Majmu' al-Fatawa - Ibn Taimiya - (27/49)

the Quran, in four passages, that there is blessing.] (*)

There is no doubt that Islam and its supporters have a stronger presence there—in heart, action, and speech—than elsewhere. The ascendancy of faith and the suppression of disbelief and hypocrisy there have no equivalent elsewhere.

As for the aforementioned reports about fasting and not fasting, and about blessing being divided into seventy-one portions between Greater Syria and Iraq in the manner described, we have not heard this from any of the scholars. And Allah knows best.

He was also asked:

Did ʿĀʾishah, the wife of the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—enter Damascus and relate hadiths to the people in its congregational mosque, or not?

He answered:

Praise be to Allah. None of the wives of the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—entered Damascus, neither ʿĀʾishah nor any other wife. And Allah knows best.

Shaykh Nāsir ibn Hamad al-Fahd said (p. 211): Two points should be noted here: First: Some text has been omitted. The correct wording is “and the Quran indicates that blessing is found there,” or something similar. Second: The Shaykh—may Allah have mercy on him—states in 27/44 and 27/505 that the blessing of al-Shām (Greater Syria) is mentioned in five passages of the Quran. This is correct and accords with the Quran. What appears here may therefore be a slip of the pen. And Allah knows best.

الْقُرْآنُ عَلَى أَنَّ الْبَرَكَةَ فِي أَرْبَعِ مَوَاضِعَ] (*) وَلَا رَيْبَ أَنَّ ظُهُورَ الْإِسْلَامِ وَأَعْوَانِهِ فِيهِ بِالْقَلْبِ وَالْيَدِ وَاللِّسَانِ أَقْوَى مِنْهُ فِي غَيْرِهِ وَفِيهِ مِنْ ظُهُورِ الْإِيمَانِ وَقَمْعِ الْكُفْرِ وَالنِّفَاقِ مَا لَا يُوجَدُ فِي غَيْرِهِ. وَأَمَّا مَا ذُكِرَ: مِنْ حَدِيثِ الْفِطْرِ وَالصِّيَامِ وَأَنَّ الْبَرَكَةَ وَاحِدٌ وَسَبْعُونَ جُزْءًا بِالشَّامِ وَالْعِرَاقِ عَلَى مَا ذُكِرَ: فَهَذَا لَمْ نَسْمَعْهُ عَنْ أَحَدٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ. وَاَللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ. وَسُئِلَ أَيْضًا: هَلْ دَخَلَتْ عَائِشَةُ زَوْجُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إلَى دِمَشْقَ وَكَانَتْ تُحَدِّثُ النَّاسَ بِجَامِعِ دِمَشْقَ أَمْ لَا؟ فَأَجَابَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، لَمْ يَدْخُلْ دِمَشْقَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؛ لَا عَائِشَةُ وَلَا غَيْرُهَا. وَاَللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ.

قال الشيخ ناصر بن حمد الفهد (ص ٢١١): هنا تنبيهان: الأول: أنه قد حصل سقط، وصواب العبارة (ودل القرآن على أن البركة فيها) أو نحوها. الثاني: قد ذكر الشيخ رحمه الله في ٢٧/ ٤٤، وفي ٢٧/ ٥٠٥ أن بركة الشام مذكورة في خمس مواضع من القرآن، وهو الصحيح الموافق للقرآن، فلعل ما هنا سبق قلم، والله أعلم.