Every narration and verse

Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.

Traced to Ka'b al-Ahbar (automatic guess): a report of earlier scriptures, not a hadith of the Prophet ﷺ.

أنشدك الله يا كعب، أتجدني خليفة أم ملكا؟ قال: قلت: بل خليفة، فاستحلفه، فقال كعب: خليفة والله من خير الخلفاء، وزمانك خير زمان

I ask you by Allah, O Kaab, do you find me a caliph or a king? He said: I said: Rather, a caliph, so he asked him to swear, and Ka’b said: A caliph, by Allah, one of the best caliphs, and your time is the best of times.

Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.

يا كعب، كيف تجد نعتي؟ قال: خليفة قرن من حديد، لا تخاف في الله لومة لائم، ثم خليفة تقتله أمته ظالمين له، ثم يقع البلاء بعد

Hey Kaab, how do you find my epithet? He said: A caliph of a century of iron. Do not fear, for Allah’s sake, the blame of a blamer. Then a caliph who will be killed by his nation for being unjust to him. Then calamity will come afterward.

Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.

الخلفاء ثلاثة وسائرهم ملوك، أبو بكر، وعمر، وعمر ، قيل له: قد عرفنا أبا بكر وعمر، فمن عمر الثاني؟ قال: إن عشتم أدركتموه، وإن متم كان بعدكم

There are three caliphs and the rest of them are kings: Abu Bakr, Omar, and Omar, if you live, you will reach him, and if he dies, he will come after you.

Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.

نحوه، وزاد فيه: عن حبيب بن هند الأسلمي، عن سعيد بن المسيب

Similar to it, and added to it: On the authority of Habib bin Hind Al-Aslami, on the authority of Saeed bin Al-Musayyab

Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.

من أمر بمعروف، ونهى عن منكر، فهو خليفة الله في الأرض، وخليفة كتابه، وخليفة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم

Whoever enjoins what is right and forbids what is wrong, is the successor of Allah on earth, the successor of His Book, and the successor of the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ.

Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.

لا يكون في عقب النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ملك

There will not be a king following the Prophet, ﷺ

Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.

وهكذا تجدونه في كتابكم، ألستم تجدون النبي، ثم الخليفة، ثم أمير المؤمنين: ثم الملوك بعد ؟ فقال: بلى بلى

And this is how you find it in your book. Do you not find the Prophet, then the Caliph, then the Commander of the Faithful, then the kings after that? He said: Yes, yes

Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.

الخلافة بالمدينة، والملك بالشام

Caliphate in Medina, and kingship in the Sham (Greater Syria)

Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.

الخلافة بعدي في أمتي ثلاثون سنة قال محمد بن يزيد في حديثه: فحسبوا ذلك فكان تمام ولاية علي، فقالوا لسفينة: إنهم يزعمون أن عليا لم يكن خليفة؟ فقال: من يزعم ذلك، أبنو الزرقاء أولى بذلك وأحق؟

The caliphate after me will last for my nation for thirty years. Muhammad bin Yazid said in his hadith: They considered that to be the completion of Ali’s guardianship, so they said to Safina: They claim that Ali was not a caliph? He said: Who claims that? Are the sons of Zarqa more deserving of that and more deserving?

Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.

ليس من الخلفاء من لم يملك المسجدين: مسجد الحرام، ومسجد بيت المقدس

There is no caliph who did not own the two mosques: the Grand Mosque and the Mosque of Jerusalem

Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.

لا خلافة بعد حمل بني أمية حتى يخرج المهدي

There will be no caliphate after the campaign of the Umayyads until the Mahdi emerges

Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.

ألا إنها لم تكن نبوة إلا تناسخت حتى تكون ملكا

However, it was not a prophecy unless it was reincarnated until it became a kingdom

Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.

ليكونن بعد عثمان رضي الله عنه اثنا عشر ملكا من بني أمية ، قيل له،: خلفاء؟ قال: بل ملوك

After Othman, (may Allah be pleased with him), there will be twelve kings from the Umayyads, or even kings

Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.

لم تكن نبوة قط إلا كان بعدها ملك

There was never a prophecy without a king after it

Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.

الخلفاء ثلاثة، وسائرهم ملوك ، قيل: من هؤلاء الثلاثة؟ قال: أبو بكر، وعمر، وعمر ، قيل له: قد عرفنا أبا بكر وعمر، فمن عمر الثاني؟ قال: إن عشتم أدركتموه، وإن متم كان بعدكم

There are three caliphs, and the rest of them are kings. It was said: Who are these three? He said: Abu Bakr, Omar, and Omar. He was told: We have known Abu Bakr and Omar, so who is the second Omar? He said: If you live, you will reach him, and if you die, he will be after you

Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.

نحوه، وزاد فيه عن حبيب بن هند الأسلمي، عن ابن المسيب

Similar to it, and he added to it on the authority of Habib bin Hind Al-Aslami, on the authority of Ibn Al-Musayyab

Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.

في قومك ما كان فيهم خير قلت: فأي العرب أسرع فناء؟ قال: قومك : قال قلت: وكيف ذاك؟ قال: يستحلهم الموت، وينفسهم الناس

There was nothing good among your people. I said: Which of the Arabs will perish the fastest? He said: Your people. He said: I said: How is that? He said: Death makes them permissible, and people take their breath away

Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.

هؤلاء يلون الخلافة بعدي

These people will succeed the caliphate after me

Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.

هؤلاء يلون الخلافة بعدي

These people will succeed the caliphate after me

Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.

ادفعوها إلى أبي بكر فرجع إلى علي فأخبره، فقال له علي: ارجع إليه فسله إلى من يدفعونها بعد أبي بكر؟ فسأله فقال: ادفعوها إلى عمر بعده ، فأتى عليا فأخبره، فقال: ارجع إليه فاسأله: إلى من يدفعونها بعد عمر؟ فأتاه فسأله فقال: ادفعوها إلى عثمان بن عفان فرجع إلى علي فأخبره، فقال له علي: ارجع إليه فسله إلى من يدفعونها بعد عثمان؟، فقال الرجل: إني لأستحيي أن أرجع إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بعد هذا

Give it to Abu Bakr, so he returned to Ali and told him. Ali said to him: Go back to him and ask him to whom will they pay it after Abu Bakr? So he asked him and he said: Give it to Omar after him. So he came to Ali and told him, so he said: Go back to him and ask him: To whom will they give it after Omar? So he came to him and asked him, and he said: Give it to Uthman bin Affan. So he returned to Ali and told him, and Ali said to him: Go back to him and ask him to whom they will give it after Uthman? So the man said: I am ashamed to return to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ after this.