حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ إِسْمَعِيلَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ لَا يَزَالُ هَذَا الدِّينُ قَائِمًا حَتَّی يَکُونَ عَلَيْکُمْ اثْنَا عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً کُلُّهُمْ تَجْتَمِعُ عَلَيْهِ الْأُمَّةُ فَسَمِعْتُ کَلَامًا مِنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ أَفْهَمْهُ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي مَا يَقُولُ قَالَ کُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 4279
Narrated Jabir ibn Samurah: The Prophet ﷺ said: The religion will continue to be established till there are twelve caliphs over you, and the whole community will agree on each of them. I then heard from the Prophet ﷺ some remarks which I could not understand. I asked my father: What is he saying: He said: all of them will belong to Quraysh.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020