The Imams warned about the people who condemn their brothers and sisters who do tabarra from Abu Bakr and Umar. Those who distance themselves from those who distance themselves from Abu Bakr and Umar are major sinners.
Imam Aʾbi J’afar (as) said:
The greatest of the kābaʾir (major sins), is the person that says, “I disassociate myself from the person that disassociates himself from Aʾbi Bākr and Omar.”
وَعَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ: أكْبَرُ الكَبَائِرِ، صَاحِبُ القَوْلِ الَّذِي يَقُولُ: أنَا أبْرَأُ مِمَّنْ يَبْرَأُ مِنْ أبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ
Mustādrak al-Wāsaʾil, volume 11, page 358, ḥādith (13256).
Another narration makes it clear as to why this disunity is so problematic.
Some of those who claim the love for us, the Prophet's household, are more dangerous for our Shia than the ordeal of the Dajjal.
I asked: How are they more dangerous? The Imam (عليه السلام) answered:
They support our enemies and antagonize our followers. When this occurs, the Truth will be confused with the Falsehood and the whole matter will be perplexed. Then the Believers can't be distinguished from the Hypocrites.
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