Hadith 5154

Nu‘man ibn Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated from Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Prophethood will remain among you as long as Allah wills, then He will remove it when He wills. Then there will be a caliphate on the prophetic way as long as Allah wills, then Allah will remove it. Then there will be a harsh kingship as long as Allah wills, then Allah will remove it. Then there will be a tyrannical rule as long as Allah wills, then Allah will remove it. Then there will be a caliphate on the prophetic way.” Then he fell silent. Habib said: When Umar ibn Abd Al-Aziz rose, I wrote to him with this Hadith to remind him, saying: “I hope that the Commander of the Faithful is the one after the harsh kingship and tyranny,” meaning Umar ibn Abd Al-Aziz. [Narrated by Ahmad and Al-Bayhaqi in Dala’il An-Nubuwwah] Ali Al-Qari (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The intended meaning is that the caliphate on the prophetic way will occur again in the time of Jesus (peace be upon him) and the Mahdi (may Allah have mercy on him).