Partisanship
7 sayings
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
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 308, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 678 link
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; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 678 link
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 e Abi Dawood, no. 5121; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 679 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Amir al-Mu'minin Im?m 'Al? ibn Ab? T?lib (a.s.) 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; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 679 link
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; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 679 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] 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; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 680 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] 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; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 680 link
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