Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (1/125)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

Muhammad ibn al-Hasan (1) [may blessings and peace be upon them] (2); and that the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—(3) did not die without having given instructions concerning the imamate.)

He said:

(Ahl al-Sunnah took (4) the contrary position on all of this. They did not affirm justice and wisdom in His actions, exalted is He (5), and held it possible for Him (6) [to commit] (7) evil and to neglect an obligation; and that He, exalted is He (8), does not act for a purpose—(9 rather, none of His actions is for a purpose 9) (9)—of any kind, nor for any wisdom whatsoever; and that He commits injustice and acts in vain; and that He does not do what is best for His servants (10), but rather what is truly corrupt (11), because the commission (12) of sins, the various forms of unbelief and injustice, and every form of corruption occurring in the world are ascribed (13) to Him—exalted is Allah above that (14)—and that the obedient person deserves no reward, while the disobedient person deserves no punishment,

(1) B only: “Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Mahdī.” (2) “May blessings and peace be upon them both”: thus in A and B; K reads: “May the best of blessings be upon them both.” (3) K: “upon him and his family.” (4) K: “And Ahl al-Sunnah held.” (5) “Exalted is He” is absent from K. (6) N and M: “for Him, exalted is He.” (7) “To commit” is omitted from N and M. (8) “Exalted is He” is absent from K. (9) (9–9): Omitted from A and B. (10) K: “for the servants.” (11) N and M: “Rather, it is a form of corruption”; A: “Rather, it is corruption.” (12) N, M, and A: “in reality, like the commission of.” (13) “Ascribed”: thus in K; A, B, N, and M read: “deriving from.” (14) K: “to Allah—exalted is He above that.”

مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ (١) [عَلَيْهِمُ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ] (٢) ، وَأَنَّ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - (٣) لَمْ يَمُتْ إِلَّا عَنْ، وَصِيَّةٍ بِالْإِمَامَةِ.) . قَالَ: (وَأَهْلُ السُّنَّةِ ذَهَبُوا (٤) إِلَى خِلَافِ ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ، فَلَمْ يُثْبِتُوا الْعَدْلَ، وَالْحِكْمَةَ فِي أَفْعَالِهِ تَعَالَى (٥) ، وَجَوَّزُوا عَلَيْهِ. (٦) [فِعْلَ] (٧) الْقَبِيحِ، وَالْإِخْلَالَ بِالْوَاجِبِ، وَأَنَّهُ تَعَالَى (٨) لَا يَفْعَلُ لِغَرَضٍ، (٩ بَلْ كُلُّ أَفْعَالِهِ لَا لِغَرَضٍ ٩) (٩) مِنَ الْأَغْرَاضِ، وَلَا لِحِكْمَةٍ أَلْبَتَّةَ، وَأَنَّهُ يَفْعَلُ الظُّلْمَ، وَالْعَبَثَ، وَأَنَّهُ لَا يَفْعَلُ مَا هُوَ الْأَصْلَحُ لِعِبَادِهِ (١٠) ، بَلْ مَا هُوَ الْفَسَادُ (١١) فِي الْحَقِيقَةِ؛ لِأَنَّ فِعْلَ (١٢) الْمَعَاصِي، وَأَنْوَاعَ الْكُفْرِ وَالظُّلْمِ، وَجَمِيعَ أَنْوَاعِ الْفَسَادِ الْوَاقِعَةِ فِي الْعَالَمِ مُسْنَدَةٌ (١٣) إِلَيْهِ - تَعَالَى اللَّهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ (١٤) - وَأَنَّ الْمُطِيعَ لَا يَسْتَحِقُّ ثَوَابًا، وَالْعَاصِيَ لَا يَسْتَحِقُّ عِقَابًا،

(١) ب (فَقَطْ) : مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْمَهْدِيِّ. (٢) عَلَيْهِمَا الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ: كَذَا فِي (أ) ، (ب) وَفِي (ك) : عَلَيْهِمَا أَفْضَلُ الصَّلَوَاتِ. (٣) ك: عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ. (٤) ك: وَذَهَبَ أَهْلُ السُّنَّةِ. (٥) تَعَالَى: لَيْسَتْ فِي (ك) . (٦) ن، م: عَلَيْهِ تَعَالَى. (٧) فِعْلَ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . (٨) تَعَالَى: لَيْسَتْ فِي (ك) . (٩) (٩ - ٩) : سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (أ) ، (ب) . (١٠) ك: لِلْعِبَادِ. (١١) ن، م: بَلْ. هُوَ مِنَ الْفَسَادِ؛ أ: بَلْ هُوَ الْفَسَادُ. (١٢) ن، م، أ: فِي الْحَقِيقَةِ كَفِعْلِ. (١٣) مُسْنَدَةٌ: كَذَا فِي (ك) ، وَفِي (أ) ، (ب) ، (ن) ، (م) : مُسْتَنِدَةٌ. (١٤) ك: إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى عَنْ ذَلِكَ.