[Machine] We were sitting with Abdullah in the mosque and he was reciting to us when a man came to him and said, "O son of Mas'ud, did your Prophet inform you how many caliphs there will be after him?" He replied, "Yes, they will be like the number of leaders of the Children of Israel."
كُنَّا مَعَ عَبْدِ اللهِ جُلُوسًا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ يُقْرِئُنَا فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ هَلْ حَدَّثَكُمْ نَبِيُّكُمْ كَمْ يَكُونُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ خَلِيفَةً؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ كَعِدَّةِ نُقَبَاءِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