33. Government

٣٣۔ كتاب الإمارة

33.1 The people follow the Quraish and the Caliphate belongs to the Quraish

٣٣۔١ باب النَّاسُ تَبَعٌ لِقُرَيْشٍ وَالْخِلاَفَةُ فِي قُرَيْشٍ

muslim:1818a[Chain 1] ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah b. Qaʿnab And Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Mughīrah / ān al-Ḥizāmī [Chain 2] Zuhayr b. Ḥarb And ʿAmrw al-Nāqid > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

People are subservient to the Quraish: the Muslims among them being subservient to the Muslims among them, and the disbelievers among the people being subservient to the disbelievers among them.  

مسلم:١٨١٨aحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ بْنِ قَعْنَبٍ وَقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ يَعْنِيَانِ الْحِزَامِيَّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَعَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَفِي حَدِيثِ زُهَيْرٍ يَبْلُغُ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَقَالَ عَمْرٌو رِوَايَةً النَّاسُ تَبَعٌ لِقُرَيْشٍ فِي هَذَا الشَّأْنِ مُسْلِمُهُمْ لِمُسْلِمِهِمْ وَكَافِرُهُمْ لِكَافِرِهِمْ  

muslim:1818bMuḥammad b. Rāfiʿ > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Hammām b. Munabbih > Hadhā Mā > Abū Hurayrah

This is one of the traditions narrated by Abu Huraira from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who said: People are subservient to the Quraish: the Muslims among them being subservient to the Muslims among them, and the disbelievers among them being subservient to the disbelievers among them.  

مسلم:١٨١٨bوَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ قَالَ هَذَا مَا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ أَحَادِيثَ مِنْهَا وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ النَّاسُ تَبَعٌ لِقُرَيْشٍ فِي هَذَا الشَّأْنِ مُسْلِمُهُمْ تَبَعٌ لِمُسْلِمِهِمْ وَكَافِرُهُمْ تَبَعٌ لِكَافِرِهِمْ  

muslim:1819Yaḥyá b. Ḥabīb al-Ḥārithī > Rawḥ > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

People are the followers of Quraish in good as well as evil (i. e. in the customs of Islamic as well as pre-Islamic times).  

مسلم:١٨١٩وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبٍ الْحَارِثِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ النَّاسُ تَبَعٌ لِقُرَيْشٍ فِي الْخَيْرِ وَالشَّرِّ  

muslim:1820Aḥmad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Yūnus > ʿĀṣim b. Muḥammad b. Zayd from his father > ʿAbdullāh

The Caliphate will remain among the Quraish even if only two persons are left (on the earth),  

مسلم:١٨٢٠وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ يَزَالُ هَذَا الأَمْرُ فِي قُرَيْشٍ مَا بَقِيَ مِنَ النَّاسِ اثْنَانِ  

muslim:1821aQutaybah b. Saʿīd > Jarīr > Ḥuṣayn > Jābir b. Samurah

I joined the company of the Prophet ﷺ with my father and I heard him say: This Caliphate will not end until there have been twelve Caliphs among them. The narrator said: Then he (the Holy Prophet) said something that I could not follow. I said to my father: What did he say? He said: He has said: All of them will be from the Quraish.  

مسلم:١٨٢١aحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا رِفَاعَةُ بْنُ الْهَيْثَمِ الْوَاسِطِيُّ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الطَّحَّانَ عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

دَخَلْتُ مَعَ أَبِي عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّ هَذَا الأَمْرَ لاَ يَنْقَضِي حَتَّى يَمْضِيَ فِيهِمُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً قَالَ ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ بِكَلاَمٍ خَفِيَ عَلَىَّ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لأَبِي مَا قَالَ قَالَ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ  

muslim:1821bIbn Abū ʿUmar > Sufyān > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > Jābir b. Samurah

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: The affairs of the people will continue to be conducted (well) as long as they are governed by twelve men. Then the Prophet ﷺ said words which were obscure to me. I asked my father: What did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say? He said: All of the (twelve men) will be from the Quraish.  

مسلم:١٨٢١bحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ لاَ يَزَالُ أَمْرُ النَّاسِ مَاضِيًا مَا وَلِيَهُمُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ رَجُلاً ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِكَلِمَةٍ خَفِيَتْ عَلَىَّ فَسَأَلْتُ أَبِي مَاذَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ  

muslim:1821cQutaybah b. Saʿīd > Abū ʿAwānah > Simāk b. Jābir b. Samurah

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Jabir b. Samura through another chain of transmitters.  

مسلم:١٨٢١cوَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ لاَ يَزَالُ أَمْرُ النَّاسِ مَاضِيًا  

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:1821eAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Muʿāwiyah > Dāwud > al-Shaʿbī > Jābir b. Samurah

This order will continue to be dominant until there have been twelve Caliphs. The narrator says: Then he said something which I could not understand, and I said to my father: What did he say? My father told me that he said that all of them (Caliphs) would be from the Quraish.  

مسلم:١٨٢١eحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ دَاوُدَ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لاَ يَزَالُ هَذَا الأَمْرُ عَزِيزًا إِلَى اثْنَىْ عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً قَالَ ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ بِشَىْءٍ لَمْ أَفْهَمْهُ 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  

Twelve rulers will rule the Ummah toward the End Times. None of these ḥadīth mention twelve Imāms

muslim:1822aQutaybah b. Saʿīd And ʾAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ḥātim Wahū Ibn Ismāʿīl > al-Muhājir b. Mismār > ʿĀmir b. Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ > Katabt > Jābir b. Samurah Maʿ Ghulāmī Nāfiʿ

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).  

مسلم:١٨٢٢aحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمٌ وَهُوَ ابْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ الْمُهَاجِرِ بْنِ مِسْمَارٍ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ قَالَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَى جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ مَعَ غُلاَمِي نَافِعٍ

أَنْ أَخْبِرْنِي بِشَىْءٍ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَكَتَبَ إِلَىَّ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ جُمُعَةٍ عَشِيَّةَ رُجِمَ الأَسْلَمِيُّ يَقُولُ لاَ يَزَالُ الدِّينُ قَائِمًا حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ أَوْ يَكُونَ عَلَيْكُمُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ عُصَيْبَةٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَفْتَتِحُونَ الْبَيْتَ الأَبْيَضَ بَيْتَ كِسْرَى أَوْ آلِ كِسْرَى

وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَىِ السَّاعَةِ كَذَّابِينَ فَاحْذَرُوهُمْ وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ إِذَا أَعْطَى اللَّهُ أَحَدَكُمْ خَيْرًا فَلْيَبْدَأْ بِنَفْسِهِ وَأَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ أَنَا الْفَرَطُ عَلَى الْحَوْضِ  

muslim:1822bMuḥammad b. Rāfiʿ > Ibn Abū Fudayk > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Muhājir b. Mismār > ʿĀmir b. Saʿd > Arsal > Ibn Samurah al-ʿAdawī Ḥaddithnā Mā

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, and he then narrated (the above-mentioned hadith).  

مسلم:١٨٢٢bحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ مُهَاجِرِ بْنِ مِسْمَارٍ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ أَنَّهُ أَرْسَلَ إِلَى ابْنِ سَمُرَةَ الْعَدَوِيِّ حَدِّثْنَا مَا

سَمِعْتَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ حَاتِمٍ