Al-Jawāb as-Sahīh li-man baddala dīn al-Masīh - Ibn Taimiya - (2/222)

Al-Jawāb as-Sahīh li-man baddala dīn al-MasīhIbn Taimiya

will enter Hell. All of this he recounts on God’s behalf, mentioning it only as a faithful delivery of his Lord’s message. It is attributed to him solely because he conveyed and transmitted it, not because he devised or initiated it—
just as the Exalted says:
“Indeed, it is but the speech of a noble Messenger” [al-Ḥāqqah: 40] (40)
“and it is not the speech of a poet—how little you believe” [al-Ḥāqqah: 41] (41)
“nor the speech of a soothsayer—how little you take heed” [al-Ḥāqqah: 42] (42)
“a revelation sent down from the Lord of all the worlds” [al-Ḥāqqah: 43] (43)
“Had he fabricated against Us any statements” [al-Ḥāqqah: 44] (44)
“We would have seized him by the right hand” [al-Ḥāqqah: 45] (45)
“then severed his aorta” [al-Ḥāqqah: 46] (46)
“and none of you could have shielded him” [al-Ḥāqqah: 47] (47)
“Yet it is surely a reminder for the God-fearing” [al-Ḥāqqah: 48] (48)
“and We certainly know that among you are those who deny it” [al-Ḥāqqah: 49] (49)
“and indeed it will be a source of anguish for the disbelievers” [al-Ḥāqqah: 50] (50)
“and it is absolute certainty” [al-Ḥāqqah: 51] (51)
“So glorify the name of your Lord, the Most Great” [al-Ḥāqqah: 52] (52)

As for God’s commendation—and that of His Messenger—of the Messiah, his mother, and of anyone who followed him and remained upon the unaltered religion he brought, this is true and in no way conflicts with the obligation to follow Muhammad—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—upon those to whom he was sent. Even if we were to imagine that Christ’s law had never been altered and that Muhammad—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—praised everyone who adhered to it while also declaring, “Allah has sent me to you,” there would still be no contradiction. Should a person be deemed a disbeliever for refusing to believe in him, that would not invalidate the praise he had previously expressed about them before they rejected him.

يَدْخُلُ جَهَنَّمَ وَهَذَا كُلُّهُ يُخْبِرُ بِهِ عَنِ اللَّهِ وَيَذْكُرُهُ تَبْلِيغًا لِرِسَالَةِ رَبِّهِ وَإِنَّمَا يُضَافُ إِلَيْهِ ; لِأَنَّهُ بَلَّغَهُ وَأَدَّاهُ لَا لِأَنَّهُ أَنْشَأَهُ وَابْتَدَأَهُ. كَمَا قَالَ - تَعَالَى -: {إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ} [الحاقة: ٤٠] (٤٠) {وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ قَلِيلًا مَا تُؤْمِنُونَ} [الحاقة: ٤١] (٤١) {وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ قَلِيلًا مَا تَذَكَّرُونَ} [الحاقة: ٤٢] (٤٢) {تَنْزِيلٌ مِنْ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ} [الحاقة: ٤٣] (٤٣) {وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الْأَقَاوِيلِ} [الحاقة: ٤٤] (٤٤) {لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِالْيَمِينِ} [الحاقة: ٤٥] (٤٥) {ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَتِينَ} [الحاقة: ٤٦] (٤٦) {فَمَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَاجِزِينَ} [الحاقة: ٤٧] (٤٧) {وَإِنَّهُ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ} [الحاقة: ٤٨] (٤٨) {وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنْكُمْ مُكَذِّبِينَ} [الحاقة: ٤٩] (٤٩) {وَإِنَّهُ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ} [الحاقة: ٥٠] (٥٠) {وَإِنَّهُ لَحَقُّ الْيَقِينِ} [الحاقة: ٥١] (٥١) {فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ} [الحاقة: ٥٢] وَأَمَّا ثَنَاءُ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ عَلَى الْمَسِيحِ وَأُمِّهِ وَعَلَى مَنِ اتَّبَعَهُ وَكَانَ عَلَى دِينِهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يُبَدَّلْ فَهَذَا حَقٌّ وَهُوَ لَا يُنَافِي وُجُوبَ اتِّبَاعِ مُحَمَّدٍ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - عَلَى مَنْ بُعِثَ إِلَيْهِ فَلَوْ قُدِّرَ أَنَّ شَرِيعَةَ الْمَسِيحِ لَمْ تُبَدَّلْ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - أَثْنَى عَلَى كُلِّ مَنِ اتَّبَعَهَا وَقَالَ مَعَ ذَلِكَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَيْكُمْ لَمْ يَكُنْ ذَلِكَ مُتَنَاقِضًا وَإِذَا كَفَرَ مَنْ لَمْ يُؤْمِنْ بِهِ لَمْ يُنَاقِضْ ذَلِكَ ثَنَاؤُهُ عَلَيْهِمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُكَذِّبُوهُ.