Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُمْهَانَ ح وَعَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُمْهَانَ عَنْ سَفِينَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ الْخِلَافَةُ ثَلَاثُونَ عَامًا ثُمَّ يَكُونُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ الْمُلْكُ قَالَ سَفِينَةُ أَمْسِكْ خِلَافَةَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ سَنَتَيْنِ وَخِلَافَةَ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَشْرَ سِنِينَ وَخِلَافَةَ عُثْمَانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ اثْنَيْ عَشْرَ سَنَةً وَخِلَافَةَ عَلِيٍّ سِتَّ سِنِينَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ.
English Translation
Bahz told us, Hammad b. Salamah told us, Sa'id b. Jumhan told us; and 'Abd al-Samad — Sa'id b. Jumhan told me — from Safinah, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: "The Caliphate is thirty years, then after that there will be kingship." Safinah said: Count the caliphate of Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, as two years; the caliphate of 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, as ten years; the caliphate of 'Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him, as twelve years; and the caliphate of 'Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, as six years.