Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah

Sayyiduna Humaid bin Abdur Rahman (may Allah be pleased with him) says: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) passed away, Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) was in a corner of Madinah (in a settlement). When he came, he lifted the cloth from your face, kissed you, and said: "May my parents be sacrificed for you, how pure you are, whether alive or deceased. By the Lord of the Ka'bah! Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) has passed away..." Then Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) went to the Ansar. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) spoke to them and mentioned all the verses and hadiths of the Messenger regarding them, and also said: "(O Ansar!) You know that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: 'If people walk in one valley and the Ansar walk in another valley, I will walk in the valley of the Ansar with them.'" Sa'd! You know that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, and you were sitting there: "'The Quraysh are responsible and deserving of this (caliphate) matter. The righteous people will follow the righteous Quraysh, and the evil people will be under the evil Quraysh.'" Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "You are speaking the truth, we are the ministers and you are the rulers." This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq and Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with them both).

Zaid bin Abdur Rahman bin Saeed bin Amr bin Nufail, who belonged to the Banu Adi tribe, narrates from his father. He says: I came to Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) along with some young men from the Quraysh, and at that time he had become blind. We saw that a rope was hanging from the ceiling and in front of it there were loaves of bread or pieces of bread placed. Whenever a poor person asked for food, Sayyiduna Jabir would pick up a piece, hold the rope, and with its guidance reach the poor person, hand him the piece, and then return and sit down again, guided by the rope. I said: May Allah grant you health and well-being, we could have easily handed the piece to the poor person (you could have told us, why did you trouble yourself?). He said: Actually, I went myself with the intention of earning reward, then he said: Shall I not narrate to you a hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), which I myself heard from him? We said: Why not, (please do narrate). He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Indeed, the Quraysh are trustworthy. Whoever seeks out their faults, Allah, the Exalted, will throw him down on his nostrils (face down)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jarir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Muhajirun will be friends of one another in this world and the Hereafter, and the freed slaves of Quraysh and Thaqif will also be friends of one another in this world and the Hereafter."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Hani (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty has given the Quraysh superiority on account of seven qualities: (1) He gave them superiority because they worshipped Allah Almighty for ten years, only the Quraysh worshipped Him, (2) He gave them superiority because He helped them on the day of the army of the elephants, even though they were polytheists, (3) He gave them superiority because a complete Surah of the Qur'an «لايلاف قريش» was revealed about them, in which no one else is mentioned, He gave them superiority because among them are (4) Prophethood, (5) Caliphate, (6) Protection and supervision, and (7) Giving water to the pilgrims."

Abdullah bin Abu Huzail said: Some people from the tribe of Rabi’ah were sitting with Sayyiduna Amr bin Al-As (may Allah be pleased with him). A man from the tribe of Bakr bin Wa’il said: The people of the tribe of Quraysh should desist from these actions, or Allah, the Exalted, will hand over this (matter of leadership) to the majority of the Arabs or to someone else. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: You are lying. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: “The Quraysh will remain the rulers of the people in good and evil until the Day of Resurrection.”

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that people follow the Quraysh in this (matter of caliphate); the Muslim people will follow the Muslim Quraysh, and the disbelieving people will follow the disbelieving Quraysh.

The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Whoever disgraces the Quraysh, Allah will disgrace him." This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan, Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas, Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik, and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "People will be under the authority of the Quraysh in matters of good and evil, (that is, if the Quraysh are righteous, the people will also be righteous, and if the Quraysh are wicked, the people will also be wicked)."