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Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 8967

عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ قَالَ : كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَهُوَ يُقْرِئُنَا الْقُرْآنَ ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ : يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَلْ سَأَلْتُمْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - كَمْ يَمْلُكُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ مِنْ خَلِيفَةٍ ؟ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ : مَا سَأَلَنِي عَنْهَا أَحَدٌ مُذْ قَدِمْتُ الْعِرَاقَ قَبْلَكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ : نَعَمْ ، وَلَقَدْ سَأَلْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَقَالَ : " اثْنَا عَشَرَ كَعِدَّةِ نُقَبَاءِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ " .
رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَأَبُو يَعْلَى ، وَالْبَزَّارُ ، وَفِيهِ مَجَالِدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، وَثَّقَهُ النَّسَائِيُّ ، وَضَعَّفَهُ الْجُمْهُورُ ، وَبَقِيَّةُ رِجَالِهِ ثِقَاتٌ .
Masruq narrates: We were sitting with Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) while he was teaching us the Qur'an. A man said: "O Abu Abd al-Rahman, did you ask the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) how many caliphs will rule this Ummah?" Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Since I came to Iraq, no one before you has asked me about this." Then he said: "Yes, we asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) this, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'There will be twelve (caliphs), like the number of the chiefs (nuqaba') of the Children of Israel.'"
Ahmad, Abu Ya'la and al-Bazzar recorded it; its chain contains Mujalid bin Sa'id, whom al-Nasa'i (may Allah have mercy on him) declared thiqah (trustworthy) while the majority declared him da'if (weak), and the rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).
Hadith Reference مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الخلافة / 8967
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