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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
مسند عبد الله بن مسعود
Musnad of Abdullah bin Mas'ud
مُسْنَدُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ
Musnad of Abdullah bin Mas'ud
Musnad Abi Ya'la 5322 — from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud. Masruq
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ، عَنْ مُجَالِدٍ ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ ، قَالَ : كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ لَيْلَةً بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَهُوَ يُقْرِئُنَا الْقُرْآنَ ، فَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ : يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، أَسَأَلْتُمْ رَسُولَ اللهِ كَمْ يَمْلِكُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ مِنْ خَلِيفَةٍ ؟
فَقَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ : مَا سَأَلَنِي مُذْ قَدِمْتُ الْعِرَاقَ قَبْلَكَ ، قَالَ : نَعَمْ ، سَأَلْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ، فَقَالَ : اثْنَا عَشَرَ ، عِدَّةَ نُقَبَاءِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ .
فَقَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ : مَا سَأَلَنِي مُذْ قَدِمْتُ الْعِرَاقَ قَبْلَكَ ، قَالَ : نَعَمْ ، سَأَلْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ، فَقَالَ : اثْنَا عَشَرَ ، عِدَّةَ نُقَبَاءِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him). Masruq (may Allah have mercy on him) relates: One night after the Maghrib prayer we were sitting in the gathering of Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), and he was teaching us the Noble Qur'an, when a man asked him: "O Abu Abd al-Rahman, did you ever ask the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) how many caliphs would rule this Ummah?" Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: "Since I came to Iraq, no one before you has asked me this." Then he said: "Yes! We asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about it, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Twelve, equal to the number of the chiefs (nuqaba) of the Children of Israel.'"
