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."

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

[AI] There was a man who said, "O Abu Abdullah! Did you ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ how many caliphs this Ummah would have?" Abdullah replied, "No one has asked me about it since I came to Iraq before you." Then he said, "Yes, we did ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he said there would be twelve caliphs, similar to the number of heads of the Bani Israel."

لَهُ رَجُلٌ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَلْ سَأَلْتُمْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَمْ تَمْلِكُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةُ مِنْ خَلِيفَةٍ؟ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ مَا سَأَلَنِي عَنْهَا أَحَدٌ مُنْذُ قَدِمْتُ الْعِرَاقَ قَبْلَكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَلَقَدْ سَأَلْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ كَعِدَّةِ نُقَبَاءِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

[AI] From the hadith of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he said: The religion will continue to exist until there are twelve caliphs from the Quraysh. Then, liars will appear before the Hour comes. Then, a group of Muslims will come out and bring out the treasure of the white palace. They will defeat the Persians and the descendants of the Persians. And when Allah bestows goodness upon one of you, let them begin with themselves and their family. And I am the one who will be at the forefront on the Day of Resurrection.

عَنْ حَدِيثِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَزَالُ الدِّينُ قَائِمًا حَتَّى يَكُونَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ كَذَّابُونَ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ ثُمَّ تَخْرُجُ عِصَابَةٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَيَسْتَخْرِجُونَ كَنْزَ الْأَبْيَضِ كِسْرَى وَآلِ كِسْرَى وَإِذَا أَعْطَى اللهُ أَحَدَكُمْ خَيْرًا فَلْيَبْدَأْ بِنَفْسِهِ وَأَهْلِهِ وَأَنَا فَرَطُكُمْ عَلَى الْحَوْضِ

[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

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say during the Farewell Pilgrimage, "This religion will continue to be dominant as long as there are those who follow it. No opponent or seceder will harm it until the passage of all twelve leaders from my Ummah." Then my father whispered to me the words of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. My father was closer to the ride of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ than me and I said, "Dear father, what did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ whisper?" He said, "All of them will be from the Quraysh ˹tribe˺."

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۔» ثُمَّ خَفِيَ عَلَيَّ قَوْلُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ وَكَانَ أَبِي أَقْرَبَ إِلَى رَاحِلَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنِّي فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَتَاهُ مَا الَّذِي خَفِيَ مِنْ قَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ: يَقُولُ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ۔

I wrote (a letter) to Jabir b. Samura and sent it to him through my servant Nafi', asking him to inform me of something he had heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He wrote to me (in reply): I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say on Friday evening, the day on which al-Aslami was stoned to death (for committing adultery): The Islamic religion will continue until the Hour has been established, or you have been ruled over by twelve Caliphs, all of them being from the Quraish. also heard him say: A small force of the Muslims will capture the white palace, the police of the Persian Emperor or his descendants. I also heard him say: Before the Day of Judgment there will appear (a number of) impostors. You are to guard against them. I also heard him say: When God grants wealth to any one of you, he should first spend it on himself and his family (and then give it in charity to the poor). I heard him (also) say: I will be your forerunner at the Cistern (expecting your arrival). (Using translation from Muslim 1822a)

أَخْبِرْنِي بِشَيْءٍ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيَّ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ عَشِيَّةَ رَجْمِ الْأَسْلَمِيِّ يَقُولُ لَا يَزَالُ الدِّينُ قَائِمًا حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ أَوْ يَكُونَ عَلَيْكُمْ اثْنَا عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ عُصْبَةُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَفْتَتِحُونَ الْبَيْتَ الْأَبْيَضَ بَيْتَ كِسْرَى وَآلِ كِسْرَى وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ كَذَّابِينَ فَاحْذَرُوهُمْ وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ إِذَا أَعْطَى اللهُ أَحَدَكُمْ خَيْرًا فَلْيَبْدَأْ بِنَفْسِهِ وَأَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ أَنَا فَرَطُكُمْ عَلَى الْحَوْضِ

[AI] 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."

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

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

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

[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] I heard the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , or he said, the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said, "There will be twelve caliphs after me, all of them from Quraysh." He then returned to his house and Quraysh came to him and asked, "Then what will happen?" He said, "Then there will be turmoil."

