Sunan Abu Dawud The Promised Deliverer (Kitab Al-Mahdi)

Sunan Abu Dawud 4280

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 4280

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 ‏"

Narrated Jabir b. Samurah:

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: This religion will continue to be strong till the time of twelve caliphs. The people then uttered: Allah is more great and uproared. He then silently a word which I could not understand. So I said to my father: What did he say, father ? He said: All of them will belong to Quraish.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 4280), Muslim (No. 1821d, 1821e, 1821f) and Ahmad (No. 19884, 19887, 19901, 19922, 19925, 20019, 20021, 20022).

Classical commentary

Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( عَزِيزًا ) : وَفِي رِوَايَة لِمُسْلِمٍ " عَزِيزًا مَنِيعًا " قَالَ الْقَارِي : أَيْ قَوِيًّا شَدِيدًا أَوْ مُسْتَقِيمًا سَدِيدًا ( وَضَجُّوا ) : أَيْ صَاحُوا وَالضَّجّ الصِّيَاح عِنْد الْمَكْرُوه وَالْمَشَقَّة وَالْجَزَع ( ثُمَّ قَالَ ) : أَيْ رَسُول اللَّه صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ( كَلِمَة خَفِيفَة ) : وَفِي بَعْض النُّسَخ خَفِيَّة وَهُوَ الظَّاهِر , وَفِي رِوَايَة لِمُسْلِمٍ بِكَلِمَةٍ خَفِيَتْ عَلَيَّ ( قُلْت لِأَبِي ) : أَيْ سَمُرَة رَضِيَ اللَّه عَنْهُ ( يَا أَبَتِ ) : بِكَسْرِ التَّاء وَكَانَ فِي الْأَصْل يَا أَبِي فَأُبْدِلَتْ الْيَاء بِالتَّاءِ ( مَا قَالَ ) : أَيْ رَسُول اللَّه صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ( قَالَ ) : أَيْ أَبِي ( كُلّهمْ ) : أَيْ كُلّ الْخُلَفَاء قَا…

Scholar	Grade	Applies to	Work
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH	AuthenticSahih صحيح	The hadith	No. 4280
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH	AuthenticSahih	The hadith	No. 4280
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH	AuthenticSahih Muslim (1821)	The hadith	No. 4280
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH	AuthenticSahih	The hadith	No. 4280

Other versions

Authentic Sahih Muslim 1821d

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Islam will continue to be triumphant until there have been twelve Caliphs. Then the Prophet (ﷺ) said something which I could not understand. I asked my father: What did he say? He said: He has said that all of them (twelve Caliphs) will be from the Quraish.

لاَ يَزَالُ الإِسْلاَمُ عَزِيزًا إِلَى اثْنَىْ عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً ‏"‏ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَالَ كَلِمَةً لَمْ أَفْهَمْهَا فَقُلْتُ لأَبِي مَا قَالَ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ ‏"

Narrated by Jābir ibn Samurah

Authentic Sahih Muslim 1821e

This order will continue to be dominant until there have been twelve Caliphs. The narrator says: Then he said something which I could not understand, and I said to my father: What did he say? My father told me that he said that all of them (Caliphs) would be from the Quraish.

لاَ يَزَالُ هَذَا الأَمْرُ عَزِيزًا إِلَى اثْنَىْ عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ بِشَىْءٍ لَمْ أَفْهَمْهُ فَقُلْتُ لأَبِي مَا قَالَ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ ‏"

Narrated by Jābir ibn Samurah

Authentic Sahih Muslim 1821f

I went with my father to the Messenger of Allah (may peeace be upon him) and I heard him say: This religion would continue to remain powerful and dominant until there have been twelve Caliphs. Then he added something which I couldn't catch on account of the noise of the people. I asked my father…

لاَ يَزَالُ هَذَا الدِّينُ عَزِيزًا مَنِيعًا إِلَى اثْنَىْ عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ كَلِمَةً صَمَّنِيهَا النَّاسُ فَقُلْتُ لأَبِي مَا قَالَ قَالَ ‏"‏ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ ‏"

Narrated by Jābir ibn Samurah

Not graded Musnad Ahmad 19884