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Hadith 266
Hadith #
266
Book
Kitāb al-Ghayba
Volume
1
Section
25
Part
Content
Chapter
Reports of Ahle Sunnat that Imams are twelve in number
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī
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H 90 - Among that which is narrated by Abu Abdullah Ahmad bin Abdun, alias Ibnal Hashir is: Narrated to me Abul Hasan Muhammad bin Ali Shujai, the scribe that: Narrated to us Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Ibrahim, alias Ibn Abu Zainab Nomani, the scribe that: Narrated to us Muhammad bin Uthman bin Allaan Zahabi Baghdadi in Damascus: Narrated to us Abu Bakr bin Abu Khaithama that: Narrated to me Ali bin Jaud that: Zuhair bin Muawiyah from Ziyad bin Khaithama from Aswad bin Saeed Hamadani that
I heard Jabir bin Samra say: I heard the Messenger of Allah (s) say: After me, there would be twelve Caliphs and all of them would be from Quraish. When the Messenger of Allah (s) returned to his house, Quraish arrived and addressed the Prophet: What will happen after that? The Prophet replied: Confusion and discord.
90- ما أخبرني به أبو عبد الله أحمد بن عبدون المعروف بابن الحاشر قال: حدثني أبو الحسين محمد بن علي الشجاعي الكاتب قال: أخبرنا أبو عبد الله محمد بن إبراهيم المعروف بابن أبي زينب النعماني الكاتب قال: أخبرنا محمد بن عثمان بن علان الذهبي البغدادي بدمشق قال: حدثنا أبو بكر بن أبي خيثمة قال: حدثني علي بن الجعد قال: حدثني زهير بن معاوية عن زياد بن خيثمة عن الأسود بن سعيد الهمداني قال
سمعت جابر بن سمرة يقول: سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم يقول: يكون بعدي اثنا عشر خليفة كلهم من قريش. قال: فلما رجع إلى منزله أتته قريش فقالوا: ثم يكون ماذا؟ فقال: ثم يكون الهرج.
Tags The Twelve ImamsOccultation

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