Hadith 45

Chapter 122

باب 122

(122) باب فِي الْعَصَبِيَّةِ

(122) Chapter: Regarding tribalism
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حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْفِرْيَابِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ، عَنْ بِنْتِ وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الأَسْقَعِ، أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ أَبَاهَا، يَقُولُ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا الْعَصَبِيَّةُ قَالَ " أَنْ تُعِينَ قَوْمَكَ عَلَى الظُّلْمِ " .

Narrated Wathilah ibn al-Asqa':
I asked: Messenger of Allah! what is party spirit? He replied: That you should help your people in wrongdoing.

Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 5119

In-book reference: Book 43, Hadith 347

English translation: Book 42, Hadith 5100