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Sahih Muslim 1820صحيح مسلم 1820
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),
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
أحمد بن عبد الله ← عاصم بن محمد بن زيد ← محمد بن زيد ← عبد الله بن عمر
Ahmad ibn Abdullah → Asim ibn Muhammad ibn Zayd → Muhammad ibn Zayd → Ibn `Umar