1177 — Abū al-Qāsim Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Azīz al-Baghawī narrated to us, saying ⦗1704⦘: Alī ibn al-Jaʿd narrated to us, saying: Hammād ibn Salamah informed me, from Saʿīd ibn Jumhān, from Safīnah, who said: I heard the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, say, “The caliphate will last thirty years.” He then said, “Keep count: Abū Bakr’s caliphate lasted two years, Umar’s ten, Uthmān’s twelve, and Alī’s six.” Alī ibn al-Jaʿd said: I asked Hammād ibn Salamah, “Was Safīnah the one who said, ‘Keep count’?” He replied, “Yes.”