Nasb-and-the-Nawasib

This is exactly what al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan 1 told a person who was exaggerating
regarding the Ahl al-Bayt:
ويحكم!‏ أحبونا لله،‏ فإن أطعنا الله فأحبونا،‏ وإن عصينا الله فأبغضونا.‏ قال فقال له الرجل:‏ إنكم قرابة
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وأهل بيته.‏ فقال:‏ لو كان الله مانعا بفرابة من رسول الله أحدا بغير طاعة
الله لنفع ذلك من هو أقرب إليه منا أبا وأما
“Woe to you! Love us for the sake of Allah; if we obey Allah then love us,
and if we disobey Allah then hate us.” The man thus said to him, “You are
the relatives of Rasūl Allāh H and his Ahl al-Bayt.” To which he replied,
“If Allah were to protect anyone merely on the basis of his relationship
to Rasūl Allāh H without obedience to him it would have benefitted
those who were closer to him paternally and maternally.” 2
The general rule in this regard is that when good and bad, obedience and
disobedience, and adherence to Sunnah and involvement in innovations are
collectively found in a person he will deserve veneration and association to the
extent of his good and disassociation and disregard to the extent of his bad. 3
In addition, when the noble pedigree does not save against the execution of
capital punishments upon those who deserve them according to the unanimity
of the Muslims, 4 then it would more so not earn any of them the privileges of
association and veneration. For example, why would an ʿAlawī 5 deserve any
reverence if all that he does when conquering a city is drink wine openly in the
1 Al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al-Hāshimī, Abū Muḥammad al-ʿAlawī al-Fāṭimī. Ibn Ḥajr has said
regarding him, “a truthful narrator.” I have not come across the date of his demise. See: al-Ṭabaqāt al-
Kubrā 5/319; al-Tārīkh al-Kabīr 2/289; al-Jarḥ wa al-Taʿdīl 3/5; al-Taqrīb wa al-Tahdhīb p. 159.
2 Al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kubrā 5/319.
3 Majmūʿ Fatāwā Shaikh al-Islām 28/209.
4 Minhāj al-Sunnah al-Nabawiyyah 4/586.
5 ʿAlawī is a title use for someone who is attributed to a person whose name is ʿAlī. Four people are
known for this, amongst them is ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib. See: al-Ansāb 4/229. What is meant here is a person
from his lineage.
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