التَّعَصُّبُ

PARTISANSHIP

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2– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Whoever contains even a mustard seed’ s weight of partisanship in his heart, Allah will raise him on the Day of Resurrection among the tribes of pagan and clannish Arabia.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 308, no. 3]

3– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘One who calls to partisanship is not one of us, nor one who fights for a bigoted cause, nor one who dies a partisan.’
[Sunan Abi Dawud, no. 5121]

4– Imam Ali (AS), condemning Iblis
[Satan], said, ‘So he felt proud of his own creation over Adam’ s, and was racist against him because of his origin. The enemy of Allah, therefore, is the leader of all racist bigots, and the forefather of all those who consider themselves superior, who laid the very foundation of bigotry, and tried to wrest the cloak of might from Allah, and assumed the garb of exultation having shed the veil of self-abasement.’
[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 192]

5– Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, ‘Blameworthy and punishable partisanship is when a person considers the evil people of his own community to be better and prefers them over the good people of another community. It is not considered partisanship or bigotry to love one’ s own community, rather it is when a person loves them in spite of their wrongdoing and aids them therein.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 308, no. 7]

6– Imam Ali (AS) in his disparaging sermon
[against Satan] said, ‘And if you cannot avoid partisanship, then let your partisanship be for virtuous qualities, praiseworthy acts, and admirable matters with which the dignified and noble chiefs of the Arab households and the notables of the tribes distinguished themselves, such as attractive manners, great ambitions, momentous positions, and praiseworthy feats. So be partisans of praiseworthy characteristics like protection of one’ s neighbour, fulfilment of rights, obedience of good people, opposition to the haughty, adoption of virtue, abstention from intimidating others, shunning bloodshed, doing justice to people, suppressing anger, and avoiding corruption in the land.’
[Nahj al-Balagha, no. 192]

7– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘If you absolutely must be partisans to a cause, then does so to support the truth and to bring solace to the troubled.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3738]