مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب المناقب
The Book of Merits
(الخِلَافَةُ حَقٌّ لِقُرَيْشٍ)
(The caliphate is the right of Quraysh)
Hadith 5981
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «لَا يَزَالُ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ فِي قُرَيْشٍ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْهُمُ اثْنَان» . مُتَّفق عَلَيْهِ
Ibn `Umar reported the Prophet as saying, "This matter will continue in Quraish as long as two of them remain[*]. *Mirqat, 5:508, explains this as meaning that the Caliphate will remain the prerogative of Quraish as long as two human beings survive. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
