Tafsir al-Uthaymin Juz Amma - Ibn al-'Uthaymin - (139)

Tafsir al-Uthaymin Juz AmmaIbn al-'Uthaymin

, as in the Messenger’s words—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—on the day of Khaybar: “Tomorrow, I shall give the banner to a man who loves Allah and His Messenger, and whom Allah and His Messenger love.” The people spent the night and then went to the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—the following morning, each hoping that it would be given to him. He asked, “Where is Ali ibn Abī Tālib?” They replied, “He is suffering from pain in his eyes.” He sent for him, and when he arrived, he spat into his eye, whereupon it healed immediately as though he had never suffered any pain. He then gave him the banner and said, “Proceed steadily until you reach their territory, then invite them to Islam.” (1)

The relevant point is his statement, (“He loves Allah and His Messenger, and Allah and His Messenger love him”). This affirms that Allah loves this particular man, Ali ibn Abī Tālib. Likewise, when the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—sent a man at the head of a military detachment, the man would lead them in prayer and conclude his recitation with, ﴾Say: He is Allah, the One.﴿ When they returned to the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—they informed him of this, since his practice of concluding the recitation with ﴾Say: He is Allah, the One﴿ was unfamiliar. He said, “Ask him what made him do that.” They asked him, and he replied, “It describes Allah, and I love to recite it.”

The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—then said, “Tell him that Allah loves him.” (2) Here, Allah’s love is attached to a particular individual whom He loves. Allah’s love may also pertain to people designated by their attributes, as in: ﴾Indeed, Allah loves the God-fearing﴿; ﴾Indeed, Allah loves those who do good﴿; and ﴾Indeed, Allah loves those who fight in His cause in ranks, as though they were a solid structure.﴿ [al-Saff: 4]. These do not refer to one particular person, but to anyone characterized by a given quality.

Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, also loves places: “The places most beloved to Allah are their mosques.” (3) The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—also stated that Mecca is the most beloved—

(1) Al-Bukhārī, Book of the Merits of the Prophet’s Companions, chapter “The Merits of Alī ibn Abī Tālib, may Allah be pleased with him,” no. 3702; and Muslim, Book of the Merits of the Companions, chapter “The Merits of Alī ibn Abī Tālib, may Allah be pleased with him,” no. 2406 (34). (2) Al-Bukhārī, Book of *Tawhīd* (Allah’s oneness), chapter “Reports Concerning the Prophet’s Call to His Community to Affirm the Oneness of Allah, Mighty and Majestic,” no. 7375; and Muslim, Book of the Prayer of Travelers, chapter “The Virtue of ‘Say: He is Allah, the One,’” no. 813 (263). (3) Muslim, Book of Mosques, chapter “The Virtue of Remaining in One’s Place of Prayer after the Dawn Prayer and the Virtue of Mosques,” no. 671 (288).

معين مثل قول الرسول ﵊ في يوم خيبر: «لأعطين الراية غداً رجلاً يحب الله ورسوله، ويحبه الله ورسوله» فبات الناس ثم غدوا إلى رسول الله ﷺ كلهم يرجوا أن يُعطاها فقال: «أين علي بن أبي طالب» ؟ قالوا: يشتكي عينيه فدعا به فأتى فبصق في عينه فبرأ كأن لم يكن به وجع في الحال، ثم أعطاه الراية وقال: «انفذ على رسلك حتى تنزل بساحتهم ثم ادعهم إلى الإسلام» (١) . الشاهد قوله: (يحب الله ورسوله ويحبه الله ورسوله) فهنا أثبت أن الله يحب هذا الرجل بعينه علي بن أبي طالب، ولما بعث النبي ﷺ رجلاً على سرية صار يقرأ لهم في الصلاة ويختم القراءة بـ ﴿قل هو الله أحد﴾ فلما رجعوا إلى النبي ﷺ أخبروه بذلك، لأن عمله هذا وهو أنه يختم القراءة بـ ﴿قل هو الله أحد﴾ غير معروف، فقال: «سلوه لأي شيء كان يصنع ذلك» ؟ فسألوه فقال: إنها صفة الله وأنا أحب أن أقرأها. فقال النبي ﷺ: «أخبروه أن الله يحبه» (٢) ، فهنا المحبة علقت بشخص معين يحبه الله، وقد تكون محبة الله بمعينين بأوصافهم مثل: ﴿إن الله يحب المتقين﴾ ﴿إن الله يحب المحسنين﴾ ﴿إن الله يحب الذين يقاتلون في سبيله صفًّا كأنهم بنيان مرصوص﴾ [الصف: ٤] . هذها ليست في شخص معين لكن في شخص موصوف بصفة، كذلك يحب الله ﷾ الأماكن «أحب البقاع إلى الله مساجدها» (٣) ، وأخبر النبي ﵊ أن مكة أحب

(١) أخرجه البخاري كتاب فضائل أصحاب النبي ﷺ، باب مناقب على بن أبي طالب ﵁ (٣٧٠٢) ومسلم، كتاب فضائل الصحابة، باب من فضائل على بن أبي طالب ﵁ (٢٤٠٦) (٣٤) . (٢) أخرجه البخاري كتاب التوحيد، باب ما جاء في دعاء النبي ﷺ أمته إلى توحيد الله ﵎ (٧٣٧٥) ومسلم كتاب صلاة المسافرين، باب فضل "قل هو الله أحد" (٨١٣) (٢٦٣) (٣) أخرجه مسلم كتاب المساجد باب فضل الجلوس في مصلاه بعد الصبح وفضل المساجد (٦٧١) (٢٨٨) .