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَوْ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَكُونُ بَعْدِي اثْنَا عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ قَالَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ فَأَتَتْهُ قُرَيْشٌ فَقَالُوا ثُمَّ يَكُونُ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ ثُمَّ يَكُونُ الْهَرْجُ

[AI] "He said, 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'There will be twelve leaders after me, and I do not know what he said after that.' So, I asked all the people, and they all said, 'He said that they will all be from the Quraysh.'"

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَكُونُ بَعْدِي اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَمِيرًا ثُمَّ لَا أَدْرِي مَا قَالَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَسَأَلْتُ الْقَوْمَ كُلَّهُمْفَقَالُوا قَالَ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ

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)

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَكُونُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَمِيرًا قَالَ فَقَالَ كَلِمَةً لَمْ أَسْمَعْهَا قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبِي إِنَّهُ 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] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivered a sermon to us at Arafat, saying, "This matter will remain strong and protected, evident against those who oppose it, until twelve individuals take control of it." I did not understand what comes after that, so I asked my father, "What comes after all of them?" He said, "They will all be from the Quraysh tribe."

خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِعَرَفَاتٍ فَقَالَ لَا يَزَالُ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ عَزِيزًا مَنِيعًا ظَاهِرًا عَلَى مَنْ نَاوَأَهُ حَتَّى يَمْلِكَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ كُلُّهُمْ قَالَ فَلَمْ أَفْهَمْ مَا بَعْدُ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي مَا بَعْدَ كُلُّهُمْ ؟ قَالَ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivered a sermon to us at Arafat, and he said, "This religion will continue to be powerful, impregnable, and apparent to whoever practices it. It will not harm those who abandon it or disobey it until it is dominant among twelve of them, all from the Quraysh tribe, or as he said."

خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِعَرَفَةَ فَقَالَ لَنْ يَزَالَ هَذَا الدِّينُ عَزِيزًا مَنِيعًا ظَاهِرًا عَلَى مَنْ نَاوَأَهُ لَا يَضُرُّهُ مَنْ فَارَقَهُ أَوْ خَالَفَهُ حَتَّى يَمْلِكَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivered a sermon to us at Arafat and said, "This matter will continue to be revered and protected, apparent to those who approach it, until twelve people from Quraysh gain control over it." I did not understand what came afterwards, so I asked my father, "What comes after all of them?" He said, "All of them will be from Quraysh."

خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِعَرَفَاتٍ فَقَالَ لَنْ يَزَالَ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ عَزِيزًا مَنِيعًا ظَاهِرًا عَلَى مَنْ نَاوَأَهُ حَتَّى يَمْلِكَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ كُلُّهُمْ قَالَ فَلَمْ أَفْهَمْ مَا بَعْدُ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي مَا بَعْدَ كُلُّهُمْ ؟ قَالَ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ

[AI] I and my father came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was saying, "This matter will remain good until there are twelve leaders." Then he said a word that I did not understand, so I asked my father, "What did he say?" He replied, "All of them are from the Quraysh tribe."

جِئْتُ أَنَا وَأَبِي إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ لَا يَزَالُ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ صَالِحًا حَتَّى يَكُونَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَمِيرًا ثُمَّ قَالَ كَلِمَةً لَمْ أَفْهَمْهَا فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي مَا قَالَ؟ قَالَ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ

[AI] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "This matter will continue to prevail until twelve princes will rise, then he said a word which I did not hear clearly so I asked my father what he said? He said, 'All of them will be from the Quraysh tribe."

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَا يَزَالُ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ مَاضِيًا حَتَّى يَقُومَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَمِيرًا ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ بِكَلِمَةٍ خَفِيَتْ عَلَيَّ فَسَأَلْتُ عَنْهَا أَبِي مَا قَالَ؟ قَالَ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ

[AI] I was with my father in the presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "This religion will always remain strong." Or he said, "People will always be in a good state." Abu Abdus-Samad expressed doubt until twelve caliphs. Then he said something quietly, so I asked my father, "What did he say?" He said, "All of them are from Quraysh."

كُنْتُ مَعَ أَبِي عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَزَالُ هَذَا الدِّينُ عَزِيزًا أَوْ قَالَ لَا يَزَالُ النَّاسُ بِخَيْرٍ شَكَّ أَبُو عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ إِلَى اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً ثُمَّ قَالَ كَلِمَةً خَفِيَّةً فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي مَا قَالَ؟ قَالَ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ

[AI] "From the Prophet ﷺ who said, 'This matter will always remain exalted and defended. They will be supported against those who oppose them until there are twelve successors after me.' Then he said a word that I did not hear, so I asked my father what he had said. He said, 'All of them are from the Quraysh.'"

