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tabarani:6442ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Nuʿaym > Ḥashraj b. Nubātah > Saʿīd b. Jumhān > Safīnah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said, "The caliphate will be among my nation for thirty years, then there will be kingship after that." Then he said to me, "Hold on to the ship." So I held on to the caliphate of Abu Bakr, the caliphate of Umar, the caliphate of Uthman, and the caliphate of Ali, may Allah be pleased with them. And I found it to be thirty years.  

الطبراني:٦٤٤٢حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا حَشْرَجُ بْنُ نُبَاتَةَ حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُمْهَانَ حَدَّثَنِي سَفِينَةُ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْخِلَافَةُ بَيْنَ أُمَّتِي ثَلَاثُونَ سَنَةً ثُمَّ مُلْكٌ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ» ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي سَفِينَةُ أَمْسِكْ فَأَمْسَكْتُ خِلَافَةَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَخِلَافَةَ عُمَرَ وَخِلَافَةَ عُثْمَانَ وَخِلَافَةَ عَلِيٍّ ؓ فَوَجَدْتُهَا ثَلَاثِينَ  


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tirmidhi:2226Aḥmad b. Manīʿ > Surayj b. al-Nuʿmān > Ḥashraj b. Nubātah > Saʿīd b. Jumhān > Safīnah

"Safinah narrated to me, he said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Al-Khilafah will be in my Ummah for thirty years, then there will be monarchy after that."' Then Safinah said to me: 'Count the Khilafah of Abu Bakr,' then he said: 'Count the Khilafah of 'Umar and the Khilafah of 'Uthman.' Then he said to me: 'Count the Khilafah of 'Ali."' He said: "So we found that they add up to thirty years." Sa'eed said: "I said to him: 'Banu Umaiyyah claim that the Khilafah is among them.' He said: 'Banu Az-Zarqa' lie, rather they are a monarchy, among the worst of monarchies."'  

الترمذي:٢٢٢٦حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ حَدَّثَنَا حَشْرَجُ بْنُ نُبَاتَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُمْهَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَفِينَةُ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْخِلاَفَةُ فِي أُمَّتِي ثَلاَثُونَ سَنَةً ثُمَّ مُلْكٌ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي سَفِينَةُ أَمْسِكْ خِلاَفَةَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَخِلاَفَةَ عُمَرَ وَخِلاَفَةَ عُثْمَانَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي أَمْسِكْ خِلاَفَةَ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ فَوَجَدْنَاهَا ثَلاَثِينَ سَنَةً قَالَ سَعِيدٌ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّ بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ الْخِلاَفَةَ فِيهِمْ قَالَ كَذَبُوا بَنُو الزَّرْقَاءِ بَلْ هُمْ مُلُوكٌ مِنْ شَرِّ الْمُلُوكِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عُمَرَ وَعَلِيٍّ قَالاَ لَمْ يَعْهَدِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي الْخِلاَفَةِ شَيْئًا وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ قَدْ رَوَاهُ غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُمْهَانَ وَلاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُمْهَانَ
ahmad:21919[Chain 1] Bahz > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Saʿīd b. Jumhān [Chain 2] Ḥammād > Saʿīd b. Jumhān > Safīnah

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say that the caliphate will last for thirty years, and after that it will be followed by monarchy. He said, "Hold onto the caliphate of Abu Bakr for two years, and the caliphate of Umar for ten years, and the caliphate of Uthman for twelve years, and the caliphate of Ali for six years."  

أحمد:٢١٩١٩حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُمْهَانَ ح وَعَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنِي حَمَّادٌ حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُمْهَانَ عَنْ سَفِينَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ الْخِلَافَةُ ثَلَاثُونَ عَامًا ثُمَّ يَكُونُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ الْمُلْكُ قَالَ سَفِينَةُ أَمْسِكْ خِلَافَةَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ سَنَتَيْنِ وَخِلَافَةَ عُمَرَ عَشْرَ سِنِينَ وَخِلَافَةَ عُثْمَانَ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً وَخِلَافَةَ عَلِيٍّ سِتَّ سِنِينَ  

tabarani:136ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Yazīd b. Hārūn > al-ʿAwwām b. Ḥawshab > Saʿīd b. Jumhān > Safīnah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The caliphate after me in my nation will be for thirty years." He said, "So we counted and found Abu Bakr for two years, and Umar for ten, and Uthman for twelve, and Ali for six."  

الطبراني:١٣٦حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أنا الْعَوَّامُ بْنُ حَوْشَبٍ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُمْهَانَ عَنْ سَفِينَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْخِلَافَةُ بَعْدِي فِي أُمَّتِي ثَلَاثُونَ سَنَةً» قَالَ فَحَسِبْنَا فَوَجَدْنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ سَنَتَيْنِ وَعُمَرُ عَشْرٍ وَعُثْمَانُ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ وَعَلِيٌّ سِتٍّ ؓ