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ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ عِزَّةِ الْإِسْلَامِ الَّتِي ذَكَرْنَاهَا فِي أَيَّامِ الِاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ

ibnhibban:6663Bakr b. Aḥmad b. Saʿīd al-Ṭāḥī > Naṣr b. ʿAlī b. Naṣr > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Ibn ʿAwn > al-Shaʿbī > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] 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."  

ابن حبّان:٦٦٦٣أَخْبَرَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الطَّاحِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

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


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ahmad:20926ʿAbdullāh > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr b. ʿAlī al-Muqaddamī > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Ibn ʿAwn > al-Shaʿbī > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] "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.'"  

أحمد:٢٠٩٢٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابن عَوْنٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ

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  

ahmad:20939ʿAbdullāh > ʿUbaydullāh al-Qawārīrī > Sulaym b. Akhḍar > Ibn ʿAwn > al-Shaʿbī > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said, "This religion will always remain mighty and strong, and those who oppose it will be defeated and overcome by it until there are twelve successors after me." He then said, "People will then rise and fall."  

أحمد:٢٠٩٣٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللهِ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمُ بْنُ أَخْضَرَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَزَالُ هَذَا الدِّينُ عَزِيزًا مَنِيعًا يُنْصَرُونَ عَلَى مَنْ نَاوَأَهُمْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَى اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً قَالَ فَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يَقُومُونَ وَيَقْعُدُونَ  

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:1852ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Nuʿaym > Fiṭr > Abū Khālid > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "This religion will not be harmed by those who seek it until twelve successors stand up, all of them from the Quraysh."  

الطبراني:١٨٥٢حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا فِطْرٌ أَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا يَضُرُّ هَذَا الدِّينُ مَنْ نَاوَأَهُ حَتَّى يَقُومَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ»  

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السيوطي:٢٦٢٢٧a

"لا يَزالُ هَذَا الدِّينُ عَزِيزا مَنِيعًا إِلَى اثنَيْ عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً، كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيشٍ".  

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن جابر بن سمرة