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَزَالُ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ عَزِيزًا مَنِيعًا يُنْصَرُونَ عَلَى مَنْ نَاوَأَهُمْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَى اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً ثُمَّ قَالَ كَلِمَةً أَصَمَّنِيهَا النَّاسُ فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي مَا قَالَ؟ قَالَ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ

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)

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

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivered a sermon at Arafat, and the narrator said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ deliver a sermon at Mina." This is the wording of the narration of Abu Rabi'i, and I heard him say: "This matter will continue to be prominent until twelve of them rule over it." Then the people started talking and I did not understand his statement after saying "twelve of them," so I said to my father, "O my father, what comes after 'twelve of them'?" He said, "All of them are from the Quraysh." And the narrator Al-Qawariri said in his narration: "Anyone who goes against or separates from him will not harm him until twelve of them rule over it."

خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِعَرَفَاتٍ وَقَالَ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ فِي حَدِيثِهِ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ بِمِنًى وَهَذَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ أَبِي الرَّبِيعِ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ لَنْ يَزَالَ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ عَزِيزًا ظَاهِرًا حَتَّى يَمْلِكَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ كُلُّهُمْ ثُمَّ لَغَطَ الْقَوْمُ وَتَكَلَّمُوا فَلَمْ أَفْهَمْ قَوْلَهُ بَعْدَ كُلُّهُمْ فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي يَا أَبَتَاهُ مَا بَعْدَ كُلُّهُمْ ؟ قَالَ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَقَالَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ فِي حَدِيثِهِ لَا يَضُرُّهُ مَنْ خَالَفَهُ أَوْ فَارَقَهُ حَتَّى يَمْلِكَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ

[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

[AI] "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying: 'After me, there will be twelve leaders. They will all be from the Quraysh tribe.'"

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَكُونُ مِنْ بَعْدِي اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَمِيرًا فَتُكُلِّمَ فَخَفِيَ عَلَيَّ فَسَأَلْتُ الَّذِي يَلِينِي أَوْ إِلَى جَنْبِي فَقَالَ 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 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

[AI] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "This matter will continue till there are twelve Caliphs over you, and then he said something I did not remember. I asked my father what Allah's Messenger ﷺ had said. He replied: 'All of them will be from the Quraish tribe.'"

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَا يَزَالُ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ مَاضِيًا حَتَّى يَقُومَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَمِيرًا ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ بِكَلِمَةٍ خَفِيَتْ عَلَيَّ سَأَلْتُ أَبِي مَا قَالَ؟ قَالَ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ

[AI] I was with my father or with my son, and he mentioned the Prophet ﷺ and said, "This matter will always be precious and protected. They will be supported against those who oppose them until there are twelve caliphs." Then he spoke a word that people didn't understand, so I asked my father or my son, "What is the word that people didn't understand?" He said, "All of them are from the Quraysh."

كُنْتُ مَعَ أَبِي أَوْ مَعَ ابْنِي قَالَ وَذَكَرَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَا يَزَالُ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ عَزِيزًا مَنِيعًا يُنْصَرُونَ عَلَى مَنْ نَاوَأَهُمْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَى اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ بِكَلِمَةٍ أَصَمَّنِيهَا النَّاسُ فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي أَوْ لِابْنِي مَا الْكَلِمَةُ الَّتِي أَصَمَّنِيهَا النَّاسُ؟ قَالَ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ

[AI] I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "This Ummah (nation) will have twelve successors."

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَكُونُ لِهَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ اثْنَا عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً

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

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "This matter (Islam) will continue to exist and stay strong until there are twelve caliphs, all of whom are from the Quraysh tribe."

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَزَالُ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ مُوَائِمًا أَوْ مُقَارِبًا حَتَّى يَقُومَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ

[AI] I and my father came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was saying, "This matter will continue to be good until there are twelve leaders." Then he said a word that I did not understand, so I asked my father, "What did he say?" He said, "He said, 'All of them will be from Quraysh.'"

جِئْتُ أَنَا وَأَبِي إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ لَا يَزَالُ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ صَالِحًا حَتَّى يَكُونَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَمِيرًا ثُمَّ قَالَ كَلِمَةً لَمْ أَفْهَمْهَا قُلْتُ لِأَبِي مَا قَالَ؟ قَالَ قَالَ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ

[AI] 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."

