عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ الشَّامِيِّ مِنْ أَهْلِ فِلَسْطِينَ عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهَا فَسِيلَةُ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي وَاثِلَةَ بْنَ الْأَسْقَعِ يَقُولُ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَمِنَ الْعَصَبِيَّةِ أَنْ يُحِبَّ الرَّجُلُ قَوْمَهُ قَالَ ((لَا وَلَكِنْ مِنَ الْعَصَبِيَّةِ أَنْ يَنْصُرَ الرَّجُلُ قَوْمَهُ عَلَى الظُّلْمِ))
‘Ubad bin Kathir al-Shami, who was a resident of Palestine, narrates from a woman named Fasilah from his family. She narrated from her father, Sayyiduna Wathilah bin Asqa‘ (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! Is a man’s love for his own people considered ‘asabiyyah (tribalism)? He (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: No, ‘asabiyyah is when a person helps his people in wrongdoing.