'Asabiyyah (Arabic: عصبيّة, romanized: ʿaṣabiyya, also 'asabiyya, 'group feeling' or 'social cohesion') is a concept of social solidarity with an emphasis on unity, group consciousness, and a sense of shared purpose and social cohesion, originally primarily used in the context of tribalism and clanism.^{[further explanation needed]} In the modern period, it is generally analogous to solidarity.^{[further explanation needed]} However, it is often negatively associated because it can widely used in ethnically and linguistically nationalism or partisanship, i.e., loyalty to one's group regardless of circumstances.

The concept was familiar in the pre-Islamic era, but became popularized in Ibn Khaldun's Muqaddimah, in which it is described as the fundamental bond of human society and the basic motive force of history, pure only in its nomadic form. Ibn Khaldun argued that asabiyya is cyclical and directly relevant to the rise and fall of civilizations: it is strongest at the start of a civilization, declines as the civilization advances, and then another more compelling asabiyyah eventually takes its place to help establish a different civilization.

Zubair Ibn Mutaim RA. Said, Messenger SAW. Said, "Whoever calls people to Asabiyyah or tribalism, fights against Asabiyyah himself and dies on Asabiyyah, that person is not of our party.

— Abu Dawud 5121, Mishkat 4688 (Zayf)

Wahila Ibn Aska RA. Said, one day I asked the Messenger of God, O Messenger of God! What is asabiyat or tribalism? Rasul Sa. He said, Asabiyyah is helping your tribe in wrongdoing.

— Abu Dawud 5119, Mishkat 4686 (Zaif)

On the authority of Huraym Ibn Abdul A'la (R.A.) ..... Jundab Ibn Abdullah Bajali (R.A.). He said that the Messenger of Allah, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: Whoever fights under the banner of aimless leadership, calls for tribalism, and helps because of tribalism, his death is the death of ignorance.

— Sahih Muslim (Hadith Academy) 4686, (Islamic Foundation 4639, Islamic Center 4641) )