The Book of Characteristics · Hadith 1043 (#Ḥadīth #5)

12-10 حدثنا عتاب بن محمد الوراميني الحافظ قال: حدثنا يحيى بن محمد بن صاعد قال: حدثنا يوسف بن موسى قال: حدثنا عبدالرحمن بن مغرا قال: حدثنا مجالد، عن عامر، عن مسروق، قال عتاب بن محمد، وحدثنا محمد بن الحسين، عن حفص قال حدثنا حمزة بن عون، عن أبي اسامة. عن مجالد قال:أحبرنا عامر عن مسروق قال: جاء رجل إلى ابن مسعود قال: هل حدثكم نبيكم صلى الله عليه وآله كم يكون بعده من خليفة؟ فقال: نعم ما سألني عنها أحد قبلك وإنك لاحدث القوم سنا قال صلى الله عليه وآله: يكون بعدي عدة نقباء موسى عليه السلام

12-10 At’tab ibn Muhammad al-Varaminy al-Hafiz narrated that Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn Sa’ed quoted the following tradition on the authority of Yusuf ibn Musa, on the authority of Abdul Rahman ibn Meqra, on the authority of Mujalid, on the authority of Amer, on the authority of Masruq, on the authority of Atab ibn Muhammad. The same tradition has been narrated on the authority of Muhammad ibn al-Hussein, on the authority of Hafs, on the authority of Hamzih ibn U’an, on the authority of Abi Usamah, on the authority of Mujalid, on the authority of Amer, on the authority of Masruq, “A man went to see (Abdullah) ibn Masood and asked him, ‘Has your Prophet told you how many successors he will have after him?’ He replied, ‘Yes. No one had asked me this question before. You asked it although you are the youngest of them all. The Prophet (MGB) has said, ‘There will be twelve successors after me - as many as the Israelite chiefs after Moses (MGB).’”

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