Is the hadith (The Imams are from Quraysh) authentic, and what rulings follow from it?
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The questioner : The hadith.
The Shaykh : It is an authentic hadith at the highest level of authenticity.
The questioner : And what rulings follow from it? What follows regarding the Imams? Is it not permissible for anyone to become Caliph except one who is from Quraysh?
The Shaykh : That is so; because there is an explicit hadith in al-Bukhari:Sahih al-Bukhari 3501.
The questioner : We have abolished an entire curriculum because of this hadith, which follows from this hadith.
The Shaykh : It is an authentic hadith at the highest level of authenticity.
The questioner : And what rulings follow from it? What follows regarding the Imams? Is it not permissible for anyone to become Caliph except one who is from Quraysh?
The Shaykh : That is so; because there is an explicit hadith in al-Bukhari:
Authority of ruling will remain with Quraish, even if only two of them remained.
لا يزال هذا الأمر في قريش ما بقي منهم اثنانThe questioner : We have abolished an entire curriculum because of this hadith, which follows from this hadith.
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