Musnad Ahmad 18406

Translation

We were sitting in the mosque with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Bashir was a man who rarely spoke. Abu Thalabah al-Khushani came and said, "O Bashir bin Sād, do you preserve the hadith of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ regarding the rulers?" Huzayfah replied, "I preserve his sermon." Abu Thalabah sat down and Huzayfah said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Prophethood will remain among you as long as Allah wills. Then, Allah will raise it up when He wills. Then, there will be Khilafah on the Prophetic method, and it will remain as long as Allah wills. Then, Allah will raise it up when He wills. Then, there will be a biting monarchy, and it will remain as long as Allah wills. Then, Allah will raise it up when He wills. Then, there will be a tyrannical rule, and it will remain as long as Allah wills. Then, Allah will raise it up when He wills. Then, there will be Khilafah on the Prophetic method. Then, he remained silent.'"

Notes

• Habib said, "When Umar ibn Abdul Aziz rose to power, I wrote to him about this hadith to remind him. I said to him, 'I hope that you will be the Amir al-Mu'minin (Commander of the Believers) after the rule of the tyrants.' So, I presented my book to Umar ibn Abdul Aziz, and he was happy and pleased with it."

• قَالَ حَبِيبٌ فَلَمَّا قَامَ عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ وَكَانَ يَزِيدُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ فِي صَحَابَتِهِ فَكَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ أُذَكِّرُهُ إِيَّاهُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنِّي أَرْجُو أَنْ يَكُونَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَعْنِي عُمَرَ بَعْدَ الْمُلْكِ الْعَاضِّ وَالْجَبْرِيَّةِ فَأُدْخِلَ كِتَابِي عَلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ فَسُرَّ بِهِ وَأَعْجَبَهُ

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Narrators

1. 1
   Ḥudhayfah b. al-Yamān

   An eminent Companion (ṣaḥābī), among the earliest to accept Islamd. 36 AH, also said 35 AH, and al-Ṭabarī considered it an error
   حُذَيْفَةُ بْنُ الْيَمَانِصحابي جليل من السابقين
   فقال
2. 2
   al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr al-Anṣārī

   He and his parents had companionship with the Prophet (ṣuḥbah)d. 60 AH, or: 64 AH, or: 65 AH, or: 66 AH
   النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍله ولأبويه صحبة
   عن
3. 3
   Ḥabīb b. Sālim

   no harm in him (lā baʾs bih)d. between 101 and 110 AH
   حَبِيبُ بْنُ سَالِمٍلا بأس به
   حدثني
4. 4
   Dāwūd b. Ibrāhīm al-Wāsiṭī
   دَاوُدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْوَاسِطِيُّ
   حدثني
5. 5
   Abū Dāwūd

   trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), who erred in some hadithsd. 203 AH, or 204 AH
   سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّثقة حافظ , غلط في أحاديث
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his view
   أحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة

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