Majmu' al-Fatawa - Ibn Taimiya - (11/87)

nor a sun, nor a moon, nor anything else”—is it authentic or not?

Is the “brotherhood” that shaykhs establish among the Sufi poor at gatherings for devotional listening and elsewhere permissible at such gatherings and similar occasions? Did the Messenger of Allah—may Allah Most High bless him and grant him peace—establish brotherhood between the Emigrants and the Helpers, or between each Emigrant and a Helper? Did the Messenger of Allah—may Allah Most High bless him and grant him peace—take ʿAlī ibn Abī Tālib—may Allah honour his countenance—as his brother or not? Explain this to us with reasons and clear evidence, and provide a thorough, satisfying answer—may you be rewarded. May Allah Most High reward you.

He replied:

Praise be to Allah. As for the aforementioned practice of clothing someone in the garb of “chivalry,” whether trousers or something else, and giving a drink of salt and water, this is invalid and has no basis. Neither the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—nor any of his Companions, neither ʿAlī ibn Abī Tālib nor anyone else, nor those who followed them in righteousness, did this.

The chain of transmission they cite, through the caliph al-Nāsir to ʿAbd al-Jabbār to Thumāma, cannot serve as evidence and includes unknown individuals. It is not permissible for a Muslim to attribute to the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—through such an obscure chain of transmission

وَلَا شَمْسًا وَلَا قَمَرًا. وَلَا غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ} صَحِيحٌ هُوَ أَمْ لَا؟ وَهَلْ " الْأُخُوَّةُ " الَّتِي يُؤَاخِيهَا الْمَشَايِخُ بَيْنَ الْفُقَرَاءِ فِي السَّمَاعِ وَغَيْرِهِ يَجُوزُ فِعْلُهَا فِي السَّمَاعِ وَنَحْوِهِ أَمْ لَا؟ وَهَلْ آخَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَيْنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنْصَارِ؟ أَمْ بَيْنَ كُلِّ مهاجري وَأَنْصَارِيٍّ؟ وَهَلْ آخَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ - كَرَّمَ اللَّهُ وَجْهَهُ - أَمْ لَا؟ بَيِّنُوا لَنَا ذَلِكَ بِالتَّعْلِيلِ وَالْحُجَّةِ الْمُبَيِّنَةِ وَابْسُطُوا لَنَا الْجَوَابَ فِي ذَلِكَ بَسْطًا شَافِيًا مَأْجُورِينَ. أَثَابَكُمْ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى. فَأَجَابَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، أَمَّا مَا ذُكِرَ مِنْ إلْبَاسِ لِبَاسِ " الْفُتُوَّةِ " السَّرَاوِيلَ أَوْ غَيْرَهُ وَإِسْقَاءِ الْمِلْحِ وَالْمَاءِ فَهَذَا بَاطِلٌ لَا أَصْلَ لَهُ وَلَمْ يَفْعَلْ هَذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ. لَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَلَا غَيْرُهُ وَلَا مِنْ التَّابِعِينَ لَهُمْ بِإِحْسَانِ. وَالْإِسْنَادُ الَّذِي يَذْكُرُونَهُ مِنْ طَرِيقِ الْخَلِيفَةِ النَّاصِرِ إلَى عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ إلَى ثُمَامَةَ فَهُوَ إسْنَادٌ لَا تَقُومُ بِهِ حُجَّةٌ وَفِيهِ مَنْ لَا يُعْرَفُ وَلَا يَجُوزُ لِمُسْلِمِ أَنْ يَنْسُبَ إلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ الْمَجْهُولِ