33/1. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1821e — Dominant Order
The people follow the Quraish and the Caliphate belongs to the Quraish
Hadith About the Dominance of This Order and Twelve Caliphs
Sahih Muslim : 1821e
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1821e
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ جَابِرِ، بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ يَزَالُ هَذَا الأَمْرُ عَزِيزًا إِلَى اثْنَىْ عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً " . قَالَ ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ بِشَىْءٍ لَمْ أَفْهَمْهُ فَقُلْتُ لأَبِي مَا قَالَ فَقَالَ " كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ " .
Jabir bin Samurah Narrated from:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: 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.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1821eIn-book reference : Book 33, Hadith 9USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 20, Hadith 4481
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1821e
This twelve Caliphs hadith uses the wording that this order will continue to be dominant until there have been twelve Caliphs. Jabir b. Samura reports that the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) then said something he did not understand. When he asked his father, his father told him the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said that all of them would be from Quraish. The main point is clear: a dominant order is linked in the report with twelve Caliphs from Quraish. The hadith does not tell us to guess names or add political details. It teaches us to respect the text as it stands and to be careful with words that are not fully heard.
What we learn from this hadith
- The report mentions the dominance of this order until twelve Caliphs.
- The father clarifies that the twelve are from Quraish.
- The narration shows care in checking unclear speech.
- The text does not name the twelve Caliphs.
