hadith
2987
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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.
الإمامُ زينَ العابدينُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ لَمّا سُئلَ عَنِ العَصَبِيَّةِ ـ: 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.
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