Hadeeth of the 12 Khulafaah
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In the Name of Allaah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
Proof Given For Imaamah
A typical evidence used by a twelver shia to prove the validity of his belief in the twelve “infallible” Imaams is an authentic hadeeth, which when heard by Muslims casts doubts in their hearts about their religion and they fall for the deception (taqiyyah) of the raafidah.
Jabeer ibn Samarah (ra) said: The Prophet (saw) said: ‘There will be twelve khaleefas who will all be from Quraysh.’
[Bukhari & Muslim - looks like the Shia have hit the jackpot!]
[Aboo Dawood]
Alhamdulillaah.
Truth Exposed - Hadeeth in True Context
Haafiz Ibn Katheer (r) in his book al-Bidaayah wa an-Nihaayah:
“The twelve referred to in the hadeeth are not the same twelve that the raafidah falsely consider to be the “infallible” Imaams. Most of the twelve they mention never had any position of authority over the Muslims, not even over a region or territory over a Muslim land. Among the twelve Imaams that the raafidah mention, only ‘Alee and his sone Hasan ibn ‘Alee (ra) ruled over the Muslims.”
Since it is clear and accepted that the twelve “infallible” Imaams never had a position of khaleefah amongs the Muslims except for the two - ‘Alee and Hasan (ra). How can they be the ones mentioned in the hadeeth?
Hafiz Ibn Katheer (r) then went on to mention the ones who are the twelve khulafah mentioned in the hadeeth:
“The twelve leaders of the Muslims who followed one another after the death of the prophet (saw) - among whom were the leaders of Banu Umayyah - are not the twelve khaleefahs that are referred to in the above-mentioned hadeeth. In the hadeeeth of Safeenah, the prophet (saw) said, “The Caliphate after me will be for thirty years. He (saw) 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 Quraysh. Nonetheless, among those twelve Imaams are Aboo Bakr, Umar, Uthmaan, ‘Alee, Hasan (ra). The majority of the scholars maintain that ‘Umar bibn ‘Abdul ‘Azeez is also one of the aforesaid twelve khaleefahs - and all praise is for Allaah. Among them are 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 Allaah and we wholly depend upon Him.”
The reason the Banu al-Umayyah rulers cannot be considered to be of the twelve khulafah is because they were ruled out in the hadeeth of Safeenah to be rulers of kingdoms.
Safeenah (ra) reported that the messenger of Allaah (saw) said, “The khilaafah after me will last for thirty years; then there will be kingdom(s).”
The khulafah who reigned within those thirty years were Aboo Bakr, Umar, Uthmaan, ‘Alee and Hasan (ra) - who reigned for six months.
Having already refuted their claim, one may further refute them from a logical point of view, what came first, the hadeeth of twelve khulafah or the shia concept of Imaamah?
The hadeeth, no doubt. Thus it is obvious that the shia had access to this hadeeth and they built their entire religion based around that by coming up with twelve Imaams (the last of whose existence is questionable - to be discussed in another post insha’Allaah). If the hadeeth were to mention fifty khulafah then without a doubt the shia would say that there are fifty “infallible” Imaams and they would make up another thirty-eight people to be their Imaams. Clearly a people who have taqiyyah (deception) as a pillar of their religion will do anything to deceive the masses into believing in their cult.
To prove this point we can refer to (alhamdulillaah) ”The occultation of the twelfth Imaam: A historical background” by Dr. J M Hussain, where he states:
“These and other traditions (Hadeeth) were spread in both Imaamite and Zaydite circles… According to al-Saduq these traditions (Hadeeth) and others predicting the occurrence of the Ghayba were the main reason for the Imaamite acceptance of the Ghayba and for their being satisfied that the series of the Imams should stop at the twelfth.”
The following has been taken from an article written by Ibn al-Hashimi - a strong refuter of the shia:
“In fact, after the death of each Imaam, the Imaami Shia ran around like headless chickens trying to figure out who was the next Imaam; absolute confusion would descend into their ranks as to who was the next of the twelve Imaams. After the death of each Imaam of the Shia, numerous Shia sects emerged, each claiming that another person was the Imaam! So if the Shia of today would like to laugh at the Sunnis for not knowing who the Imaam is, let them also laugh at their own ancestors who did not know who the Imaam was!
The only reason that the Shia of today have some sort of unanimity with regards to who the twelve Imaams are is because Shah Ismail I, the ruler of the Safavid Empire, forcibly enforced – by the sword – his brand of Shi’ism upon the masses of Persia. By thus doing so, he succeeded in converting the masses to one strain of Shi’ism all of which followed one set of twelve Imaams. And yet, even today there exist some minority sects of the Shia – such as the Zaydis – who believe in a different set of twelve Imaams.”
Ibn al-Hashimi further proves that the shia are not the only deviants who claim this hadeeth of twelve khulafah as their own prophecy, rather even the “Nation of Islaam” claim this hadeeth to be a prophecy for their cult!
What to do if you encounter this raafidah?
- Quote the hadeeth of Safeenah.
- Ask how many of their “Imaams” actually ruled over Muslims.
- Destroy their ideology logically - what came first?.
- Introduce them to their fellow bandits - Nation of Islaam.
- Shortcut: Quote the following hadeeth.
To Save You the Trouble
We leave you with one hadeeth to throw into the face of the shia if he quotes to you the hadeeth of the twelve khulafah, which will mute his mouth and there will be no need for further discussion.
The prophet (saw) said, “In my Ummah, there would be twelve hypocrites and they would not be admitted to Paradise and they would not smell its odor, until the camel would pass through a needle’s hole.”
[Muslim]
Why don’t the shia use this hadeeth, ‘ey ?
Walhamdulillaah.
Loading ...The messenger of Allaah (saw) prohibited us from creating images, and warned the one who creates images of Hellfire, guess what the shias do! See if you can spot the 12th one (non-existent in reality). Ahlus Sunnah disassociate themselves from these caricatures, it has been posted just to make you aware of their negligence of the Sunnah.
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The following website analyzes the event of Ghadir Khumm using Shi’ite materials, discussing it from a historical and rational perspective.
http://www.ahlelbayt.com/articles/rebuttals/ghadir-khumm
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