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2223. Simāk bin Ḥarb narrated from Jābir bin Samurah who said "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'There will be twelve Amīr after me.'" He said: "Then he said something that I did not understand. So I asked the one who was next to me, who said that he ﷺ had said: 'All of them are from Quraish.'" (Saḥīh)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Saḥīh. And it has been reported through more than one route from Jābir bin Samurah.
Abū Kuraib narrated to us: "Umar bin 'Ubaid narrated to us, from his father, from Abū Bakr bin Abī Mūsā, from Jābir bin Samurah from the Prophet ﷺ" and it is similar to this Hadīth.
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is [Hasan Saḥīh] Gharīb, it is considered Gharīb as a narration of Abū Bakr bin Abī Mūsā from Jābir bin Samurah.
There are narrations on this topic from Ibn Mas'ūd, and 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr.
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Commentary
Some versions of the Hadīth contain the additional words "Islam would continue to be strong, and the Ummah would be united on them". The prediction contained in the Hadīth fits the following Umarā' (rulers): Abū Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthmān, 'Ali, Mu'āwiyah, Yazid bin Mu'āwiyah, 'Abd Al-Malik bin Marwān, Walīd bin 'Abdul-Malik, Sulaimān bin 'Abdul-Malik, 'Umar bin 'Abdul-'Aziz, Yazid bin 'Abdul-Malik, and Hishām bin 'Abdul-Malik, and Ḥāfiz Ibn Ḥajar has quoted narrations in this regard.
