Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (3/276)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

Moreover, what grows from crops and trees may come about in accordance with (1) his choice and be attributable to his cultivation (2), yet causing it to grow is not his act. Thus, not everything attributable to a servant and occurring as he chooses is an act of his. This counterargument (3) is sounder than the other, for it is a rational counterargument framed in the very terms of the proof. (4 The other is not a rational (4) counterargument, nor is it framed in the very terms of the proof 4) (5).

[The (6) Seventh Aspect:

It may be said: This Imāmī and others like him contradict themselves. Elsewhere, he stated that when motive and power are present, (7 the act necessarily occurs; yet here he has said that when motive and power are present 7) (7), the act does not necessarily occur. It is therefore evident that these people speak according to whatever they deem (8) supportive of their position. They do not rely upon any truth they know, nor do they recognize a truth (9) whose vindication they seek.

[Discussion of the Rāfidī’s statement, “What partnership is there here?” and the response to it]

Section] (10).

As for his statement:

“What partnership is there here?” (11)

The reply is:

If temporal events come into being (12) without Allah’s act or power (13), then this is

(1) Manuscript (ʿ): “because of.” (2) Manuscript (N): “to his forearm”; manuscript (M): “idhrādiʿihi.” Both are corruptions. (3) Manuscripts (A) and (B): “the counterarguments.” (4) Manuscript (N): “actual.” (5) The passage between markers (4–4) is omitted in manuscript (M). (6) The word “Aspect” is omitted in manuscript (ʿ). (7) The passage between markers (7–7) is omitted in manuscripts (A) and (B). (8) Manuscripts (A) and (B): “according to what they deem.” (9) Manuscript (A): “obscurity,” which is a corruption. (10) The passage in square brackets is omitted in manuscripts (N) and (M). (11) Manuscript (N): “What partnership is there here?”; manuscript (M): “What shirk is there here?” Manuscript (B) reads: “What partnership is there here?” and continues thus to the end of the passage. (12) Manuscripts (N) and (M): “occurred.” (13) Manuscripts (A) and (B): “and His power.”

وَأَيْضًا فَمَا يَنْبُتُ مِنَ الزَّرْعِ وَالشَّجَرِ قَدْ يَحْصُلُ بِحَسَبِ (١) اخْتِيَارِهِ، وَهُوَ مُسْتَنِدٌ إِلَى ازْدِرَاعِهِ (٢) ، وَلَيْسَ الْإِنْبَاتُ مِنْ فِعْلِهِ، فَلَيْسَ كُلُّ مَا اسْتَنَدَ إِلَى الْعَبْدِ وَوَقَعَ بِحَسَبِ اخْتِيَارِهِ كَانَ مَفْعُولًا لَهُ، وَهَذِهِ الْمُعَارَضَةُ (٣) أَصَحُّ مِنْ تِلْكَ، فَإِنَّهَا مُعَارَضَةٌ عَقْلِيَّةٌ بِنَفْسِ أَلْفَاظِ الدَّلِيلِ، (٤ وَتِلْكَ لَيْسَتْ مُعَارَضَةٌ عَقْلِيَّةٌ (٤) وَلَا هِيَ بِنَفْسِ أَلْفَاظِ الدَّلِيلِ ٤) (٥) . [الْوَجْهُ (٦) السَّابِعُ: أَنْ يُقَالَ: هَذَا الْإِمَامِيُّ وَأَمْثَالُهُ مُتَنَاقِضُونَ، فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ ذَكَرَ فِي غَيْرِ هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ أَنَّهُ مَعَ الدَّاعِي وَالْقُدْرَةِ (٧ يَجِبُ الْفِعْلُ، وَهُنَا قَالَ: إِنَّهُ مَعَ الدَّاعِي وَالْقُدْرَةِ ٧) (٧) لَا يُجِبِ الْفِعْلُ، فَعُلِمَ أَنَّ الْقَوْمَ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِحَسَبِ مَا يَرَوْنَهُ (٨) نَاصِرًا لِقَوْلِهِمْ، لَا يَعْتَمِدُونَ عَلَى حَقٍّ يَعْلَمُونَهُ، وَلَا يَعْرِفُونَ حَقًّا (٩) يَقْصِدُونَ نَصْرَهُ. [فصل الكلام على قول الرافضي أي شركة هنا والرد عليه] فَصْلٌ] (١٠) . وَأَمَّا قَوْلُهُ: أَيُّ شَرِكَةٍ هُنَا؟ (١١) . فَيُقَالُ: إِذَا كَانَتِ الْحَوَادِثُ حَادِثَةً (١٢) بِغَيْرِ فِعْلِ اللَّهِ وَلَا قُدْرَتِهِ (١٣) فَهَذِهِ

(١) ع: بِسَبَبِ. (٢) ن: إِلَى ذِرَاعِهِ، م: اذْرَادِعِهِ، وَكِلَاهُمَا تَحْرِيفٌ. (٣) أ، ب: الْمُعَارَضَاتُ. (٤) ن: فِعْلِيَّةٌ. (٥) (٤ - ٤) سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (م) . (٦) الْوَجْهُ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ع) . (٧) (٧ - ٧) سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (أ) ، (ب) . (٨) أ، ب: بِمَا يَرَوْنَهُ. (٩) أ: خَفَاءً، وَهُوَ تَحْرِيفٌ. (١٠) مَا بَيْنَ الْمَعْقُوفَتَيْنِ سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . (١١) ن: أَيُّ شَرِكَةٍ هَاهُنَا، م: أَيُّ شِرْكٍ هَاهُنَا. وُفِي (ب) : أَيُّ شَرِكَةٍ هُنَا إِلَى آخِرِهِ. (١٢) ن، م: حَدَثَتْ. (١٣) أ، ب: وَقُدْرَتِهِ.