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ahmad:7556Yaʿlá And Yazīd > Muḥammad > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The people are followers of Quraysh in this matter, their best ones are followed by their best, and their worst ones are followed by their worst."  

أحمد:٧٥٥٦حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَى وَيَزِيدُ قَالَا أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ النَّاسُ تَبَعٌ لِقُرَيْشٍ فِي هَذَا الْأَمْرِ خِيَارُهُمْ تَبَعٌ لِخِيَارِهِمْ وَشِرَارُهُمْ تَبَعٌ لِشِرَارِهِمْ  


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ahmad:790ʿAbdullāh > Muḥammad b. Sulaymān Lūwayn > Muḥammad b. Jābir > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > ʿUmārah b. Rūwaybah > ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib

My ears heard and my heart understood from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: “The people follow Quraish: the righteous ones follow their righteous ones and the evil ones follow their evil ones.ʿ  

أحمد:٧٩٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ لُوَيْنٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَابِرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ رُوَيْبَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ قَالَ

سَمِعَتْ أُذُنَايَ وَوَعَاهُ قَلْبِي مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ النَّاسُ تَبَعٌ لِقُرَيْشٍ صَالِحُهُمْ تَبَعٌ لِصَالِحِهِمْوَشِرَارُهُمْ تَبَعٌ لِشِرَارِهِمْ  

ahmad:9593Yaḥyá > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > al-Qāsim > Nāfiʿ b. Jubayr > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "People are followers of the Quraish in this matter. Their best ones are followed by their best ones, and their worst ones are followed by their worst ones."  

أحمد:٩٥٩٣حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْقَاسِمُ عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ النَّاسُ تَبَعٌ لِقُرَيْشٍ فِي هَذَا الشَّأْنِ خِيَارُهُمْ أَتْبَاعٌ لِخِيَارِهِمْ وَشِرَارُهُمْ أَتْبَاعٌلِشِرَارِهِمْ  

ahmad:8243

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The tribe of Quraish has precedence over the people in this connection (i.e the right of ruling). The Muslims follow the Muslims amongst them, and the infidels follow the infidels amongst them. People are of different natures: The best amongst them in the pre-lslamic period are the best in Islam provided they comprehend the religious knowledge. You will find that the best amongst the people in this respect (i.e. of ruling) is he who hates it (i.e. the idea of ruling) most, till he is given the pledge of allegiance." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3495)  

أحمد:٨٢٤٣

وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ النَّاسُ تَبَعٌ لِقُرَيْشٍ فِي هَذَا الشَّأْنِ مُسْلِمُهُمْ تَبَعٌ لِمُسْلِمِهِمْ وَكَافِرُهُمْ تَبَعٌ لِكَافِرِهِمْ  

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السيوطي:١٢٠١٣a

"النَّاسُ تَبَعٌ لِقُرَيشٍ صَالِحُهُمْ تَبَعٌ لِصَالِحِهِمْ، وَشِرَارُهُمْ تَبَعٌ لِشِرَارِهِمْ".  

[عم] زيادات عبد الله بن أحمد عن علي
suyuti:4-2708bʿAli > Udhunā
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السيوطي:٤-٢٧٠٨b

"عَنْ عَلِىٍّ قَالَ: سَمِعَتْ أُذُنَاىِ وَوَعَاهُ قَلْبِى مِنْ رَسُولِ الله ﷺ : النَّاسُ تَبَعٌ لِقُرَيْشٍ، خِيَارُهُمْ تَبَعًا لِخَيَارهِمْ، وَشِرَارُهُمْ تَبَعٌ لِشِرَارِهِمْ".  

أبو الحسن الحربى