[Machine] I met around a dozen of the Sahaba, meaning companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . All of them said, "Let the Mawla (leader) be appointed." Al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said, "No less than a dozen should be thirteen, and they were all saying it from the Ansar."
أَدْرَكْتُ بِضْعَةَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ أَيْ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كُلُّهُمْ يَقُولُ يُوقَفُ الْمُولِي قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ فَأَقَلُّ بِضْعَةَ عَشَرَ أَنْ يَكُونُوا ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ وَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