hadith
1039
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12-6 Abu Ali Ahmad ibn al-Hassan ibn Ali Abd’e Rab’beh al-Qat’tan narrated that in the Arabic month of Rabial-Awwal in the year 320 A.H. (932 A.D.) Abu Yazid Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Khalid ibn Yazid al-Marvazy at Ray quoted Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Hanzali who was known as Ishaq ibn Rahoyeh in the year 238 A.H. (852 A.D.), on the authority of Yahyaibn Yahya, on the authority of Hasheem, on the authority of Mujalid, on the authority of Al-Sha’abi, on the authority of Al-Masruq
“A young fellow came when we were comparing and correcting our versions of the script of the Quran with Abdullah ibn Masud and asked him, ‘Hasn’t your Prophet given you news about the number of the Caliphs to come after him?’ Abdullah answered, ‘You are very young! No one has ever asked this question before. Yes, the Prophet has given us news that there will be twelve Divine Leaders after him just as there were twelve Israelite Chiefs after Moses (MGB).”
12-6 حدثنا أبوعلي أحمد بن الحسن بن علي بن عبدربه القطان قال: حدثنا أبويزيد محمد بن يحيى بن خالد بن يزيد المروزي بالري في ربيع الاول سنة اثنين وثلاثمائة قال: حدثنا إسحاق بن إبراهيم الحنظلي في سنة ثـمان وثلاثـين ومـائتينوهو المعروف باسحاق بن راهويه قال: حدثنا يحيى بن يحيى قال حدثنا هشيم عن مجالد، عن الشعبي، عن مسروق قال
بينا نحن عند عبد الله بن مسعود نعرض مصاحفنا عليه إذ قال له فتى شاب: هل عهد إليكم نبيكم صلى الله عليه وآله كم يكون من بعده خليفة؟ قال: إنك لحدث السن وإن هذا شيء ما سألني عنه أحد قبلك، نعم عهد إلينا نبينا صلى الله عليه وآله أنه يكون بعده اثنا عشر خليفة بعدد نقباء بني إسرائيل
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