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Question
Reconciling the fact that the khaleefah should be from Quraysh with the hadeeth about obeying an Abyssinian slave
Answer
Praise be to Allah.The hadeeth about the rulers being
from Quraysh is a saheeh hadeeth which was narrated through many isnaads.
The basic principle is that the leader should be from Quraysh. But in
the case where the khaleefah has seized power by force and is ruling
the people by force, the people have to obey him and it is haraam to
rebel against him, even if he is an Abyssinian slave as it says in the
hadeeth.
Source: IslamQA (Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid)