Al-Sharḥ al-Mumtiʿ - Ibn al-'Uthaymin - (14/435)

Al-Sharḥ al-MumtiʿIbn al-'Uthaymin

from following him and accepting what he was sent with; or says, “I need Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, for outward knowledge, but not for inward knowledge,” or, “for knowledge of the Sacred Law, but not for knowledge of ultimate reality”; or says, “Some of the awliyā’ (close allies of Allah) may depart from his Sacred Law, just as al-Khidr was permitted to depart from the law of Moses”; or that the guidance of someone other than the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, is more complete than his guidance—then he is a disbeliever.” All of these statements have indeed been made, and Shaykh al-Islam holds that such a person is a disbeliever. Whoever asserts this is an apostate disbeliever. Indeed, whoever claims that there is any guidance equal to that of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, is a disbeliever.

He said: “Whoever thinks that Allah’s saying, ‘And your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him,’ means ‘He has predestined,’ such that since Allah has predestined nothing except that it occurs, idol worshippers worship none but Allah—then such a person is among those who most grievously disbelieve in all the Scriptures.” That is, he says: Your Lord has decreed, in the universal creational sense, that we worship none but Allah; consequently, everything we worship is Allah, because Allah has decreed it in the creational sense, and His creational decree cannot fail to occur. Thus, everything we worship is decreed, and we worship none but Allah. Shaykh al-Islam says: This is among the gravest forms of disbelief—and he is correct. We say that, “And your Lord has decreed,” means a legislative decree: that we worship none but Allah. A legislative decree may not be carried out.

He said: “Whoever regards hashish as lawful has disbelieved, without dispute.” Hashish is something that is eaten and intoxicates; whoever says that it is lawful is a disbeliever without dispute, just as one who regards wine as lawful.

He said: “It is not permissible to curse the Torah. Whoever curses it without qualification is to be asked to repent; if he repents, then well and good; otherwise, he is to be executed.” This is because the Torah is a Book sent down from Allah, and we must believe in it. However, we are not required to believe that what is in their possession

عن اتباعه، وأَخْذِ ما بُعث به، أو قال: أنا محتاج إلى محمد في علم الظاهر، دون علم الباطن، أو في علم الشريعة دون علم الحقيقة، أو قال: إن من الأولياء من يسعه الخروج من شريعته، كما وسع الخَضِرَ الخروجُ عن شريعة موسى، أو إن هُدى غير النبي ﷺ أكمل من هديه فهو كافر» كل هذا قد قيل به، وشيخ الإسلام يرى أنه كافر، فمن زعم ذلك كان كافراً مرتداً، بل إن من زعم أن هناك هدياً مساوياً لهدي النبي ﷺ فهو كافر. قال: «من ظن أن قوله تعالى: ﴿وَقَضَى رَبُّكَ أَلاَّ تَعْبُدُوا إِلاَّ إِيَّاهُ﴾ بمعنى قَدَّر، فإن الله ما قدَّر شيئاً إلا وقع، وجعل عُبَّادَ الأصنام ما عبدوا إلا الله، فإن هذا من أعظم الناس كفراً بالكتب كلها» أي: قال: قضى ربك قضاء كونياً ألا نعبد إلا الله فلازم ذلك أن كل شيء نعبده فهو الله؛ لأن الله قضاه قضاء كونياً، والقضاء الكوني لا يتخلف، فمعنى ذلك أن كل ما عبدناه فهو مقضيٌّ، ونحن لا نعبد إلا الله، فيقول شيخ الإسلام: هذا أعظم ما يكون من الكفر، وهو صحيح، ونحن نقول: ﴿وَقَضَى رَبُّكَ﴾ يعني قضاءً شرعيّاً ألا نعبد إلا الله، والقضاء الشرعي قد يتخلف. قال: «من استحل الحشيشة كفر بلا نزاع» الحشيشة شيء يؤكل ويسكر، فمن يقول: هو حلال يكفر بلا نزاع، مثل من استحل الخمر. وقال: «لا يجوز أن يلعن التوراة، ومن أطلق لعنها يستتاب فإن تاب وإلا قتل» لأن التوراة كتاب منزل من عند الله، يجب علينا أن نؤمن به، لكن لا يجب علينا أن نؤمن أن ما في أيدي