Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 4280

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ، عَنْ عَامِرٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏"‏ لاَ يَزَالُ هَذَا الدِّينُ عَزِيزًا إِلَى اثْنَىْ عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَكَبَّرَ النَّاسُ وَضَجُّوا ثُمَّ قَالَ كَلِمَةً خَفِيَّةً قُلْتُ لأَبِي يَا أَبَةِ مَا قَالَ قَالَ ‏"‏ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Musa ibn Ismail narrated to us: Wuhayb narrated to us: Dawud narrated to us, from Amir, from Jabir ibn Samurah, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, “This religion will remain strong through twelve caliphs.” The people exclaimed “God is greatest” and raised a commotion. Then he said a quiet word. I asked my father, “What did he say, Father?” He replied, “All of them are from Quraysh.”