Al-Risālah al-ʿArshiyyah - Ibn Taimiya - (35)

Al-Risālah al-ʿArshiyyahIbn Taimiya

It is established in the authentic hadith collections and elsewhere that ‘Alī, may Allah be pleased with him, stated that they possessed no secret from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, that was unknown to others, nor any written document apart from what was contained in the scroll. It concerned blood money, the ransoming of captives, and the rule that a Muslim must not be killed in retaliation for a disbeliever.

Furthermore, it is well known that someone whom Allah has appointed to guide and convey His message in clear Arabic, if he never speaks except in terms contrary to the actual, hidden truth, is closer to misguidance and deception than to guidance and clear explanation. A detailed refutation of their position belongs elsewhere.

The point is that everything transmitted from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, on this subject and others is true, each part confirming the others. It accords with the natural disposition of created beings and the sound reason and upright intentions instilled in them. It contradicts neither sound reason, nor upright intention, nor an uncorrupted natural disposition, nor authentic reports reliably transmitted from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

Only someone who accepts a false report, understands it to mean something it does not indicate, or holds a belief he imagines to be rational knowledge when it is ignorance, or an unveiling when it is an obscuration, supposes these to contradict one another—if what he holds conflicts with an authentic transmitted report. Otherwise, he sets sound reason or genuine unveiling against something he supposes to have been transmitted from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, although it is falsely attributed to him, or against wording he supposes to indicate something it does not indicate.

An example is their discussion of the saying attributed to him, may Allah bless him and grant him peace:

“The Black Stone is Allah’s right hand on earth. Whoever shakes hands with it and kisses it is as though he had shaken hands with Allah and kissed

وَقَدْ ثَبَتَ فِي الصِّحَاحِ وَغَيْرِهَا عَنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهُمْ مِنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سِرٌّ لَيْسَ عِنْدَ النَّاسِ، وَلَا كِتَابٌ مَكْتُوبٌ إلَّا مَا كَانَ فِي الصَّحِيفَةِ، وَفِيهَا: الدِّيَاتُ، وفِكَاك الأسير وألا يُقْتَلَ مُسْلِمٌ بِكَافِرِ. ثُمَّ إنَّهُ مِنْ الْمَعْلُومِ أَنَّ مَنْ جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ هَادِيًا مُبَلِّغًا بِلِسَانِ عَرَبِيٍّ مُبِينٍ، إذَا كَانَ لَا يَتَكَلَّمُ قَطُّ إلَّا بِمَا يُخَالِفُ الْحَقَّ الْبَاطِنَ الْحَقِيقِيَّ، فَهُوَ إلَى الضَّلَالِ وَالتَّدْلِيسِ أَقْرَبُ مِنْهُ إلَى الْهُدَى وَالْبَيَانِ، وَبَسْطُ الرَّدِّ عَلَيْهِمْ لَهُ مَوْضِعٌ غَيْرُ هَذَا. والمقصود أن ماجاء عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي هَذَا الْبَابِ وَغَيْرِهِ كُلُّهُ حَقٌّ يُصَدِّقُ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضًا، وَهُوَ مُوَافِقٌ لِفِطْرَةِ الْخَلَائِقِ، وَمَا جُعِلَ فِيهِمْ مِنْ الْعُقُولِ الصَّرِيحَةِ، والقصود الصَّحِيحَة، لَا يُخَالِفُ الْعَقْلَ الصَّرِيحَ، وَلَا الْقَصْدَ الصَّحِيحَ، وَلَا الْفِطْرَةَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَةَ، وَلَا النَّقْلَ الصَّحِيحَ الثَّابِتَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَإِنَّمَا يَظُنُّ تَعَارُضَهَا: مَنْ صَدَّقَ بِبَاطِلِ مِنْ النُّقُولِ، أَوْ فَهِمَ مِنْهُ مَا لَمْ يَدُلَّ عَلَيْهِ، أَوْ اعْتَقَدَ شَيْئًا ظَنَّهُ مِنْ الْعَقْلِيَّاتِ وَهُوَ مِنْ الجهليات، أَوْ مِنْ الْكُشُوفَاتِ وَهُوَ مِنْ الكسوفات إنْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ مُعَارِضًا لِمَنْقُولِ صَحِيحٍ وَإِلَّا عَارَضَ بِالْعَقْلِ الصَّرِيحِ، أَوْ الْكَشْفِ الصَّحِيحِ، مَا يَظُنُّهُ مَنْقُولًا عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَيَكُونُ كَذِبًا عَلَيْهِ، أَوْ مَا يَظُنُّهُ لَفْظًا دَالًّا عَلَى شَيْءٍ وَلَا يَكُونُ دَالًّا عَلَيْهِ، كَمَا ذَكَرُوهُ فِي قَوْلِهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " الْحَجَرُ الْأَسْوَدُ يَمِينُ اللَّهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ، فَمَنْ صَافَحَهُ وَقَبَّلَهُ فَكَأَنَّمَا صَافَحَ الله وقبل