´It was narrated that Tha'labah bin Zahdam said:` "some people from Banu Tha'labah came to the Prophet when he was delivering a speech and a man said; "O Messenger of Allah, these are Banu Tha'labah bin Yarbu' who killed so and so' - one of the Companions of the Prophet The Prophet said: "No soul is affected by the sin of another.
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Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
In the Age of Ignorance (Jahiliyyah), if an individual committed a crime, the entire tribe would be considered guilty. Whoever from the tribe was caught would be subjected to retaliation. The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) sensed a trace of this mentality in the statement of the Ansar, as they mentioned the crime of one person from a tribe upon seeing another individual from that tribe. Therefore, he (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) explicitly refuted this notion in clear words.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 4837