# Sunan Abi Dawud - The Promised Deliverer (Kitab Al-Mahdi)

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**1 hadith**

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## Hadith #4280

**Book:** The Promised Deliverer (Kitab Al-Mahdi) | **Narrator(s):** al-Aswad bin Sa'id al-Hmdany الأسود بن سعيد الهمداني, Jabir bin Samra, Ziyad bin Khaythama al-Ja'fi زياد بن خيثمة الجعفي, Zuhayr bin Mua'wiya bin Hudayj زهير بن معاوية بن حديج | **Grade:** Sahih

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: This religion will continue to be strong till the time of twelve caliphs. The people then uttered: Allah is more great and uproared. He then silently a word which I could not understand. So I said to my father: What did he say, father ? He said: All of them will belong to Quraish.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4280/)*

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