العربية (الأصل)
حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنِ الْمُجَالِدِ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ قَالَ كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَهُوَ يُقْرِئُنَا الْقُرْآنَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَلْ سَأَلْتُمْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَمْ تَمْلِكُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةُ مِنْ خَلِيفَةٍ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ مَا سَأَلَنِي عَنْهَا أَحَدٌ مُنْذُ قَدِمْتُ الْعِرَاقَ قَبْلَكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَلَقَدْ سَأَلْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ كَعِدَّةِ نُقَبَاءِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.
الترجمة الإنجليزية
Hasan ibn Musa told us, Hammad ibn Zayd told us, from al-Mujalid, from al-Sha'bi, from Masruq, who said: We were sitting with 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud while he was teaching us the recitation of the Qur'an, when a man said to him, "O Abu 'Abd al-Rahman, did you [ever] ask the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, how many caliphs this nation will have?" 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud said, "No one has asked me about this since I came to Iraq before you." Then he said, "Yes indeed, we did ask the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said: 'Twelve, according to the number of the chiefs of the Children of Israel.'"