Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (3/7)

Quranic exegesis. The earlier generations among them had more contact with the Imams than their later generations did, meeting with Jaʿfar al-Sādiq and others. If this is the truth, then all their earlier generations were misguided; but if it is error (1), then it is their later generations who are misguided] (2).

[The Rāfidī’s Statement Concerning Divine Decree and Predestination: Allah, Mighty and Majestic, Commits Evil Acts]

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The Rāfidī (3) said: “Most of them hold that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, (4) commits evil acts; that every kind of disobedience, disbelief, and corruption occurs by Allah’s decree and predestination; that the servant has no causal role in any of this; that Allah has no purpose in His actions; and that He does not act (5) in any way for the welfare of His servants (6),

(1) ʿA: “Even if they were misguided.” (2) Here ends the lacuna in manuscripts N and M. (3) N and M: “the Imāmī.” The passage that follows appears in K on p. [0–9] 5 (M). (4) “Mighty and Majestic” occurs only in ʿA; K reads: “that He, Exalted is He…” (5) K: “and He does not act.” (6) N and M: “the servant.”

تَفْسِيرِ الْقُرْآنِ، وَقُدَمَاؤُهُمْ كَانُوا أَكْثَرَ اجْتِمَاعًا بِالْأَئِمَّةِ مِنْ مُتَأَخَّرِيهِمْ، يَجْتَمِعُونَ بِجَعْفَرٍ الصَّادِقِ وَغَيْرِهِ، فَإِنْ كَانَ هَذَا هُوَ الْحَقَّ فَقُدَمَاؤُهُمْ كُلُّهُمْ ضُلَّالٌ، وَإِنْ كَانَ ضَلَالًا (١) فَمُتَأَخِّرُوهُمْ هُمُ الضُّلَّالُ] (٢) . [فصل كلام الرافضي في القضاء والقدر أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَفْعَلُ الْقَبَائِحَ] [فَصْلٌ] قَالَ الرَّافِضِيُّ (٣) : " وَذَهَبَ الْأَكْثَرُ مِنْهُمْ إِلَى أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ (٤) يَفْعَلُ الْقَبَائِحَ، وَأَنَّ جَمِيعَ أَنْوَاعِ الْمَعَاصِي وَالْكُفْرِ وَأَنْوَاعِ الْفَسَادِ وَاقِعَةٌ بِقَضَاءِ اللَّهِ وَقَدَرِهِ، وَأَنَّ الْعَبْدَ لَا تَأْثِيرَ لَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ، وَأَنَّهُ لَا غَرَضَ لِلَّهِ فِي أَفْعَالِهِ، وَأَنَّهُ لَا يَفْعَلُ (٥) لِمَصْلَحَةِ الْعِبَادِ (٦) شَيْئًا،

(١) ع: وَإِنْ كَانُوا ضُلَّالًا. (٢) هُنَا يَنْتَهِي السَّقْطُ فِي نُسْخَتَيْ (ن) ، (م) . (٣) ن، م: الْإِمَامِيُّ. وَالْكَلَامُ التَّالِي فِي (ك) ص [٠ - ٩] ٥ (م) . (٤) عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: فِي (ع) فَقَطْ، وَفِي (ك) : إِلَى أَنَّهُ تَعَالَى. (٥) ك: وَلَا يَفْعَلُ. (٦) ن، م: الْعَبْدِ.