Sunan Abi Dawud · (Abwab Un Noam )
باب فِي الْعَصَبِيَّةِ
Chapter: Regarding tribalism.
7 hadith · references 5117–5123
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Abu Dawud · 5117مَنْ نَصَرَ قَوْمَهُ عَلَى غَيْرِ الْحَقِّ ، فَهُوَ كَالْبَعِيرِ الَّذِي رُدِّيَ فَهُوَ يُنْزَعُ بِذَنَبِهِNarrated Abdullah ibn Masud: If anyone helps his people in an unrighteous cause, he is like a camel which falls into a well and is pulled out by its tail.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5118حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّAbdullah bin Masud said: I went to the prophet ﷺ when he was in a skin tent. He then mentioned something similar to it.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5119مَا الْعَصَبِيَّةُ ؟ , قَالَ : أَنْ تُعِينَ قَوْمَكَ عَلَى الظُّلْمِNarrated Wathilah ibn al-Asqa: I asked: Messenger of Allah! what is party spirit? He replied: That you should help your people in wrongdoing.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5120خَيْرُكُمُ الْمُدَافِعُ عَنْ عَشِيرَتِهِ مَا لَمْ يَأْثَمْNarrated Suraqah ibn Malik ibn Jusham al-Mudlaji: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave us an address and said: The best of you is the one who defends his tribe, so long as he commits no sin. Abu Dawud said: Abu Ayyub bin Suwaid5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5121لَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ دَعَا إِلَى عَصَبِيَّةٍ ، وَلَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ قَاتَلَ عَلَى عَصَبِيَّةٍ ، وَلَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ مَاتَ عَلَى عَصَبِيَّةٍJubair bin Mutim reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: he who summons others to party-spirit does not belong to us; and he who dies upholding party spirit does not belong to us. ’6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5122حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ , حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ، عَنْ عَوْفٍ ، عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ مِخْرَاقٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي كِنَانَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عAbu Musa reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: the son of a sister of a people belongs to them.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5123شَهِدْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أُحُدًا ، فَضَرَبْتُ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ ، فَقُلْتُ : خُذْهَا مِنِّي وَأَنَا الْغُلَامُ الْفَارِسِيُّ ، فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اNarrated Abu Uqbah: Abdur Rahman ibn Abu Uqbah quoted his father Abu Uqbah who was a client from the people of Persia as saying: I was present at Uhud along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and on smiting one of the polyth7 narrators