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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب الخلافة والإمارةThe Book of Caliphate and Leadership
فَضْلُ آخَرُ فِي عَدَدِ الْخُلَفَاءِ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍAnother Virtue Regarding the Number of Caliphs from Quraysh
Hadith 12037
اُردوEn
عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ قَالَ كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَهُوَ يُقْرِئُنَا الْقُرْآنَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَلْ سَأَلْتُمْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَمْ تَمْلِكُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةُ مِنْ خَلِيفَةٍ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ مَا سَأَلَنِي عَنْهَا أَحَدٌ مُنْذُ قَدِمْتُ الْعِرَاقَ قَبْلَكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَلَقَدْ سَأَلْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ ”اثْنَا عَشَرَ كَعِدَّةِ نُقَبَاءِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ“
It is narrated from Masruq, he says: We were sitting with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), and he was teaching us the Noble Qur'an. During this, a man said to him: Abu Abdur Rahman! Have you ever asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) how many caliphs will come in this Ummah? He said: Since I have come to Iraq, no one before you has asked me this question. Yes, we did ask the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about this, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said that the number of caliphs in my Ummah will be twelve, which is the same as the number of chiefs among the Children of Israel.
