حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَطَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ أَبِي الرِّجَالِ الْبَغْدَادِيُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبْدُوسٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْغَفَّارِ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورُ بْنُ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَمِّهِ قَيْسِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ: كُنَّا جُلُوساً فِي حَلْقَةٍ فِيهَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ فَجَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ فَقَالَ أَيُّكُمْ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ أَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ هَلْ حَدَّثَكُمْ نَبِيُّكُمْ ص كَمْ يَكُونُ بَعْدَهُ مِنَ الْخُلَفَاءِ قَالَ نَعَمْ اثْنَا عَشَرَ عِدَّةَ نُقَبَاءِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.
Narrated to us Ahmad bin Hasan al-Qattan: Narrated to us Abu Abdillah Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Ibrahim ibn Abi Rajjal Baghdadi: Narrated to us Muhammad bin Ubdus Harrani: Narrated to us Abdul Ghaffar ibn Hakam: Narrated to us Mansur bin Abil Aswad from Matraf from Shabi from his uncle, Qais bin Ubaid that he said: “We were sitting in a circle in which Abdullah bin Masud was also present. A Bedouin came and asked: Is there Abdullah among you? Abdullah bin Masud said: I am Abdullah. He asked: Did your Prophet tell you how many caliphs will be there after him? Abdullah bin Masud replied: Yes, twelve, same as the number of the chiefs of Bani Israel.”
