What is the degree of authenticity of the hadith, "The religion will continue to be upright until the Hour is established, or there will be twelve caliphs over you, all of them from Quraysh," and what is its explanation, and what does the word "or" mean in it?
The hadith is authentic, narrated by Imam Muslim. The apparent meaning of "aw" (or) in the hadith is "wa" (and), and this is indicated by Al-Darimi's narration of it with "wa" in his Sunan, and Sheikh Hussein Asad authenticated his hadith.
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