It has been narrated on the authority of Jabir b. Samura who said: I joined the company of the Prophet (s.a.w.a.) with my father and I heard him say: This Caliphate will not end until there have been twelve Caliphs among them. The narrator said: Then he (the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.)) said something that I could not follow. I said to my father: What did he (s) say? He said: He (s) has said: All of them will be from the Quraish.

It has been reported on the authority of Jabir b. Samura who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) say: The affairs of the people will continue to be conducted (well) as long as they are governed by twelve men. Then the Prophet (s.a.w.a.) said words which were obscure to me. I asked my father: What did the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) say? He said: All of the (twelve men) will be from the Quraish.

It has been narrated on the authority of Jabir b. Samura who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) say: Islam will continue to be triumphant until there have been twelve Caliphs. Then the Prophet (s.a.w.a.) said something which I could not understand. I asked my father: What did he (s) say? He said: He (s) has said that all of them (twelve Caliphs) will be from the Quraish.

It has been narrated on the authority of Jabir b. Samura that the Prophet (s.a.w.a.) said: This order will continue to be dominant until there have been twelve Caliphs. The narrator says: Then he (s) said something which I could not understand, and I said to my father: What did he (s) say? My father told me that he (s) said that all of them (Caliphs) would be from the Quraish.

It has been reported on the authority of Jabir b. Samura who said: I went with my father to the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) and I heard him (s) say: This religion would continue to remain powerful and dominant until there have been twelve Caliphs. Then he (s) added something which I couldn't catch on account of the noise of the people. I asked my father: What did he (s) say? My father said: He (s) has said that all of them will be from the Quraish.

It has been narrated on the authority of Amir b. Sa'd b. Abu Waqqas who said: I wrote (a letter) to Jabir b. Samura and sent it to him through my servant Nafi', asking him to inform me of something he had heard from the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.). He wrote to me (in reply): I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) say on Friday evening, the day on which al-Aslami was stoned to death (for committing adultery): The Islamic religion will continue until the Hour has been established, or you have been ruled over by twelve Caliphs, all of them being from the Quraish. Also heard him (s) say: A small force of the Muslims will capture the white palace, the police of the Persian Emperor or his descendants. I also heard him (s) say: Before the Day of Judgment there will appear (a number of) impostors. You are to guard against them. I also heard him (s) say: When God grants wealth to any one of you, he should first spend it on himself and his family (and then give it in charity to the poor). I heard him (s) (also) say: I will be your forerunner at the Cistern.