Hadith 1866

Chapter 1

باب 1

(1) باب النَّاسُ تَبَعٌ لِقُرَيْشٍ وَالْخِلاَفَةُ فِي قُرَيْشٍ

(1) Chapter: The people follow the Quraish and the Caliphate belongs to the Quraish (FR)
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وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبٍ الْحَارِثِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، يَقُولُ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " النَّاسُ تَبَعٌ لِقُرَيْشٍ فِي الْخَيْرِ وَالشَّرِّ " .

It has been narrated on the authority of Jabir b. 'Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
People are the followers of Quraish in good as well as evil (i. e. in the customs of Islamic as well as pre-Islamic times). (FR)

Reference (FR): Sahih Muslim 1819 (FR)

In-book reference (FR): Book 33, Hadith 3 (FR)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 20, Hadith 4475 (FR)