Nasb-and-the-Nawasib

المراد به ‏)أي الناصب(‏ من نصب العداوة لهل البيت أو لحدهم،‏ وأظهر العداوة لهم صريحا أو لزوما،‏
ككراهة ذكرهم ونشر فضائلهم واإلعراض عن مناقبهم من حيث إنها مناقبهم والعداوة لمحبيهم بسبب
محبتهم.‏
It refers, the term Nāṣib, to any person who proclaims hatred for the
Ahl al-Bayt or any of them, or displays hatred for them openly or subtly.
For example by disliking their mention and promulgating their merits,
ignoring their virtues just because they enjoy them and hating their lovers
merely because of their love. 1
Here he is trying to combine all the various views and narrations on the topic by
categorising the disillusionment with the Ahl al-Bayt into two:
1.
2.
Open: like disliking their mention and their merits, ignoring their virtues
due to them being virtues.
Subtle: despising their lovers merely because of their love.
The reason for concocting this far-fetched definition is to try and combine all
the various definitions and unify them. But it is no better than beating cold iron.
Because whoever has used the word ʿAdāwah (hatred) has used it in its literal
meaning which is well-known. He has not used it to refer to some possible
scenarios which could possibly fall part of it. If that was the case they could have
used words like Inkār (denial/rejection), etc.
Likewise the fact that some of them have added the word Yasubbu (to revile) in
the definition compromises this combination (of open and subtle opposition).
This is besides the fact that some of them have denied subtle opposition altogether
(and have not considered it to be warranting of Naṣb).
1 Rawḍ al-Jinān p. 157.
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