End of Time Part 11: The Khaleefahs Of The Quraish Referred To In The Hadeeth Are Not The Twelve Leaders Who Followed In Sequence After The Prophet's Death
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5.31.2012
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful,
The Khaleefahs Of The Quraish Referred To In The Hadeeth Are Not The Twelve Leaders Who Followed In Sequence After The Prophet's Death
The twelve leaders of the Muslims who followed one another after the death of the Prophet (salalahu ‘alayhi wa salam) among whom were the leaders of Banu Umayyah - are not the twelve Khaleefahs that are referred to in the above-mentioned Hadeeth. In the Hadeeth of Safeenah, the Prophet (salalahu ‘alayhi wa salam) said, "The caliphate after me will be for thirty years." He (salalahu ‘alayhi wa salam) also said that kingdoms would follow that period, which means that the rulers of Banu Umayyah cannot be considered to be from the twelve Khaleefahs of the Quraish. Nonetheless, among those twelve Imams are Abu Bala (radi allahu 'anhu), 'Umar 'Uthmaan (radi allahu 'anhu), 'Alee (radi allahu 'anhu), and his son, Al-Hasan ibn 'Alee (radi allahu 'anhu). The majority of scholars maintain that 'Umar Ibn 'Abdul-'Azeez is also one of the aforesaid twelve Khaleefahs - and all praise is for Allah. Among them were also some from Banu Al-'Abbaas. The rest of them will come in the future, one of them being the Mahdee that is spoken of in some Ahaadeeth. We seek help from Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) and we wholly depend upon Him.
[Taken from the book of the end by Ibn Kathir]
Allah knows Better.
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