INFORMATION ABOUT TWELVE LEADERS THAT ARE ALL FROM QURAISH
They are not the twelve ones whose leadership the Shiite rejecters are claiming. For, only two from among the Imams that the Shiites claim ever attained positions of authority. These two are: Ali Ibn Abi Talib and his son Al-Hasan alone. The last of the Imams claimed by the Shiites is the one they call “Al-Mahdi Al-Muntazar” and is living at a hidden basement! But the reality is: there is no existence for such a person.
The ones we are talking about here are those authentically mentioned in the Hadith; and they are: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali. Umar Ibn Abdul-Azeez is also included, according to the consensus of the scholars.
Jabir Ibn Samurah narrated: I heard the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) say: “There will be twelve caliphs.” He then said something I did not hear and I asked my father (Samurah Ibn Jundub) about that and he told me that he said, “All of them are from Quraish.”
Ibn Mas‘ood narrated that the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “There would be caliphs after me the number of the companions of Prophet Moosa.”
Jabir Ibn Samurah narrated that the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “The affairs of the people will continue to be conducted (well) as long as they are governed by twelve men.” Then the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said words which were obscure to me. I asked my father: What did the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) say? He said: “All of the (twelve men) will be from the Quraish.”
Mu‘awiyah Ibn Abi Sufyan narrated that the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Authority of ruling will remain with the Quraish, and whoever bears hostility to them, Allah will destroy him as long as they keep the religion established.” Al-Baihaqi commented, “As long as they keep the institutions of the religion established even if they are negligent as far as personal observance of the injunctions of the religion is concerned.”
The four caliphs are: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali. Their caliphate was legitimized through an explicit statement of Allah’s Messenger: “The caliphate after me shall be for thirty years.”
Hudhaifah Ibn Al-Yaman said: “There will be twelve kings from Banu Umayyah after Uthman.” He was told, “Caliphs?” He said, “No, kings.”
There is in Tawrah that is in the hands of the people of the scripture something like this: “Allah gave Ibraheem the glad tiding about Ishma‘eel that He would make him blessed, multiply his descendants and raise up twelve great men from among them.”
Abul-Abbas Ibn Taimiyyah said: “These are the ones mentioned in the Hadith recorded by Jabir Ibn Samurah. They will be scattered within the Ummah and the Hour will not be established until they are all found.”
Yahya Ibn Abu Amr Ash-Shaibani said: “There was none among the caliphs who did not control the Sacred Mosque (in Makkah) and Al-Aqsa Mosque (in Jerusalem).”
Information about things that occurred in the Abbasid Caliphate till today
It is reported that a man came to Abdullah Ibn Abbas while Hudhaifah Ibn Al-Yaman was in his company. The man asked Ibn Abbas about the interpretation of Allah’s statement, “Ha-Meem. ‘Ain-Seen Qaaf.” (Soorah Ash-Shoora 42:1-2) But he did not answer him, he bowed his head instead. The man repeated the question and yet Ibn Abbas did not give him any answer. It was then that Hudhaifah said, “I will tell you. I know why he disliked the question. The Verses were revealed concerning a man from his household whose name is Abdul-Ilah or Abdullah. He will come to one of the rivers of the East. He will establish two cities that will be totally separated by the river. Every tyrant and obstinate ruler shall come there.”
Ka‘b said: “In the Year 160 A.H., the reason for the reasonable and wisdom of the wise shall diminish.”
A Hadith purported to be in reference to Imam Malik Ibn Anas
Abu Hurairah is reported to have narrated that the Prophet said: “Soon, people will undertake journey in search of knowledge and they will not find anyone more knowledgeable than the scholar of Al-Madinah.”
Another Hadith purported to be in reference to Muhammad Ibn Idrees AshShafi‘i
Abdullah bin Mas‘ood is reported to have narrated that the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Do not insult the Quraish.
For, its scholars will fill the Earth in knowledge. O Allah, as you have stricken the earlier generation of Quraish with affliction, bestow Your favor on its later generation.”
Hafiz Abu Nu‘aim Al-Asbahani said, “He is Ash-Shafi‘i.”
Anas Ibn Malik narrated that the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “My nation consists of five generations. The first generation that is made of forty years is that of people of righteousness and piety; then the generation that follows them until one hundred and twenty years will be that of people of mutual compassion and relationship; then the generation that followed them until one hundred and sixty years is that of people of mutual enmity and severed relationship. Then there will be a lot of killings.”
Anas narrated that the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “My nation consists of five generations and each generation is of forty years. My generation which includes my Companions is that of people of knowledge and faith. The second generation that is between forty and eighty years consists of people of righteousness and piety.”
Imran Ibn Husain narrated that the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “The best of people are members of my generation; then they are followed by those who come after them and then by those who come after them. Then a people will come that will so much love fat. They will bear testimony before they are asked to do so.”
In a version of the same Hadith recorded by Al-Bukhari, the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “The best of my followers are those living in my generation (i.e. my contemporaries), and then those who will follow the latter”. Imran added, “I do not remember whether he mentioned two or three generations after his generation but the Prophet added, ‘There will come after you, people who will bear witness without being asked to do so, and will be treacherous and untrustworthy, and they will vow and never fulfil their vows, and fatness will appear among them’.”
Abdullah Ibn Mas‘ood narrated that the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “The people of my generation are the best, then those who follow them, and then those who follow the latter.
