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ahmad:20924ʿAbdullāh > Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ruzī > Abū ʿAbd al-Ṣamad al-ʿAmmī > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] 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."  

أحمد:٢٠٩٢٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الرُّزِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ الْعَمِّيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

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  


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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  

muslim:1821f[Chain 1] Naṣr b. ʿAlī al-Jahḍamī > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Ibn ʿAwn [Chain 2] Aḥmad b. ʿUthmān al-Nawfalī > Azhar > Ibn ʿAwn > al-Shaʿbī > Jābir b. Samurah

I went with my father to the Messenger of Allah (may peeace be upon him) and I heard him say: This religion would continue to remain powerful and dominant until there have been twelve Caliphs. Then he added something which I couldn't catch on account of the noise of the people. I asked my father: What did he say? My father said: He has said that all of them will be from the Quraish.  

مسلم:١٨٢١fحَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ النَّوْفَلِيُّ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ حَدَّثَنَا أَزْهَرُ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

انْطَلَقْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَمَعِي أَبِي فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ لاَ يَزَالُ هَذَا الدِّينُ عَزِيزًا مَنِيعًا إِلَى اثْنَىْ عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً فَقَالَ كَلِمَةً صَمَّنِيهَا النَّاسُ فَقُلْتُ لأَبِي مَا قَالَ قَالَ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ  

abudawud:4280Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Wuhayb > Dāwud > ʿĀmir > 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.  

أبو داود:٤٢٨٠حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ عَنْ عَامِرٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لاَ يَزَالُ هَذَا الدِّينُ عَزِيزًا إِلَى اثْنَىْ عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً قَالَ فَكَبَّرَ النَّاسُ وَضَجُّوا ثُمَّ قَالَ كَلِمَةً خَفِيَّةً قُلْتُ لأَبِي يَا أَبَةِ مَا قَالَ قَالَ 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:20879ʿAbd al-Ṣamad from my father > Dāwud > ʿĀmir > Jābir b. Samurah al-Suwāʾī

[Machine] 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."  

أحمد:٢٠٨٧٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ عَنْ عَامِرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي جَابِرُ بْنُ سَمُرَةَ السُّوَائِيُّ قَالَ

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  

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  

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:1798ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > al-Ḥasan b. Qazaʿah > Ḥuṣayn b. Numayr > Ḥuṣayn b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > al-Shaʿbī > Jābir

[Machine] I went to the Prophet with my father, and the Messenger of Allah said, "This nation will remain upright in its affair until there are twelve caliphs." Then he said a whispered word, and I asked my father what he said. He said, "All of them will be from Quraish."  

الطبراني:١٧٩٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ قَزَعَةَ ثنا حُصَيْنُ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ ثنا حُصَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَعَ أَبِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا يَزَالُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةُ مُسْتَقِيمٌ أَمْرُهَا حَتَّى يَكُونَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً» ثُمَّ قَالَ كَلِمَةً خَفِيَّةً فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي مَا قَالَ؟ قَالَ «كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ»  

tabarani:1964[Chain 1] ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Hudbah b. Khālid [Chain 2] Ibrāhīm b. Aḥmad b. ʿAmr al-Wakīʿī > ʿAlī b. ʿUthmān al-Lāḥiqī > 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)   

الطبراني:١٩٦٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ ثنا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ح وَثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو الْوَكِيعِيُّ قَالَ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ اللَّاحِقِيُّ قَالَا ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ الْإِسْلَامَ لَا يَزَالُ عَزِيزًا إِلَى اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً» ثُمَّ قَالَ كَلِمَةً لَمْ أَفْهَمْهَا فَقُلْتُ مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ فَقَالَ «كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ»