THE SHIA ARE NOT PUNISHED FOR THEIR LOYALTY TO THE IMAMS
Mohamed bin Musa bin al-Mutawakkil (r) narrated to us from Abdullah bin Ja'far al-Hiyari from Ahmed bin Mohammed from al-Hasan bin Mahboub from Husham bin Salem from Habib as-Sejistani from Abu Ja'far Imam al-Baqir that the Prophet (s) said: Allah said:"I will punish every Muslim group who recognized the leadership of any unjust ruler whom I do not select, even if the individuals of such a group are pious and God-fearing. I, likewise, will forgive every Muslim group that recognized (only) the leadership of the just imams whom I appointed, even if the individuals of such a group wrong (themselves) and commit bad deeds.
Refer to Ithbat ul-Hudat; 3:442 H.345, Bihar ul-Anwar; 7:178 H.15 & 68:66 H.120. Similar narration is recorded in Kifayat ul-Talib; 119, Kenz ul-Haqaaiq (in the margins of al-Jami ul-Saghir; 2:21), al-Manaqib; al-Khawarzmi 66, and ad-Durr ul-Manthour; 6:379. Al-Khawarzmi, in his al-Manaqib; 199.