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sufficient unto you is a loss! When you were thirsty for pure water, you made the dog take part in
licking the rim. You want to break the non‐Arabs through an oration, and the hunting of a mouse
makes you forget noble deeds. You wear old clothes and graze the sheep in the desert.[1]
The movement of al‐ shi‘ubiya reached zenith during the days of al‐Mehdi and of Harun. That was
because of the influence and control of the Beramika over the government.
Anyway, this inclination created an enmity among the Muslims and divided their ranks. The Arab
and non‐Arab poets and writers satirized and cursed each other. Al‐Khuzaymi says:
O Abu al‐Seghd, when a camel lends me its glory, then that is a harm. And of my neighbor’s
morals is ignorance. O Camel, if you show vainglory or adorn yourself, then the religion and
reason is far above pride. I think that people are equal in life; and I think that no grave has
exaltedness and excellence over another. That Yehabir did not bear me, Jerm and ‘Aqel did not
include me did not harm me. If you do not protect the old with a new glory, then that which was
before does not avail you.[2] Indeed talking about al‐ shi‘ubiya is painful. For this quality and other
corrupt qualities lead to the division of the Muslim, the split of their unity, the spread of enmity
and hatred among them.
[1] Ahmed Hasanayn, Bashshar b. Burd Shi'rahu wa Akhbarahu, p. 56.
[2] Duha al‐Islam, vol. 1, p. 66.
The Attitude of Islam toward it
The attitude of Islam is distinguished by strictness toward all corrupt qualities that split the unity
of the Muslims and spread disagreement among them. Since the appearance of its light, Islam has
declared that the Muslims are one hand, the link of the religion is stronger than that of lineage.
The Prophet, may Allah bless him and his family, condemned all racial, fanatical instincts. A
hypocrite sneered at the adhan of Bilal, for he was unable to pronounce the letter sheen, and he
pronounced it seen. He would say: Ashed anna la ilaha illa Allah. Bilal wen to Allah’s Apostle, may
Allah bless him and his family, and told him about the sneering of the people at him. Allah’s
Apostle, may Allah bless him and his family, became displeased and said:
“Indeed the seen of Bilal is sheen with Allah.”
Condemning the hypocrites, he, may Allah bless him and his family, said: “Indeed the seen of Bilal
is better than your sheen.” While the Prophet, may Allah bless him and his family, was sitting with
Selman al‐Farisi, Bilal al‐Hebeshi, Suhayb al‐Rumi, and other weak believers, al‐Eqre‘ b. Habis al‐
Temimi, ‘Uyayna b. Husayn al‐Ferazi, and other Arab chiefs came and said to him:
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