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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Selected Narrations about the Twelfth Imam volume 1 Chapter 1: Traditions that Denote the Number of the Twelve Caliphs Chapter One: Traditions that Denote the Number of the Twelve Caliphs and that Surely they are Equal to the Number of the Chiefs (Noqabaa) of Bani Israel and the (Hawaari) of ‘Isa (a.s.) Musnad-e-Tayalesi[^1]: Jaaber Ibn Samarah says that I heard the Messenger of Islam (s.a.w.a.) say, “Surely Islam will always remain mighty till there are twelve caliphs in it.” Then he said something, which I didn’t understand.

I asked my father ‘What did the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) say?’ He replied, “All of them will be from Quraish.” Musnad-e-Tayalesi[^2]: Jaaber Ibn Samarah says, ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) say during a sermon “Surely Islam will always remain mighty till there are twelve caliphs in it.” Then he said something, which I didn’t understand.

I asked my father ‘What did the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) say?’ He replied, “All of them will be from Quraish.” Al Fetan[^3]: Jaaber Ibn Samarah says that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) said, “This affair shall always remain mighty till there are twelve caliphs it.

All of them will be from Quraish.” Musnad-e-Ahmad[^4]: Jaaber Ibn Samarah says, ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) say, “There will be twelve caliphs after me, all of them will be from Quraish.” They asked, ‘Then what will happen?’ He (s.a.w.a.) said: “Then there will be turmoil (haraj).” Musnad-e-Ahmad[^5]: Jaaber Ibn Samarah says, ‘I heard the Prophet (s.a.w.a.) say, “There will be twelve caliphs for this nation.” Musnad-e-Ahmad[^6]: Jaaber Ibn Samarah al-Sewaaee says, ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) say during his last pilgrimage (Hajj al-Widaa): “Surely this religion will always overcome its opponents and no enemy or deserter can ever harm it till there are twelve caliphs from my nation in it.” ‘Then he uttered something that I could not understand.