(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا
مُحَمَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا
شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ
سِمَاكٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ
عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يُحَدِّثُ ، عَنْ
أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ شُعْبَةُ : وَأَحْسِبُهُ قَدْ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " مَثَلُ الَّذِي يُعِينُ عَشِيرَتَهُ عَلَى غَيْرِ الْحَقِّ ، مَثَلُ الْبَعِيرِ رُدِّيَ فِي بِئْرٍ ، فَهُوَ يَمُدُّ بِذَنَبِهِ " .
It is narrated, most likely as a marfu’ hadith, from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that whoever supports and assists his people in something that is unjust and wrong, his example is like that of a camel which falls into a well, and then tries to get out of the well by relying on its tail.