Iqtiḍāʾ al-Ṣirāṭ al-Mustaqīm - Ibn Taimiya - (2/63)

Iqtiḍāʾ al-Ṣirāṭ al-MustaqīmIbn Taimiya

There is also a difference of opinion regarding the Almighty’s words:
“ For every community We have appointed a rite, so that they may invoke the name of Allah over the livestock He has provided them” (al-Ḥajj 34),

and His words:
“ so that they may benefit from what has been made available to them and proclaim the name of Allah, during appointed days, over the livestock He has provided them” (al-Ḥajj 28).

One view holds that mentioning Allah’s name “over them” applies only when the animals are physically present.

A second view maintains that the phrase is broader, including the remembrance of Allah on their account whether the animals are present or absent, much like His statement, “so that you may extol Allah for having guided you” (al-Baqarah 185).

In reality, both interpretations lead to the same conclusion with respect to His words, “and that which has been slaughtered upon the altars” (al-Māʾidah 3), as we have already indicated.

A third view—weak—claims that the meaning is “upon the name of the altars.” This is feeble, for that sense is already covered by His saying, “and that over which any name other than Allah’s has been invoked” (al-Māʾidah 3); accepting it would render the verse redundant. Nevertheless, the wording could linguistically bear such a reading, as al-Bukhārī relates in his Ṣaḥīḥ from Mūsā ibn ʿUqbah, from Sālim, that Ibn ʿUmar—may Allah be pleased with them both—used to report that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, met Zayd ibn ʿAmr ibn Nufayl at Baldah, in the lower part of the valley

(1) Surah al-Hajj, part of verse 34. (2) Surah al-Hajj, part of verse 28. (3) Surah al-Baqara, part of verse 185. (4) Musa ibn Uqba ibn Abi Ayyash al-Asadi, the freedman of the family of al-Zubayr, was a trustworthy jurist and leading authority on the Maghazi; all six canonical collections transmit his reports. He died in 141 AH. See: Taqrib al-Tahdhib, 2/286, no. 1486. (5) Salim ibn Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab, the Medinan jurist, ranked among the foremost of the tabiʿin for knowledge, jurisprudence, scrupulousness, devotion, and piety; he closely resembled his father in demeanor and conduct and was a prolific, reliable transmitter of hadith. He died in 106 AH. See: Tahdhib al-Tahdhib, 3/438. (6) Zayd ibn Amr ibn Nufayl al-ʿAdawi, father of Saʿid ibn Zayd and cousin of Umar ibn al-Khattab. Ibn Hajar states in al-Isaba: “Al-Baghawi, Ibn Mandah and others counted him among the Companions, though this is questionable because he died five years before the Prophet’s mission.” He was one of those who followed the hanifiyya (pure monotheism) during the pre-Islamic period. See: al-Isaba, 1/569, no. 2923.

الاختلاف في قوله: {وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ جَعَلْنَا مَنْسَكًا لِيَذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللَّهِ عَلَى مَا رَزَقَهُمْ مِنْ بَهِيمَةِ الْأَنْعَامِ} [الحج: ٣٤] (١) وقوله تعالى {لِيَشْهَدُوا مَنَافِعَ لَهُمْ وَيَذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللَّهِ فِي أَيَّامٍ مَعْلُومَاتٍ عَلَى مَا رَزَقَهُمْ مِنْ بَهِيمَةِ الْأَنْعَامِ} [الحج: ٢٨] (٢) . فإنه قد قيل: المراد بذكر اسم الله عليها، إذا كانت حاضرة. وقيل: بل يعم ذكره لأجلها في مغيبها وشهودها، بمنزلة قوله تعالى {وَلِتُكَبِّرُوا اللَّهَ عَلَى مَا هَدَاكُمْ} [البقرة: ١٨٥] (٣) . وفي الحقيقة: مآل القولين إلى شيء واحد في قوله تعالى: {وَمَا ذُبِحَ عَلَى النُّصُبِ} [المائدة: ٣] كما قد أومأنا إليه. وفيها قول ثالث ضعيف: أن المعنى على اسم النصب. وهذا ضعيف؛ لأن هذا المعنى حاصل من قوله تعالى: {وَمَا أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ بِهِ} [المائدة: ٣] فيكون تكريرا. لكن اللفظ يحتمله، كما روى البخاري في صحيحه عن موسى بن عقبة (٤) عن سالم (٥) «عن ابن عمر -رضي الله عنهما- أنه كان يحدث عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه لقي زيد بن عمرو بن نفيل (٦) بأسفل

(١) سورة الحج: من الآية ٣٤. (٢) سورة الحج: من الآية ٢٨. (٣) سورة البقرة: من الآية ١٨٥. (٤) هو: موسى بن عقبة بن أبي عياش الأسدي، مولى آل الزبير، ثقة فقيه، إمام في المغازي، أخرج له الستة، توفي سنة (١٤١هـ) . انظر: تقريب التهذيب (٢ / ٢٨٦) ، (ت١٤٨٦) . (٥) هو: سالم بن عبد الله بن عمر بن الخطاب، المدني الفقيه، من أئمة التابعين علمًا وفقهًا وورعًا وعبادة وتقى، وكان يشبه أباه في السمت والهدي، ومن الرواة الثقات المكثرين للحديث. توفي سنة (١٠٦هـ) . انظر: تهذيب التهذيب (٣ / ٤٣٨) . (٦) هو: زيد بن عمرو بن نفيل العدوي، والد سعيد بن زيد، وابن عم عمر بن الخطاب. قال ابن حجر في الإصابة: " ذكره البغوي وابن منده وغيرهما من الصحابة، وفيه نظر؛ لأنه مات قبل البعثة بخمس سنين "، وهو ممن كان على دين الحنيفية في الجاهلية. انظر: الإصابة (١ / ٥٦٩) ، (ت٢٩٢٣) .