٌ ثنا سِمَاكٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَكُونُ بَعْدِي اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَمِيرًا» ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ أَفْهَمْهُ فَسَأَلْتُ الْقَوْمَ كُلَّهُمْ فَقَالُوا قَالَ «كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ»  

tabarani:2044Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá al-Sājī > Mūsá b. Sufyān al-Jundīsābūrī > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Jahm > ʿAmr b. Abū Qays > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying "There will be twelve princes" and then he said something that I didn't hear, so the people assumed that he said "All of them are from Quraysh."  

الطبراني:٢٠٤٤حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى السَّاجِيُّ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ سُفْيَانَ الْجُنْدِيسَابُورِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْجَهْمِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي قَيْسٍ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَكُونُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَمِيرًا» ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ فَزَعَمَ الْقَوْمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ»  

tabarani:2063Mūsá b. Hārūn > ʿAlī b. al-Jaʿd > Zuhayr > Simāk And Ziyād b. ʿIlāqah Waḥuṣayn > Jābir

'There will be twelve Amir after me."' He said: "Then he said something that I did not understand. So I asked the one who was next to me, who said that he ﷺ had said: 'All of them are from Quraish."' (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2223)   

الطبراني:٢٠٦٣حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ هَارُونَ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ ثنا زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ وَزِيَادِ بْنِ عِلَاقَةَ وَحُصَيْنٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَكُونُ مِنْ بَعْدِي اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَمِيرًا» ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ فَسَأَلْتُ أَبِي مَا قَالَ؟ فَقَالَ «كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ»  

tabarani:2067[Chain 1] al-ʿAbbās b. al-Faḍl al-Asfāṭī > ʿAmr b. ʿAwn > Khālid [Chain 2] al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Jarīr > Ḥuṣayn > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "There will be twelve leaders after me." Then he spoke something that I did not hear, so I asked the people and I asked my father what he said? And he was closer to him than me, so he said, "All of them are from Quraysh."  

الطبراني:٢٠٦٧حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْأَسْفَاطِيُّ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ ثنا خَالِدٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَقُومُ مِنْ بَعْدِي اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَمِيرًا» ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ فَسَأَلْتُ الْقَوْمَ وَسَأَلْتُ أَبِي مَا قَالَ؟ وَكَانَ أَقْرَبَ إِلَيْهِ مِنِّي فَقَالَ «كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ»