Al-Hisba fi al-Islam - Ibn Taimiya - (5)

Al-Hisba fi al-IslamIbn Taimiya

In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.

Introduction:
Shaykh al-Islam Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad, son of the eminent scholar Shaykh Shihāb al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm, son of the eminent scholar Majd al-Dīn Abū al-Barakāt ʿAbd al-Salām Ibn Taymiyyah—may Allah have mercy on him—said:1

All praise is due to Allah. We seek His help, His guidance, and His forgiveness, and we repent to Him. We seek refuge in Allah from the evils within ourselves and from the consequences of our deeds. Whomever Allah guides, none can misguide; and whomever He allows to stray, none can guide. We bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship but Allah, alone without partner, and we bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger. He sent him, just before the Hour, as a bearer of glad tidings and a warner, inviting to Allah by His permission and as an illuminating lamp. Through him Allah guided those who were lost, gave sight to the blind, directed those in error, and opened eyes that were blind, ears that were deaf, and hearts that were sealed. He delivered the message, fulfilled the trust, sincerely advised the community, strove in Allah’s cause as true striving, and worshiped Allah until certainty came to him from his Lord. May Allah—

(1) Shaykh al-Islam Taqi al-Din Abu al-Abbas Ahmad b. Abd al-Halim b. Abd al-Salam b. Abd Allah b. Abi al-Qasim al-Numayri al-Harrani al-Dimashqi al-Hanbali, better known as Ibn Taymiyya (661–728 AH / 1263–1328 CE). Born in Harran, he moved with his father to Damascus, where his precocious talent quickly became evident. Summoned to Cairo because of a legal opinion he had issued, he was imprisoned for a time, then released and returned to Damascus in 712 AH. Arrested again in 720 AH, released, and finally re-arrested, he died in the Citadel of Damascus; the entire city attended his funeral. A reform-minded scholar, he excelled in Quranic exegesis and legal theory, and was noted for the harmony between his pen and his tongue. — His grandfather, Abu al-Barakat Majd al-Din Abd al-Salam b. Taymiyya, was a Hanbali jurist, traditionist, and exegete, born and deceased in Harran.

﷽ مقدمة: قال شيخ الإسلام أبو العباس، أحمد ابن الشيخ الإمام العالم شهاب الدين عبد الحليم، ابن الشيخ الإمام مجد الدين أبي البركات عبد السلام بن تيمية رحمة الله عليه١: الحمد لله نستعينه، ونستهديه، ونستغفره ونتوب إليه، ونعوذ بالله من شرور أنفسنا وسيئات أعمالنا، من يهده الله فلا مضل له ومن يضلل فلا هادي له. ونشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له، ونشهد أن محمدًا عبده ورسوله، أرسله بين يدي الساعة بشيرًا ونذيرًا، وداعيًا إلى الله بإذنه وسراجًا منيرًا، فهدى به من الضلالة, وبصر به من العمى، وأرشد به من الغي، وفتح به أعينًا عميًا، وآذانًا صمًّا، وقلوبًا غلفًا، حيث بلغ الرسالة، وأدى الأمانة، ونصح الأمة، وجاهد في الله حق جهاده، وَعَبَدَ الله حتى أتاه اليقين من ربه، صلى الله

١ هو شيخ الإسلام: أحمد بن عبد الحليم بن عبد السلام بن عبد الله بن أبي القاسم النميري الحراني الدمشقي الحنبلي، أبو العباس تقي الدين بن تيمية: الإمام، ولد في حران وتحول به أبوه إلى دمشق فنبغ واشتهر. وطلب إلى مصر من أجل فتوى أفتي بها فقصدها، فتعصب عليه جماعة من أهلها فسجن مدة، ومن ثم أطلق فعاد إلى دمشق سنة ٧١٢هـ، واعتقل بها سنة ٧٢٠هـ، وأطلق، ثم اعتقل ثانية ومات مسجونًا بقلعة دمشق، فخرجت دمشق كلها في جنازته، وكان داعية إصلاح في الدين، آية في التفسير والأصول، فصيح اللسان، قلمه ولسانه متقاربان، عاش من ٦٦١ إلى ٧٢٨هـ- وكان جده أبو البركات مجد الدين عبد السلام بن تيمية فقيهًا حنبليًّا، محدثًا، مفسرًا، ولد بحران وتوفي بها.