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Sahih Muslim: Hadith 4672

33. The Book on Government

صحيح مسلم

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The Obligation of Transmitting on Authority of Trustworthy Narrators and Abandoning the Liars

باب وُجُوبِ الرِّوَايَةِ عَنِ الثِّقَاتِ، وَتَرْكِ الْكَذَّابِينَ

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وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏‏ لاَ يَزَالُ هَذَا الأَمْرُ فِي قُرَيْشٍ مَا بَقِيَ مِنَ النَّاسِ اثْنَانِ ‏"‏ ‏‏
It has been narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
The Caliphate will remain among the Quraish even if only two persons are left (on the earth),
Reference: Sahih Muslim 1820
In-book : Book 33, Hadith 4
USC-MSA web (English) : Book 20, Hadith 4476  (deprecated)