Al-Siyasa al-Shar'iyya - Ibn Taimiya - (الكتاب/166)

Al-Siyasa al-Shar'iyyaIbn Taimiya

say: “A people will emerge from my ummah who recite the Quran. Your recitation will be as nothing compared with theirs (1), your prayer as nothing compared with theirs, and your fasting as nothing compared with theirs. They will recite the Quran, believing it to be in their favor, whereas it will be against them. Their prayers (2) will not pass beyond their collarbones. They will pass clean through Islam just as an arrow passes through its quarry. If the army that confronts them knew what had been decreed for them through the words of their Prophet, they would desist from all other deeds.”

Abū Saʿīd also narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in this hadith: “They will kill the people of Islam and leave the idolaters alone. If I live to encounter them, I will surely kill them as the people of ʿĀd were killed.” Narrated by al-Bukhārī and Muslim (3).

In another narration by Muslim (4): “My ummah will divide into two factions, and a renegade group will emerge from between them. Whichever of the two factions is closer to the truth will undertake to kill them.”

These were the people whom the Commander of the Faithful, Alī (may Allah be pleased with him), killed when the division (5) arose between the people of Iraq and Syria. They were known as the Harūriyya. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made clear that both contending factions belonged to his ummah and that Alī’s companions were closer to the truth. He urged fighting only those renegades (6) who had departed Islam, broken away from the Muslim community, and deemed the lives and property of all other Muslims lawful. It is established by the Quran, the Sunnah, and the consensus of the ummah that whoever departs from Islamic law is to be fought, even if he pronounces the two testimonies of faith.

(1) (ظ، ي) read: “your reciters compared with theirs”; (ب) reads: “their recitation compared with yours.” The subsequent phrases follow the same pattern. (2) (ف، ظ، ب) read: “their recitation”; it is omitted from (ل). (3) Al-Bukhārī (3344) and Muslim (1064/143). (4) (1065/151). (5) All the other manuscripts read: “occurred.” (6) The base manuscript reads *al-māriqūn* (“the renegades”); the reading printed here, *al-māriqīn*, is taken from the other manuscripts.

يقول: «يخرج قوم من أمتي يقرؤون القرآن ليس قراءتكم إلى قراءتهم (١) بشيء، ولا صلاتكم إلى صلاتهم بشيء، ولا صيامكم إلى صيامهم بشيء، يقرؤون القرآن يحسبونه أنه لهم وهو عليهم، لا تجاوزُ صلاتُهم (٢) تراقِيَهم، يمرقون من الإسلام كما يمرق السهم من الرَّميَّة، لو يعلم الجيش الذين يصيبونهم ما قُضِي لهم على لسان نبيهم، لنكلوا عن العمل». وعن أبي سعيد عن النبي ﷺ في هذا الحديث: «يقتلون أهل الإسلام ويدعون أهل الأوثان، لئن أدركتهم لأقتلنهم قتل عاد» متفق عليه (٣). وفي رواية لمسلم (٤): «تكون أمتي فرقتين، فتخرج من بينهما مارِقةٌ تلي قتلَهم أولاهما بالحق». فهؤلاء الذين قتلهم أمير المؤمنين علي ﵁ لما خرجت (٥) الفُرقة بين أهل العراق والشام، وكانوا يسمون: الحرورية= بيَّن النبي ﷺ أن كلا الطائفتين المفترقتين من أمته، وأن أصحاب علي أولى بالحق، ولم يحرِّض إلا على قتال أولئك المارقين (٦) الذين خرجوا من الإسلام، وفارقوا الجماعة، واستحلّوا دماءَ مَن سواهم من المسلمين وأموالهم. وثبت بالكتاب والسنة وإجماع الأمة أنه يُقاتَل من خرج عن شريعة الإسلام وإن تكلم بالشهادتين.

(١) (ظ، ي): «قراؤكم إلى قرائهم»، (ب): «قرائتهم إلى قراءتكم» وهكذا ما بعدها. (٢) (ف، ظ، ب): «قراءتهم»، وسقطت من (ل). (٣) البخاري (٣٣٤٤)، ومسلم (١٠٦٤/ ١٤٣). (٤) (١٠٦٥/ ١٥١). (٥) في سائر النسخ: «حصلت». (٦) الأصل: «المارقون» والمثبت من النسخ.