Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (2/500)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

[Ibn al-Mutahhar’s Presentation of the Doctrine of the Hashwiyya and the Anthropomorphists, and Ibn Taymiyya’s Response on Several Grounds]

(CHAPTER) (1)

The Rāfidī author (2) said: “A group (3) of the Hashwiyya [and the anthropomorphists] (4) said that Allah Most High is a body with length, width, and depth; that shaking hands with Him (5) is possible; and that the righteous (6) among the Muslims embrace Him (7) in this world. Al-Ka‘bī related that some of them deemed it possible to see Him in this world, and that He visits them and they visit Him. It was related of Dāwūd al-Tā’ī (8) that he said, ‘Do not ask me about the genitals or the beard; ask me about anything beyond that.’

He also said, ‘My object of worship (9) is a body of flesh and blood, possessing limbs and organs such as a hand (10), a foot, a tongue, two eyes, and two ears (11).’ It was also related of him that he said (12), ‘He is hollow from His uppermost part down to His chest, but solid in whatever

(1) (Ayn) alone reads: “The second chapter.” (2) (Ayn) reads: “The Rāfidī said.” The following passage occurs in (K), 1/84 (M). (3) “A group” is omitted from (Ayn). (4) “And the anthropomorphists” is omitted from (N) and (M). (5) “With Him” is omitted from (K). (6) (Ayn) reads: “the reformers”; (K): “the sincere.” (7) “They embrace Him”: this is the reading in (K) and (B). (Ayn), (N), and (M) read: “they see Him”; (A) also reads “they see Him,” but without the final n. (8) (B) and (K) read: “Dāwūd al-Zāhirī.” The reading adopted here is based on (Ayn), (N), (M), and (A). Ibn Taymiyya will discuss this later, 1/259 (B). (9) (K) reads: “his object of worship.” (10) (B) and (A) read: “and a liver,” which is a corruption. (11) (B) alone has “two eyes and two ears” in the nominative case, which is an error. (12) (K) and (N) read: “It was related that he said.”

[عرض ابن المطهر لمقالة الحشوية والمشبهة ورد ابن تيمية من وجوه] (فَصْلٌ) (١) قَالَ الرَّافِضِيُّ الْمُصَنِّفُ (٢) : وَقَالَتْ جَمَاعَةُ (٣) الْحَشْوِيَّةِ [وَالْمُشَبِّهَةِ] (٤) : إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى جِسْمٌ لَهُ طُولٌ وَعَرْضٌ وَعُمْقٌ، وَأَنَّهُ يَجُوزُ عَلَيْهِ (٥) الْمُصَافَحَةُ، وَأَنَّ الصَّالِحِينَ (٦) مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يُعَانِقُونَهُ (٧) فِي الدُّنْيَا، وَحَكَى الْكَعْبِيُّ عَنْ بَعْضِهِمْ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُجَوِّزُ رُؤْيَتَهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَأَنَّهُ يَزُورُهُمْ وَيَزُورُونَهُ، وَحُكِيَ عَنْ دَاوُدَ الطَّائِيِّ (٨) أَنَّهُ قَالَ: أَعْفُونِي عَنِ الْفَرْجِ وَاللِّحْيَةِ، وَاسْأَلُونِي عَمَّا وَرَاءَ ذَلِكَ، وَقَالَ: إِنَّ مَعْبُودِي (٩) جِسْمٌ وَلَحْمٌ وَدَمٌ، وَلَهُ جَوَارِحُ وَأَعْضَاءٌ كَيَدٍ (١٠) وَرِجْلٍ وَلِسَانٍ وَعَيْنَيْنِ وَأُذُنَيْنِ (١١) ، وَحُكِيَ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ (١٢) : هُوَ أَجْوَفُ مِنْ أَعْلَاهُ إِلَى صَدْرِهِ، مُصْمَتٌ مَا

(١) ع (فَقَطْ) : الْفَصْلُ الثَّانِي. (٢) ع: قَالَ الرَّافِضِيُّ. وَالْكَلَامُ التَّالِي وَرَدَ فِي (ك) ١/٨٤ (م) . (٣) جَمَاعَةُ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ع) . (٤) وَالْمُشَبِّهَةِ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . (٥) عَلَيْهِ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ك) . (٦) ع: الْمُصْلِحِينَ ; ك: الْمُخْلِصِينَ. (٧) يُعَانِقُونَهُ: كَذَا فِي (ك) ، (ب) . وَفِي (ع) ، (ن) ، (م) : يُعَايِنُونَهُ. وَفِي (أ) : يُعَايِنُوهُ (٨) ب، ك: دَاوُدَ الظَّاهِرِيِّ. وَالْمُثْبَتُ عَنْ (ع) ، (ن) ، (م) ، (أ) . وَسَيَتَكَلَّمُ ابْنُ تَيْمِيَّةَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فِيمَا بَعْدُ ١/٢٥٩ (ب) . (٩) ك: مَعْبُودَهُ. (١٠) ب، ا: وَكَبِدٍ، وَهُوَ تَحْرِيفٌ. (١١) ب (فَقَطْ) : وَعَيْنَانِ وَأُذُنَانِ، وَهُوَ خَطَأٌ. (١٢) ك، ن: وَحُكِيَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ.