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hadith 2377
Hadith #
2377
Book
Mīzān al-Ḥikma
Volume
1
Part
Leadership (Imama)
Chapter
The Twelve Imams
Source
Muḥammad Muḥammadī Rayshahrī
Publisher
ICAS Press
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The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Verily the number of successors after me is as the number of chiefs of Moses.
رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): إنّ عِدّةَ الخُلَفاءِ بَعدي عِدَّةُ نُقَباءِ موسى.

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