Volume 4, Book 56, Number 704:
Narrated Muhammad bin Jubair bin Mut’im:
That while he was with a delegation from Quraish to Muawiya, the latter heard the news that ‘Ab –
dullah bin ‘Amr bin Al-‘As said that there would be a king from the tribe of Qahtan. On that Muaw –
iya became angry, got up and then praised Allah as He deserved, and said, “Now then, I have heard
that some men amongst you narrate things which are neither in the Holy Book, nor have been told
by Allah’s Apostle. Those men are the ignorant amongst you. Beware of such hopes as make the
people go astray, for I heard Allah’s Apostle saying, ‘Authority of ruling will remain with Quraish,
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and whoever bears hostility to them, Allah will destroy him as long as they abide by the laws of the
religion.’ “