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

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "A group among my Ummah will continue to follow the truth and prevail, and those who oppose them will not be able to harm them, until the command of Allah comes to pass." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 10)

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَا تَزَالُ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي عَلَى الْحَقِّ ظَاهِرِينَ لَا يَضُرُّهُمْ مَنْ خَذَلَهُمْ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ أَمْرُ اللهِ

[AI] I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I heard him saying, "The affairs of this nation will remain apparent until twelve caliphs rise." Then he said something that I couldn't understand, and my father was closer to him than me, so I asked him, "What did he say?" He replied, "All of them will be from Quraysh." Jabir ibn Samurah also narrated another hadith from his father.

كُنْتُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ «لَا يَزَالُ أَمْرُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ ظَاهِرًا حَتَّى يَقُومَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً» وَقَالَ كَلِمَةً خَفِيَتْ عَلَيَّ وَكَانَ أَبِي أَدْنَى إِلَيْهِ مَجْلِسًا مِنِّي فَقُلْتُ مَا قَالَ؟ قَالَ «كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ» وَقَدْ رَوَى جَابِرُ بْنُ سَمُرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ حَدِيثًا آخَرَ

[AI] I was with my uncle in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ and he said, "The affair of my Ummah (nation) will continue to be righteous as long as there are twelve caliphs." Then he said a word and lowered his voice with it. So, I asked my uncle, who was in front of me, what did he say, O uncle? He said, "He said, O my son, 'All of them will be from Quraysh.'"

كُنْتُ مَعَ عَمِّي عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «لَا يَزَالُ أَمْرُ أُمَّتِي صَالِحًا حَتَّى يَمْضِيَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً» ثُمَّ قَالَ كَلِمَةً وَخَفَضَ بِهَا صَوْتَهُ فَقُلْتُ لِعَمِّي وَكَانَ أَمَامِي مَا قَالَ يَا عَمُّ؟ قَالَ قَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ «كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ»

[AI] We were sitting one night with Abdullah and he was reciting the Quran to us. A man asked him, "O Abu Abdur Rahman, did you ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ how many caliphs this Ummah will have?" Abdullah replied, "No one has asked me about this since I came to Iraq before you." He said, "We asked him and he said, 'The caliphs of the Children of Israel were twelve in number.'" I cannot tolerate discussing the narration from Mujalid and his contemporaries in this book; may Allah have mercy on them. Adh-Dhahabi remained silent about it in the summary.

كُنَّا جُلُوسًا لَيْلَةً عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يُقْرِئُنَا الْقُرْآنَ فَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَلْ سَأَلْتُمْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَمْ يَمْلِكُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ مِنْ خَلِيفَةٍ؟ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ مَا سَأَلَنِي عَنْ هَذَا أَحَدٌ مُنْذُ قَدِمْتُ الْعِرَاقَ قَبْلَكَ قَالَ سَأَلْنَاهُ فَقَالَ «اثْنَا عَشَرَ عِدَّةَ نُقَبَاءِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ» لَا يَسَعُنِي التَّسَامُحُ فِي هَذَا الْكِتَابِ عَنِ الرِّوَايَةِ عَنْ مُجَالِدٍ وَأَقْرَانِهِ رَحِمَهُمُ اللَّهُ سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص

[AI] The Prophet ﷺ said, "The caliphate will last for thirty years, and the rest of them will be kings. The caliphs and the kings will be twelve."

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «الْخِلَافَةُ ثَلَاثُونَ سَنَةً وَسَائِرُهُمْ مُلُوكٌ وَالْخُلَفَاءُ وَالْمُلُوكُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ»

[AI] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "There will be twelve caliphs after me, all of them from the Quraysh." When he returned to his house, people from the Quraysh came to him and asked, "And then what will happen?" He said, "And then there will be strife."

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَكُونُ بَعْدِي اثْنَا عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ» فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ أَتَتْهُ قُرَيْشٌ قَالُوا ثُمَّ يَكُونُ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ «ثُمَّ يَكُونُ الْهَرْجُ»

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] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "This religion will continue to be powerful and protective, and those who oppose it will be defeated until there are twelve caliphs."

