The Seven Special Characteristics Of Quraysh

Az-Zubayr bin al-’Awwam narrated that the Messenger of Allah said:

“Allah has favored Quraysh with seven special characteristics:

* They worshipped Allah for ten years in which nobody but Quraysh worshipped Him;

* He gave them victory on the Day of the Elephant, despite the fact that they were polytheists;

* A chapter of the Qur’an was revealed about them, in which none other of the Creation was mentioned, and it is: {“For the taming of the Quraysh…”} [Quraysh; 1-4];

* The Prophethood is with them;

* As is the Khilafah;

* The practice of cupping;

* The practice of serving others food and water.”

[Reported by al-Bayhaqi and Ibn 'Asakir, and it is in 'Sahih al-Jami'' (420 8) and 'as-Silsilah as-Sahihah' (1944)]