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Chapter: Twelve imams determined by Allah قال: حدثنا أبي، عن فطر بن خليفة، عن أبى خالد الوالبي، قال: حدثنا جابر بن س٠عت رسول الله يقول: لا يزال هذا الأ٠ر ظاهراً لا يضره ٠ن ناواه حتى يكون اثنا عشر خليفة كله٠(36) Muhammad bin Uthman narrated from al-Muqaddami from Aasim bin Umar bin Ali bin Miqdam from his father from Fitr bin Khaleefa from Abu Khalid al-Walibi that Jabir bin Samra had heard the Prophet (S) saying: “This matter (the religion) will still prevail without being harmed by the enemies until there will be twelve caliphs; all of them are from Quraysh.”