After that there will come some people whose witness will go ahead of their oaths, and their oaths will go ahead of their witness.”
Another Hadith
Abdullah Ibn Mas‘ood was reported to have narrated that the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “The seventh generation of Abbas’ children will call into disbelief but people will not answer him. Members of his household will then tell him, ‘You want to drive us out of our livelihood?’ And he will say, ‘I am only leading you on the path of Abu Bakr and Umar.’ They will still refuse to follow him. Then an enemy of his from among members of his household from Banu Hashim will kill him. When he will pounce on him, there will be a disagreement among them.” He then mentioned a long disagreement that will occur among them until the appearance of As-Sufyani. This content of this report fits Abdullah Al-Ma’moon who called people to an erroneous belief that the Qur’an was created; but Allah saved His servants from the evil of this belief.
Another Hadith
Abdur-Rahman Ibn Jubair reported on the authority of his father who related that he heard Abu Tha‘labh Al-Khushani saying at Fustat during the caliphate of Mu‘awiyah who had led the Muslims in war against the Constantinople: “Allah will not fail to detain this nation for less than half a day. When you see Sham as a table of food for one man and his family, it is then that Constantinople will be conquered.”
Sa‘d Ibn Abi Waqqas narrated that the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Indeed I hope that my people will not fail to have their Lord detain them for half a day.” Sa‘d was asked, “What is half a day?” He said, “Five hundred years.” This is one of the signs of Prophethood. For, it means that the Muslim Ummah will be delayed for half a day which means five hundred years as interpreted by the Companions. This interpretation was taken from Allah’s statement, “And verily, a day with your Lord is as a thousand years of what you reckon.” (Soorah Al-Hajj 22:43)
Another Hadith
Abu Hurairah said that the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “The Hour will not be established till a fire will come out of the land of Hejaz, and it will throw light on the necks of the camels in Busra.”
Abu Shamah recorded in his work, Tareekh that the fire came out on Friday 5th of Jumadal-Akhirah in the Year 654 A.H. and that the fire continued to rage for a month or more.
Shaikh Shihabuddeen mentioned that the people of Al-Madinah escaped to the Prophet’s Mosque in the days of the raging fire. They repented to Allah from their sins and sought His forgiveness beside the Prophet’s grave. They also freed their slaves and gave alms to the poor and the needy. One of their poets composed a poetic passage in this regard.
Another Hadith
Abu Hurairah narrated that he heard the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) say: “If you live for a time, you would certainly see people get up (in the morning) in the wrath of Allah and getting into the evening under the curse of Allah, and there would be in their hands (whips) like the tail of an ox.” Abu Hurairah also reported that the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Two are the types of the denizens of Hell whom I did not see: people having flogs like the tails of the ox with them and they would be beating people, and the women who would be dressed but appear to be naked, who would be inclined (to evil) and make their husbands incline toward it. Their heads would be like the humps of the bukht camel inclined to one side. They will not enter Paradise and they would not smell its odor whereas its odor would be smelt from such and such distance.” The women who would be dressed but appear to be naked are the ones whose dresses would not cover their nakedness. They rather reveal more of their nakedness. They are inclined in their walk in order to attract the attention of men. Our time is afflicted with many of these women.
Another Hadith
Talhah Ibn Amr Al-Basri said: I came to Al-Madinah and I did not know anybody there. I lodged at Suffah in the company of a man with whom I shared a mudd of dates every day. One day, the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) led the people in prayer. When he finished the prayer, a man from among the dwellers of Suffah said, “O Messenger of Allah, our bellies have become hurt for consuming dates alone (and nothing else) and our coarse cotton garments have become ripped.” The Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) got unto the pulpit and addressed them, “By Allah, had I found bread or meat, I would have fed you with it. However, you will come to realize it and whoever lives to that time from among you will be served (delicious food in) bowls and they will wear garments that will as expensive as the material used for covering the Ka‘bah.” Talhah added: I and my companions stayed for eighteen days eating nothing but Bareer. We then came to our Ansar brothers who supported us.
Al-Hakim added in his version, “They said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, which situation of ours is better, now or then?’ He said, ‘Your situation today is better than your situation then. Today you are brethren but then you will be striking each other’s necks.”
Abu Moosa Yuhannas narrated that the Messenger of Alla (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “When my people walk arrogantly and they are served by the Romans and the Persians, then Allah will allow some of them to subjugate others.”
Another Hadith
Abu Hurairah reported that the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Allah will raise for this community at the end of every hundred years the one who will reform its religion for it.”
The Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “A group of my followers will keep on following Allah’s Laws strictly and they will not be harmed by those who will disbelieve them or stand against them till Allah’s Order (the Hour) will come while they will be in that state.”
In another version by Al-Bukhari, there is this addition: “And they will be in Sham.”
Many of the scholars from among the righteous predecessors opined that they are those who follow the Hadith. This also is one of the signs of Muhammad’s Prophethood for the followers of Hadith in Sham – especially in the city of Damascus – are more than its followers in other Muslim regions, and all praise is due to Allah. It is also mentioned in a Hadith that we are going to quote soon that Sham would be the stronghold of the Muslims at the time of tribulations.
It is also recorded by Muslim on the authority of An-Nawwas Ibn Sam‘an that the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) mentioned that ‘Eesa, son of Maryam, would come down from heaven on to the white minaret, east of Damascus.
By Ibn Katheer
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