کتاب الفتن · نُعیم بن حماد

Allah Almighty gave Ishmael, peace be upon him, twelve leaders from his blood, the best and best of them being Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, Omar ibn al-Khattab, and Uthman Dhul-Nour, who is killed unjustly and is given his reward twice, and the king of the Levant and his son, and al-Saffah, and Mansour, and Sin and Salam, meaning goodness and well-being.

Al-Mansour Mansour Bani Hashem

Al-Walid bin Muslim told us, on the authority of a sheikh, on the authority of Yazid bin Al-Walid Al-Khuza’i, on the authority of Ka’b, who said: “Three of the sons of Abbas rule: Al-Mansur, Al-Mahdi, and Al-Saffah.”

For the donkeys of merchants

Allah Almighty did not send a prophecy, nor did He place a caliphate or a kingdom except among the people of villages and civilization. They did not aspire to place it among the people of Amoud or the Bedouins.