Hadith 80
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(5) Musaddad bin Mustawrid narrated from Hammad bin Zayd from Mujalid that Massrooq had said
“While we were sitting with ibn Mass’ood after the sunset and he was teaching us the Qur’an, a man asked him: “O Abu Abdurrahman, have you asked the Prophet (S) how many caliphs this umma will have?” Ibn Mass’ood said: “No one asked me about this since I had come from Iraq. Yes, he (the Prophet (S)) said: “Your caliphs are twelve as the number of the chieftains of the Israelites.”
5 - وعن مسدد بن مستورد قال: حدثني حماد بن زيد، عن مجالد، عن مسروق قال
كنا جلوساً إلى ابن مسعود بعد المغرب وهو يعلّم القرآن، فسأله رجل فقال: يا أبا عبد الرحمن أسألتَ النبي كم يكون لهذه الأمة من خليفة؟ فقال: ما سألني عنها أحد منذ قدمت العراق، نعم وقال: خُلفاؤكم أثنا عشر عدّة نقباء بني إسرائيل.
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