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Hadith 1

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ENGLISH

It has been narrated on the authority of Jabir b. 'Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

People are the followers of Quraish in good as well as evil (i. e. in the customs of Islamic as well as pre-Islamic times).

ARABIC

وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبٍ الْحَارِثِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، يَقُولُ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏

‏ النَّاسُ تَبَعٌ لِقُرَيْشٍ فِي الْخَيْرِ وَالشَّرِّ ‏

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