Hadith 337

(The book) ‘Al Ghayba’ of Al Numani – Ahmad Bin Howza, from Ibrahim Bin Is’haq, from Abdullah Bin Hammad, from Ibn Abu Malik, from Muhammad Bin Abu Al Hakam, from Abdullah Bin Usman, from Husayn Al Makky, from Abu Al Tufeyl, from Huzeyfa Bin Al Yaman who said, ‘A caliph would be killed. There will be no excuser for him in the sky nor any helper in the earth, and a caliph would abdicate until he walks upon the surface of the earth. There wouldn’t be anything for him from the command, and a boy of six (or son of a captive) would replace him’. He (the narrator) said, ‘Abu Al-Tufeyl said, ‘O son of my brother! If only I and you were from a town’. He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘And why are you wishing so, O maternal uncle? ’ He said, ‘Because Huzeyfa narrated to me that the kingdom will return to be among the People-asws of the Prophet-hood’’. [118]