حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی بْنُ مُوسَی حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قِيلَ لِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ لَوْ اسْتَخْلَفْتَ قَالَ إِنْ أَسْتَخْلِفْ فَقَدْ اسْتَخْلَفَ أَبُو بَکْرٍ وَإِنْ لَمْ أَسْتَخْلِفْ لَمْ يَسْتَخْلِفْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی وَفِي الْحَدِيثِ قِصَّةٌ وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ قَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 2226
Sa'eed bin Jumhan narrated: Safinah narrated to me, he said: 'The Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said: Al-Khilafah will be in my Ummah for thirty years, then there will be monarchy after that. ' Then Safinah said to me: 'Count the Khilafah of Abu Bakr,' then he said: 'Count the Khilafah of 'Umar and the Khilafah of 'Uthman.' Then he said to me: 'Count the Khilafah of 'Ali. ' He said: So we found that they add up to thirty years. Sa'eed said: I said to him: 'Banu Umaiyyah claim that the Khilafah is among them.' He said: 'Banu Az-Zarqa' lie, rather they are a monarchy, among the worst of monarchies. '
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020