مسند احمد
Musnad Ahmad
مسند المكثرين من الصحابةMusnad of the Prolific Narrators Among the Companions
مسنَد عبد الله بن مسعود رَضِیَ اللَّه تَعَالَى عَنهMusnad of Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him)
Hadith 3859
اُردوEn
(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَقِيلٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُجَالِدٌ ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ ، قَالَ : كُنَّا مَعَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ جُلُوسًا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ يُقْرِئُنَا ، فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ ، فَقَالَ : يَا ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ ، هَلْ حَدَّثَكُمْ نَبِيُّكُمْ ، كَمْ يَكُونُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ خَلِيفَةً ؟ قَالَ : نَعَمْ ، كَعِدَّةِ نُقَبَاءِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ " .
Masruq (may Allah have mercy on him) says that we were sitting with Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) in the mosque and he was teaching us the Qur'an. In the meantime, a man came and said: O Abu Abdur Rahman! Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) tell you how many caliphs there will be in this Ummah? Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: Yes! (We asked the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, this question and) he said: "There will be twelve caliphs, like the number of chiefs of Bani Israel."
