Similarly, the Prophet unequivocally condemned tribalism on different occasions. In an authenticated saying of his, he (pbuh) said, “
He is not of us who proclaims the cause of tribal partisanship (‘asabiyyah); and he is not of us who fights in the cause of tribal partisanship; and he is not of us who dies in the cause of tribal partisanship.”
[1] When he was asked to explain the meaning of “tribal partisanship”, the Prophet (pbuh) answered, “
It means helping your own people in an unjust cause”
[2], and this applies to Arab partisanships as much as it does to any other relationship.