The Tribes and the Alliances
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. Who is it that says that the existing tribes are merely people who gather together and do not descend from a single ancestor, meaning they are alliances (ahlaf) based on historical facts? Did he not say in the chapter on the factions (ahzab) that the historical evidence points to this?
The Shaykh:
Yes, among the tribes there are pure tribes and there are tribes that are alliances (ahlaf) based on proximity. This does not harm them; they are all Arabs, and this does not harm them. I am present in the old era regarding the issue of proximity and alliances, and this is not considered a disparagement of the ancestors. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. Who is it that says that the existing tribes are merely people who gather together and do not descend from a single ancestor, meaning they are alliances (ahlaf) based on historical facts? Did he not say in the chapter on the factions (ahzab) that the historical evidence points to this?
The Shaykh:
Yes, among the tribes there are pure tribes and there are tribes that are alliances (ahlaf) based on proximity. This does not harm them; they are all Arabs, and this does not harm them. I am present in the old era regarding the issue of proximity and alliances, and this is not considered a disparagement of the ancestors. Yes.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب من الإيمان بالله الصبر على أقدار الله — islamhouse.com (1:03:15)
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