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Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

And Allah, exalted is He, has said:

“And they knowingly swear falsely.”

[Surah al-Mujādila: 14]

This is the condition (1) of the Rāfidis. The same is true (2) of His words:

“They have made their oaths a shield and thus barred others from Allah’s way,”

up to His words:

“You will not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Day loving those who oppose Allah and His Messenger.”

[Surah al-Mujādila: 16–22]

Many of them love (3) the disbelievers from the depths of their hearts (4) more than they love the Muslims. Hence, when the Turks and the disbelievers came forth (5) from the east (6), fought (7) the Muslims, and shed their blood in the lands (8) of Khurāsān, Iraq, Syria, the Jazīra, and elsewhere, the Rāfidis helped them fight (9) the Muslims. (10 And the vizier of Baghdad, known as al-Alqamī (10), along with others like him, was among those who gave them the greatest assistance against the Muslims 10) (11). Likewise, the Rāfidis who were in Syria—in Aleppo and elsewhere (12)—were among those who assisted them most vigorously in fighting the Muslims; likewise, the Christians

(1) (A) and (B) read: *wa-hādhihi hāla* (“and this is the condition”); (W) reads: *wa-hādhihi hāl* (“and this is the condition”). (2) (A) and (B) read: “and therefore.” (3) (N) and (M) read: “they love.” (4) (N) reads: *min wasati alayhi*, which is a corruption. (5) (A) and (B) read: “brought forth.” (6) (N), (M), and (W) read: “the east.” (7) (A) and (B) read: “and they killed.” (8) (N) and (M) read: “in the land of.” (9) The word “fighting” is omitted in (A) and (B). (10) (N) and (M) read: “al-Alqamī.” See what I stated concerning al-Alqamī in the Introduction, pp. 40–49. (11) The passage between the two markers (10–10) is omitted in (A) and (B). (12) (A) and (B) read: “in Syria, Aleppo, and elsewhere.”

وَقَدْ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: {وَيَحْلِفُونَ عَلَى الْكَذِبِ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ} [سُورَةُ الْمُجَادَلَةِ: ١٤] وَهَذَا حَالُ (١) الرَّافِضَةِ، وَكَذَلِكَ (٢) {اتَّخَذُوا أَيْمَانَهُمْ جُنَّةً فَصَدُّوا عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ} إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: {لَا تَجِدُ قَوْمًا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ يُوَادُّونَ مَنْ حَادَّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ} [الْآَيَةَ سُورَةَ الْمُجَادَلَةِ: ١٦ - ٢٢] وَكَثِيرٌ مِنْهُمْ يُوَادُّ (٣) الْكُفَّارَ مِنْ وَسَطِ قَلْبِهِ (٤) أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مُوَادَّتِهِ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ؛ وَلِهَذَا لَمَّا خَرَجَ (٥) التُّرْكُ وَالْكُفَّارُ مِنْ جِهَةِ الْمَشْرِقِ (٦) فَقَاتَلُوا (٧) الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَسَفَكُوا دِمَاءَهُمْ بِبِلَادِ (٨) خُرَاسَانَ وَالْعِرَاقِ وَالشَّامِ وَالْجَزِيرَةِ وَغَيْرِهَا، كَانَتِ الرَّافِضَةُ مُعَاوَنَةً لَهُمْ عَلَى قِتَالِ (٩) الْمُسْلِمِينَ، (١٠ وَوَزِيرُ بَغْدَادَ الْمَعْرُوفُ بِالْعَلْقَمِيِّ (١٠) هُوَ وَأَمْثَالُهُ كَانُوا مِنْ أَعْظَمِ النَّاسِ مُعَاوَنَةً لَهُمْ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ ١٠) (١١) ، وَكَذَلِكَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا بِالشَّامِ بِحَلَبَ وَغَيْرِهَا (١٢) مِنَ الرَّافِضَةِ كَانُوا مِنْ أَشَدِّ النَّاسِ مُعَاوَنَةً لَهُمْ عَلَى قِتَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَكَذَلِكَ النَّصَارَى

(١) أ، ب: وَهَذِهِ حَالَةُ، وَ: وَهَذِهِ حَالُ. (٢) أ، ب: وَلِذَلِكَ. (٣) ن، م: يُوَادُّونَ. (٤) ن: مِنْ وَسَطِ عَلَيْهِ، وَهُوَ تَحْرِيفٌ. (٥) أ، ب: أَخْرَجَ. (٦) ن، م، وَ: الشَّرْقِ. (٧) أ، ب: وَقَتَلُوا. (٨) ن، م: بِبَلَدِ. (٩) قِتَالِ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (أ) ، (ب) . (١٠) ن، م: الْعَلْقَمِيُّ، وَانْظُرْ مَا ذَكَرْتُهُ فِي الْمُقَدِّمَةِ، ص [٠ - ٩] ٤ عَنِ الْعَلْقَمِيِّ. (١١) (١٠ - ١٠) سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (أ) ، (ب) . (١٢) أ، ب: بِالشَّامِ وَحَلَبَ وَغَيْرِهِمَا.