hadith
493
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Abu `Ali Ahmad b. al-Hasan b. `Ali b. `Abduwayh narrated to us. He said: Abu `Abdillah Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Abi’l Rijal al-Baghdadi narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. `Abdus al-Harrani narrated to us. He said: `Abd al-Ghaffar b. al-Hakam narrated to us. He said: Mansur b. Abi’l Aswad narrated to us from Mutrif from al-Sha`bi from his uncle Qays b. `Abd. He said
We were sitting in a circle with `Abdullah b. Mas`ud when a Bedouin came and said: Which one of you is `Abdullah? `Abdullah b. Mas`ud said: I am `Abdullah. He said: Has your Prophet (s) ever told you how many caliphs would come after him? He said: Yes, twelve, like the number of chiefs of the Children of Israel.
5 - حدثنا أبو علي أحمد بن الحسن بن علي بن عبدويه، قال: حدثنا أبو عبد الله أحمد بن محمد بن إبراهيم بن أبي الرجال البغدادي، قال: حدثنا محمد بن عبدوس الحراني، قال: حدثنا عبد الغفار بن الحكم، قال: حدثنا منصور بن أبي الاسود، عن مطرف، عن الشعبي، عن عمه قيس بن عبد، قال
كنا جلوسا في حلقة فيها عبد الله بن مسعود، فجاء أعرابي، قال: أيكم عبد الله؟ قال عبد الله بن مسعود: أنا عبد الله، قال: هل حدثكم نبيكم (صلى الله عليه وآله) كم يكون بعده من الخلفاء؟ قال: نعم، اثنا عشر، عدة نقباء بني إسرائيل (3).
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