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Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

dies a death of pre-Islamic ignorance.” (1) This is precisely the condition of the Rāfidah, for they withdraw from obedience and separate from the community.

It is related in the two Sahīhs (2) from Ibn Abbas [may Allah be pleased with them both] (3) that the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said:

“Whoever sees something from his ruler that he dislikes should bear it patiently, (4 for whoever separates from the community and then dies, dies a death of pre-Islamic ignorance.”

Another wording states:

“Whoever sees something from his ruler that he dislikes should bear it patiently 4) (4), for whoever withdraws even a handspan from the ruler’s authority dies a death of pre-Islamic ignorance.” (5)

Although these texts plainly describe the condition of the Rāfidah, it is these texts and others like them that are known to the scholars—not (6) the wording he cited.

[The Eighth Aspect: The Hadith Is Evidence Against Them]

The eighth aspect is that the hadith he mentioned is evidence against the Rāfidah, for they do not know the imam of their time. They claim that he is the awaited, hidden Muhammad ibn al-Hasan, who entered

(1) The hadith narrated from Abū Hurayra—may Allah be pleased with him—is found in *Sahīh Muslim*, 3/1476–1477 (the same book and chapter cited above). 1 (2) N and M read: “and in the *Sahīh*.” (3) A and B add: “may Allah be pleased with them both.” (4) The passage between markers 4–4 is omitted from A and B. M reads: “Whoever withdraws from obedience.” (5) The hadith in both versions—with slight differences in wording—is narrated from Ibn Abbas—may Allah be pleased with them both—in *Sahīh al-Bukhārī*, 9/47 (*Book of Tribulations*, chapter “The Prophet’s Statement—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—‘After me you will see matters that you disapprove of’”); *Sahīh Muslim*, 3/1477–1478 (the same book and chapter cited above); *Sunan al-Dārimī*, 2/241 (*Book of Military Campaigns*, chapter “Adhering to Obedience and the Community”); and *al-Musnad* (al-Maārif ed.), 4/164, 245–246, 297. (6) N and M read: “that.”

مَاتَ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً» .) (١) ، وَهَذَا حَالُ الرَّافِضَةِ، فَإِنَّهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ عَنِ الطَّاعَةِ، وَيُفَارِقُونَ الْجَمَاعَةَ. وَفِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ (٢) عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ [رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا] (٣) عَنِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ: ( «مَنْ رَأَى مِنْ أَمِيرِهِ شَيْئًا يَكْرَهُهُ، فَلْيَصْبِرْ عَلَيْهِ، (٤ فَإِنَّ مَنْ فَارَقَ الْجَمَاعَةَ، فَمَاتَ، مَاتَ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً» .) ، وَفِي لَفْظِ: ( «مَنْ رَأَى مِنْ أَمِيرِهِ شَيْئًا يَكْرَهُهُ، فَلْيَصْبِرْ عَلَيْهِ ٤) (٤) فَإِنَّ مَنْ خَرَجَ مِنَ السُّلْطَانِ شِبْرًا مَاتَ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً» .) (٥) . وَهَذِهِ النُّصُوصُ مَعَ كَوْنِهَا صَرِيحَةً فِي حَالِ الرَّافِضَةِ، فَهِيَ وَأَمْثَالُهَا الْمَعْرُوفَةُ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ لَا بِذَلِكَ (٦) اللَّفْظِ الَّذِي نَقَلَهُ. [الْوَجْهُ الثَّامِنُ الحديث حجة عليهم] الْوَجْهُ الثَّامِنُ: أَنَّ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ الَّذِي ذَكَرَهُ حُجَّةٌ عَلَى الرَّافِضَةِ؛ لِأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ إِمَامَ زَمَانِهِمْ، فَإِنَّهُمْ يَدَّعُونَ أَنَّهُ الْغَائِبُ الْمُنْتَظَرُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الَّذِي دَخَلَ

(١) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - فِي: صَحِيحِ مُسْلِمٍ ٣/١٤٧٦ - ١٤٧٧ (الْكِتَابُ وَالْبَابُ السَّابِقَانِ) . ١ (٢) ن، م: وَفِي الصَّحِيحِ. (٣) رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا: زِيَادَةٌ فِي (أ) ، (ب) . (٤) (٤ - ٤) سَاقِطٌ مِنْ: (أ) ، (ب) . وَفِي: م: مَنْ خَرَجَ مِنَ الطَّاعَةِ. (٥) الْحَدِيثُ بِرِوَايَتَيْهِ - مَعَ اخْتِلَافٍ يَسِيرٍ فِي الْأَلْفَاظِ - عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا - فِي: الْبُخَارِيِّ ٩/٤٧ (كِتَابُ الْفِتَنِ، بَابُ قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - سَتَرَوْنَ بَعْدِي أُمُورًا تُنْكِرُونَهَا) ؛ مُسْلِمٌ ٣/١٤٧٧ - ١٤٧٨ (الْكِتَابُ وَالْبَابُ السَّابِقَانِ) سُنَنَ الدَّارِمِيِّ ٢/٢٤١ (كِتَابُ السِّيَرِ، بَابٌ فِي لُزُومِ الطَّاعَةِ وَالْجَمَاعَةِ) ؛ الْمُسْنَدَ (ط. الْمَعَارِفِ) ٤/١٦٤، ٢٤٥ - ٢٤٦، ٢٩٧. (٦) ن، م: ذَلِكَ.