Question:

Who are Nawasib? What they did toward Ahl al-Bait and the Imam of Shi'a? Please give me a brief history of this group of people.

 

Answer:

Al salam alaykum,

Al-Nasebah are the ones who hate the household of the Prophet peace be upon him.

Al-Nasb was known to some of the household of the Ummayads who slandered and libeled Ali bin Abi Talib, like Al-Marwan bin Al-Hakam and his sons. Al-Nasb was present within the people of Al-Sham for some time until it got extinct over there.

Ahl Al-Sunnah had taken a clear way to disavow themselves from the Shia and the Nasebah.

Imam Ibn Taymiyah, may Allah have mercy on his soul said, “Ahl Al-Sunnah befriend every believer; they speak with just and knowledge; they are not people of ignorance or desire; they disavow themselves from the Shia and the Nasibah; befriend everyone who came before them (the Muslim ones); they know the prestige of the Companions, their virtues, and their merits; they take care of the rights of Ahl Al-Bayt that Allah had decreed for them; they do not agree to what Al-Mukhtar and other liars did, nor what Al-Hajjaj and other oppressors did; and they know the levels of the people who preceded them: they know that Abu Bakr and Omar have the most virtues that none of the Companions, Othman, or Ali had achieved.” [Minhaj Al-Sunnah, 2/71]

wa al salam alaykum,