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also, who said:
The Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said:
“The affairs of the people will continue to proceed as long as twelve rulers—all of them from Quraysh—govern them.” (1).
In the two Sahih collections, Āmir ibn Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqās said:
“I wrote to Jābir ibn Samura through my servant Nāfiʿ, asking him, ‘Tell me something you heard from the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace.’
“He wrote back to me: ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—on a Friday (2), on the evening when al-Aslamī was stoned, say: “This religion will remain established until the Hour comes, or until twelve caliphs—all of them from Quraysh—have ruled over you.”’” (3).
*) (4) ] And in the two Sahih collections (5), from Abū Hurayra—may Allah be pleased with him—(6)—who said:
The Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said:
“The people follow Quraysh in this matter: their Muslims follow their Muslims, and their disbelievers follow their disbelievers.” (7).
(1) The hadith is narrated with similar wording from Jābir ibn Samura—may Allah be pleased with him—in Muslim, 3:1452, at the location cited above, hadith no. 6; and al-Musnad, al-Halabī ed., 5:97, 98, 101.
(2) I supplied the word “Friday,” which appears in Muslim’s wording of the hadith.
(3) The hadith is narrated with this wording from Jābir ibn Samura—may Allah be pleased with him—in Muslim, 3:1453, at the location cited above, hadith no. 10. It has a continuation that Ibn Taymiyyah did not cite.
(4) The passage between the two asterisks is omitted from (A), (B), and (W); I have restored it from (N) and (M).
(5) The passage in square brackets, beginning with the phrase “And in the two Sahih collections,” is omitted from (N) and (M).
(6) “May Allah be pleased with him” is an addition in (A) and (B).
(7) The hadith is narrated from Abū Hurayra—may Allah be pleased with him—in Sahih al-Bukhārī, 4:178, Book of Virtues, chapter “The Saying of Allah Most High: ‘O mankind, We created you from a male and a female’”; Muslim, 3:1451, Book of Government, chapter “The People Follow Quraysh,” hadith nos. 1 and 2; and al-Musnad, al-Maʿārif ed., 13:30, no. 7304; 16:105, no. 8226; and 17:147, no. 9121. The hadith is also narrated with the same meaning and the wording, “The best among them follow the best among them, and the worst among them follow the worst among them,” from Abū Hurayra in al-Musnad, al-Maʿārif ed., 13:282, no. 7547. It is likewise narrated with the same meaning and similar wording from several Companions—may Allah be pleased with them—including Abū Bakr al-Siddīq in al-Musnad, al-Maʿārif ed., 1:164; ʿAlī ibn Abī Tālib, 2:126–127; Abū Hurayra, 18:171; and Muʿāwiya in the al-Halabī edition, 4:101.
أَيْضًا قَالَ:
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -:
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«لَا يَزَالُ أَمْرُ النَّاسِ مَاضِيًا مَا وَلِيَهُمُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَمِيرًا كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ»
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وَفِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ قَالَ:
«كَتَبْتُ إِلَى جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ مَعَ غُلَامِي نَافِعٍ أَنْ أَخْبِرْنِي بِشَيْءٍ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -
فَكَتَبَ إِلَيَّ:
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يَوْمَ جُمُعَةٍ
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عَشِيَّةَ رَجْمِ الْأَسْلَمِيِّ قَالَ:
" لَا يَزَالُ هَذَا الدِّينُ قَائِمًا حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ، أَوْ يَكُونَ عَلَيْكُمُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ خَلِيفَةً كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ» "
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] وَفِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ
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عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ -
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قَالَ:
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -:
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«النَّاسُ تَبَعٌ لِقُرَيْشٍ فِي هَذَا الشَّأْنِ، مُسْلِمُهُمْ تَبَعٌ لِمُسْلِمِهِمْ وَكَافِرُهُمْ تَبَعٌ لِكَافِرِهِمْ»
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(١) الْحَدِيثُ بِأَلْفَاظٍ مُتَقَارِبَةٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - فِي: مُسْلِمٍ ٣ - ١٤٥٢ الْمَوْضِعُ السَّابِقِ، الْحَدِيثُ رَقْمَ ٦، الْمُسْنَدِ ط الْحَلَبِيِّ ٥ - ٩٧، ٩٨، ١٠١.
(٢) زِدْتُ كَلِمَةَ جُمُعَةٍ وَهِيَ مِنْ أَلْفَاظِ الْحَدِيثِ فِي مُسْلِمٍ.
(٣) الْحَدِيثُ بِهَذَا اللَّفْظِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - فِي: مُسْلِمٍ ٣ - ١٤٥٣ فِي الْمَوْضِعِ السَّابِقِ، الْحَدِيثُ رَقْمُ ١٠، وَلَهُ بَقِيَّةٌ لَمْ يَذْكُرْهَا ابْنُ تَيْمِيَّةَ.
(٤) الْكَلَامُ بَيْنَ النَّجْمَتَيْنِ سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (أ) ، (ب) ، (وَ) ، وَأَثْبَتُّهُ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) .
(٥) الْكَلَامُ بَيْنَ الْمَعْقُوفَتَيْنِ وَالَّذِي يَبْدَأُ بِعِبَارَةِ وَفِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ: سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) .
(٦) رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: زِيَادَةٌ فِي (أ) ، (ب) .
(٧) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - فِي: الْبُخَارِيِّ ٤ - ١٧٨ كِتَابُ الْمَنَاقِبِ، بَابُ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ مِنْ ذَكَرٍ وَأُنْثَى، مُسْلِمٍ ٣ - ١٤٥١ كِتَابُ الْإِمَارَةِ، بَابُ النَّاسِ تَبَعٌ لِقُرَيْشٍ، الْحَدِيثَانِ رَقْمُ ١، ٢، الْمُسْنَدِ ط الْمَعَارِفِ، ١٣ - ٣٠ رَقْمُ ٧٣٠٤، ١٦. ١٠٥ رَقْمُ ٨٢٢٦، ١٧/١٤٧ رَقْمُ ٩١٢١ وَجَاءَ الْحَدِيثُ بِمَعْنَاهُ وَبِلَفْظِ: خِيَارُهُمْ تَبَعٌ لِخِيَارِهِمْ، وَشِرَارُهُمْ تَبَعٌ لِشِرَارِهِمْ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فِي الْمُسْنَدِ ط. الْمَعَارِفِ ١٣ - ٢٨٢ رَقْمُ ٧٥٤٧، وَجَاءَ الْحَدِيثُ أَيْضًا بِمَعْنَاهُ وَبِأَلْفَاظٍ مُقَارِبَةٍ عَنْ عَدَدٍ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْهُمْ: أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ فِي: الْمُسْنَدِ ط. الْمَعَارِفِ ١ - ١٦٤، عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ٢ - ١٢٦، ١٢٧ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ ١٨ - ١٧١، ط الْحَلَبِيِّ ٤/١٠١ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ.