Hadith 492
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Ahmad b. al-Hasan al-Qattan narrated to us. He said: Abu Yazid Muhammad b. Yahya b. Khalid b. Yazid al-Maruzi narrated to us in Ray in the month of Rabi` al-Awwal in 302 AH. He said: Ishaq b. Ibrahim al-Hanthali – known as Ishaq b. Rahuwayh – narrated to us in 238 AH. He said: Yahya b. Yahya narrated to us. He said: Hisham narrated to us from Mujalid from al-Sha`bi from Masruq. He said
We were with `Abdullah b. Mas`ud showing our codices to him when a young man said to him: Did your Prophet tell you how many caliphs there would be after him? He said: You are young in age, yet none before you has asked me this question. Yes, our Prophet (s) told us that there would be twelve caliphs after him, like number of chiefs of the Children of Israel.
4 - حدثنا أحمد بن الحسن القطان، قال: حدثنا أبو يزيد محمد بن يحيى بن خالد (4) بن يزيد المروزي بالري في شهر ربيع الاول سنة اثنتين وثلاثمائة، قال: حدثنا إسحاق بن إبراهيم الحنظلي في سنة ثمان وثلاثين ومائتين وهو المعروف بإسحاق بن راهويه، قال: حدثنا يحيى بن يحيى، قال: حدثنا هشام (1)، عن مجالد، عن الشعبي، عن مسروق، قال
بينا نحن عند عبد الله بن مسعود نعرض مصاحفنا عليه، إذ يقول له فتى شاب: هل عهد إليكم نبيكم كم يكون من بعده خليفة؟ قال: إنك لحدث السن، وإن هذا الشئ ما سألني عنه أحد قبلك، نعم عهد إلينا نبينا (صلى الله عليه وآله) أنه يكون بعده اثنا عشر خليفة، بعدة نقباء بني إسرائيل (2).
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