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا يَزَالُ هَذَا الدِّينُ عَزِيزًا مَنِيعًا يُنْصَرُونَ عَلَى مَنْ نَاوَأَهُمْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَى اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً»

[AI] I heard the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , say, "After me there will be twelve caliphs. Abu Bakr As-Siddiq will not live long after me, only for a short time. Rahha Darra's associate will live a praiseworthy life and die as a martyr." It was asked, "Who is that, O Messenger of Allah?" He replied, "Umar ibn Al-Khattab." Then he turned to Uthman and said, "And you, people will ask you to remove a shirt that Allah has covered you with. By the One in whose hand is my soul, if you remove it, you will not enter Paradise until a camel enters through the eye of a needle."

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَكُونُ بَعْدِي اثْنَا عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ لَا يَلْبَثُ بَعْدِي إِلَّا قَلِيلًا وَصَاحِبُ رَحًى دَارَّةٍ يَعِيشُ حَمِيدًا وَيَمُوتُ شَهِيدًا قِيلَ مَنْ هُوَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ» ؓ ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَى عُثْمَانَ فَقَالَ «وَأَنْتَ سَيَسْأَلُكَ النَّاسُ أَنْ تَخْلَعَ قَمِيصًا كَسَاكَ اللهُ ﷻ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَئِنْ خَلَعْتَهُ لَا تَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى يَلِجَ الْجَمَلُ فِي سَمِّ الْخِيَاطِ»

[AI] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "After me there will be twelve caliphs. Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq will not stay for long. The owner of the mill of the Arabs will live in peace and will be martyred." A man asked, "Who is he, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "Umar ibn Al-Khattab." Then, he turned to Uthman and said, "And people will ask you to take off a shirt that Allah has clothed you with. By the One who holds my soul in His hand, if you take it off, you will not enter paradise until a camel enters the eye of a needle."

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَكُونُ بَعْدِي اثْنَا عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ لَا يَلْبَثُ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا وَصَاحِبُ رَحَى دَارَةِ الْعَرَبِ يَعِيشُ حَمِيدًا وَيُقْتَلُ شَهِيدًا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مَنْ هُوَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ» ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَى عُثْمَانَ فَقَالَ «وَأَنْتَ سَيَسْأَلُكَ النَّاسُ أَنْ تَخْلَعَ قَمِيصًا كَسَاكَ اللهُ إِيَّاهُ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَئِنْ خَلَعْتَهُ لَا تَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى يَلِجَ الْجَمَلُ فِي سَمِّ الْخِيَاطِ»

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)

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»

[AI] 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."

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

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "This nation will remain upright, and its affairs will be apparent against its enemies until twelve caliphs pass from them, all of them from Quraysh." When he returned home, Quraysh came to him and asked, "And then what will happen?" He said, "Then there will be turmoil."

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تَزَالُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةُ مُسْتَقِيمٌ أَمْرُهَا ظَاهِرَةٌ عَلَى عَدُوِّهَا حَتَّى يَمْضِيَ مِنْهُمُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ» فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ أَتَتْهُ قُرَيْشٌ قَالُوا ثُمَّ يَكُونُ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ «ثُمَّ يَكُونُ الْهَرْجُ»

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "My nation will continue to be upon the truth, manifest, until there are twelve leaders among them, all from the Quraysh tribe."

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تَزَالُ أُمَّتِي عَلَى الْحَقِّ ظَاهِرِينَ حَتَّى يَكُونَ عَلَيْهِمِ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَمِيرًا كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ»

[AI] I was with my father in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ and I heard him say, "There will be twelve leaders after me." Then he lowered his voice. So I said to my father, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'There will be twelve leaders after me.' So what did he lower his voice for?" He replied, "All of them will be from the Quraysh."

كُنْتُ مَعَ أَبِي عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ «يَكُونُ بَعْدِي اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَمِيرًا» ثُمَّ أَخْفَى صَوْتَهُ فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي قَدْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَكُونُ بَعْدِي اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَمِيرًا» فَمَا الَّذِي أَخْفَى صَوْتَهُ؟ قَالَ «كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ»

'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)

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

[AI] 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."

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»

[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»

[AI] I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "There will be twelve leaders after me." Then he spoke softly, and I asked the one next to me, and he said, "All of them are from Quraysh."

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَكُونُ بَعْدِي اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَمِيرًا» ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ فَخَفِيَ عَلَيَّ فَسَأَلْتُ الَّذِي يَلِيَنِي فَقَالَ «كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ»