Saad
18-07-2010, 07:10 AM
Is it a condition for the Imam to be from Quraysh? (http://deoband.org/2010/07/general/politics/is-it-a-condition-for-the-imam-to-be-from-quraysh/)
"People are subservient to Quraysh in this matter: the Muslims among them [being subservient] to the Muslims among them, and the disbelievers among them [being subservient] to the disbelievers among them." (Sahih Muslim) His statement "from Abu Hurayrah": this hadith was transmitted by al-Bukhari in the beginning [chapters] of Kitab al-Manaqib (no. 3495) and it was also transmitted by Ahmad in his Musnad (2:243, 261, 395, 433). His statement "People are subservient to Quraysh in this matter": the 'ulama adduced this as proof that Qurayshi [lineage] is a condition for the Imam, to the extent that some of them claimed ijma' (consensus) on this. Hence, al-Nawawi (Allah have mercy on him) said, "These hadiths and those similar to them are clear proof that the caliphate is specific to Quraysh and its contraction is not permissible for any beside them, and on this ijma' convened in the time of the Companions and also after them. So whoever disagrees in this [matter] is amongst the heretics (ahl al-bid'ah), or alludes to a disagreement from other than them, he is confuted by the ijma' of the Companions and the Successors, and those after them with the authentic hadiths."
Read the entire article... (http://deoband.org/2010/07/general/politics/is-it-a-condition-for-the-imam-to-be-from-quraysh/)
"People are subservient to Quraysh in this matter: the Muslims among them [being subservient] to the Muslims among them, and the disbelievers among them [being subservient] to the disbelievers among them." (Sahih Muslim) His statement "from Abu Hurayrah": this hadith was transmitted by al-Bukhari in the beginning [chapters] of Kitab al-Manaqib (no. 3495) and it was also transmitted by Ahmad in his Musnad (2:243, 261, 395, 433). His statement "People are subservient to Quraysh in this matter": the 'ulama adduced this as proof that Qurayshi [lineage] is a condition for the Imam, to the extent that some of them claimed ijma' (consensus) on this. Hence, al-Nawawi (Allah have mercy on him) said, "These hadiths and those similar to them are clear proof that the caliphate is specific to Quraysh and its contraction is not permissible for any beside them, and on this ijma' convened in the time of the Companions and also after them. So whoever disagrees in this [matter] is amongst the heretics (ahl al-bid'ah), or alludes to a disagreement from other than them, he is confuted by the ijma' of the Companions and the Successors, and those after them with the authentic hadiths."
Read the entire article... (http://deoband.org/2010/07/general/politics/is-it-a-condition-for-the-imam-to-be-from-quraysh/)