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2227. ‘Abdullāh bin Abī Al-Hudhail said: “There were some people from (the tribe of) Rabī‘ah with ‘Amr bin Al-‘Aṣ, so a man from (the tribe of) Bakr bin Wā’il said: ‘Either the Quraish will stop, or Allāh will place this matter among the masses of the Arabs
other than them.' So 'Amr bin Al-'Aṣ said: 'You have lied, I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ saying: "The Quraish are the leaders of the people, in the good and the bad, until the Day of Judgement." (Saḥīḥ)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] There are narrations on this topic from Ibn Mas'ūd, Ibn 'Umar and Jābir.
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The Hadīth confirms the fact that, just as in the pre-Islamic days the Quraish were the leaders of the Arabs in both political and religious matters, and the common men had waited to see what the Quraish would do before they decided whether or not to enter the fold of Islam, and the moment the Quraish accepted Islam after the Conquest of Makkah, the rest of the people also followed them en masse, and delegates from all sides started to pour in Al-Madinah to accept Islam. It, therefore, behooves us all even today that we recognize the special status of the Quraish, and accept their right to Imāmah and Khilāfah until the Day of Judgement.
