Partisanship - Page 1

280 - التَّعصُّب‏

280. PARTISANSHIP

1305 - ذَمُّ التَّعَصُّبِ‏

1305. REPREHENSION OF PARTISANSHIP

(إذْ جَعَلَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فِي قُلُوبِهُمُ الْحَمِيَّةَ حَمِيَّةَ الْجاهِليَّةِ فَأنْزَلَ اللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُ عَلَى‏ رَسُولِهِ وَعَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَألْزَمَهُمْ كَلِمَةَ التَّقْوَى‏ وَكانُوا أحَقَّ بِها وَأهْلَها وَكانَ اللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ عَلِيماً) .1

“When the faithless nourished bigotry in their hearts, the bigotry of pagan ignorance, Allah sent down His composure upon His Apostle and upon the faithful, and made them abide by the word of Godwariness, for they were the worthiest of it and deserved it, and Allah has knowledge of all things.”2

(اُنظر) مريم : 73 ، 81 والمؤمنون : 33 ، 34 والشعراء : 111 والزخرف : 52 ، 53 والحجرات : 14 .

(See also: Qur’an 19:73, 19:81, 23:33, 23:34, 26:111, 43:52, 43:53, 49:14)

4271.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن تَعَصَّبَ أو تُعُصِّبَ لَهُ فقَد خَلَعَ رِبْقَ الإيمانِ مِن عُنُقِهِ .3

4271.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Whoever is bigoted or partial [to a false cause], or incites partisanship around himself and his own causes [unlawfully], the knot binding him to faith is untied from around his neck.’4

4272.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : منَ كانَ في قَلبِهِ حَبَّةٌ مِن خَردَلٍ مِن عَصَبِيَّةٍ بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ يَومَ القِيامَةِ مَعَ أعرابِ الجاهِلِيَّةِ .5

4272.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.’6

4273.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : لَيسَ مِنّا مَن دَعا إلى‏ عَصَبِيَّةٍ ، ولَيسَ مِنّا مَن قاتَلَ (عَلى‏) عَصَبِيَّةٍ ، ولَيسَ مِنّا مَن ماتَ عَلى‏ عَصَبِيَّةٍ .7

4273.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.’8

4274.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - في ذَمِّ إبليسَ - : فافتَخَرَ عَلى‏ آدَمَ بِخَلقِهِ ، وتَعَصَّبَ عَلَيهِ لأِصلِهِ ، فعَدُوُّ اللَّهِ إمامُ المُتَعَصِّبينَ ، وسَلَفُ المُستَكبِرينَ ، الّذي وَضَعَ أساسَ العَصَبِيَّةِ ، ونازَعَ اللَّهَ رِداءَ الجَبريَّةِ ، وادَّرَعَ لِباسَ التَّعَزُّزِ ، وخَلَعَ قِناعَ التَّذَلُّلِ .9

4274. 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.’10

4275.الإمامُ زينَ العابدينُ عليه السلام - لَمّا سُئلَ عَنِ العَصَبِيَّةِ - : العَصَبِيَّةُ الّتي يَأثَمُ عَلَيها صاحِبُها أن يَرَى الرَّجُلُ شِرارَ قَومِهِ خَيراً مِن خِيارِ قَومٍ آخَرينَ ، ولَيسَ مِنَ العَصَبِيَّةِ أن يُحِبَّ الرَّجُلُ قَومَهُ، ولكِن مِنَ العَصَبِيَّةِ أن يُعينَ قَومَهُ عَلَى الظُّلمِ .11

4275. 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 assists them in spite of their wrongdoing and aids them therein.’12

1.الفتح : ۲۶ .

2.Qur’an ۴۸:۲۶

3.الكافي : ۲ / ۳۰۸ / ۲ .

4.al-Kafi, v. ۲, p. ۳۰۸, no. ۲

5.الكافي : ۲ / ۳۰۸ / ۳ .

6.Ibid. no. ۳

7.سنن أبي داوود : ۴ / ۳۳۲ / ۵۱۲۱ .

8.Sunan Abi Dawud, no. ۵۱۲۱

9.نهج البلاغة : الخطبة ۱۹۲ .

10.Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon ۱۹۲

11.الكافي : ۲ / ۳۰۸ / ۷ .

12.al-Kafi, v. ۲, p. ۳۰۸, no. ۷

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