Caliphs, Succession, and Rule
Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Muawiya, caliphal claims, allegiance, political authority, and contested rule.
Why it matters
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Primary sources
Read Sahih Muslim 1821a in context:
The report gives the number twelve, with Quraysh affiliation in the following sentence; it does not identify a later sectarian list.
This Caliphate will not end until there have been twelve Caliphs among them.
Passage context and translation
Jabir bin Samura says that his father explained a following statement about Quraysh. The report supplies a number and affiliation, without listing twelve names.
Before the excerpt
I heard him say:
Sources and further reading
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