在一段明确讲述穆斯林民族将经历的治理形式的圣训中，Ḥudhayfah ibn al-Yamān 传述，先知穆罕默德ﷺ说："先知之职将在你们中间长存，只要真主愿意。然后，真主想要收回时便会收回。随后将出现遵循先知之道的哈里发制度，它将存续至真主愿意它存续的时候，然后真主想要收回时便会收回。随后将出现世袭的王朝，它将存续至真主愿意它存续的时候。然后真主想要收回时便会收回。随后将出现暴虐的专制统治，它将存续至真主愿意它存续的时候。然后，真主想要收回时便会收回，随后将再次出现遵循先知之道的哈里发制度。"304

In an explicit hadith about the forms of governance the Muslim nation would experience, Ḥudhayfah ibn al-Yamān  reported that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “Prophethood will remain amongst you for as long as Allah wishes. Then Allah will remove it whenever He wishes to remove it, and there will be a caliphate upon the prophetic methodology. It will last for as long as Allah wishes it to last, then Allah will remove it whenever He wishes to remove it. Then there will be an abiding dynasty, and it will remain for as long as Allah wishes it to remain. Then Allah will remove it whenever He wishes to remove it. Then there will be forceful monarchy, and it will remain for as long as Allah wishes it to remain. Then He will remove it whenever He wishes to remove it, and then there will be a caliphate upon the prophetic methodology.”304