Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (3/411)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

“They enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong.”

[Surah al-Tawbah: 71]

Thus, whenever any of them commits a wrong, whether mistakenly or deliberately, another condemns him for it.

Scholars are no greater than the prophets. Allah Most High said:

“And David and Solomon, when they judged concerning the field into which some people’s sheep had strayed by night—and We were witness to their judgment. We gave Solomon understanding of the matter, and to each We gave sound judgment and knowledge.”

[Surah al-Anbiyā: 78–79]

It is established in the two Sahīh collections, on the authority of [Ibn Umar—may Allah be pleased with them both—that] (1) the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said (2) to his Companions in the year of the Trench:

“No one must pray the Asr prayer anywhere except among Banū Qurayzah.” When the Asr prayer (3) caught up with them on the road, some said, “He did not intend for us to miss the prayer,” and so they prayed on the road. Others said, “We will not pray until we reach Banū Qurayzah,” and they prayed Asr after the sun had set. He did not rebuke either one (4) of the two groups.”

(5) This indicates that

(1) The text in square brackets is absent from (N), (M), and (W). (A) and (B) read: “on the authority of Umar—may Allah be pleased with him—that.” The reading adopted in the text is correct. (2) (N), (M), and (W): “that he.” (3) (A) and (B): “the prayer caught up with them.” (4) (N) and (M): “one.” (5) The hadith is narrated from Ibn Umar—may Allah be pleased with them both—with slight variations in wording, in al-Bukhārī, 5/112 (Book of Military Campaigns, chapter “The Prophet’s Return from the Confederates”—may Allah bless him and grant him peace); 2/15 (Book of the Fear Prayer, chapter “The Prayer of the Pursuer and the Pursued, While Mounted and by Gesture”); and Muslim, 3/1391 (Book of Jihad and Expeditions, chapter “Hastening to Set Out on a Military Expedition”). Muslim’s version reads: “No one must pray Zuhr anywhere except among Banū Qurayzah.”

{يَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ} [سُورَةُ التَّوْبَةِ: ٧١] ، فَمَتَى وَقَعَ مِنْ أَحَدِهِمْ مُنْكَرٌ خَطَأً أَوْ عَمْدًا أَنْكَرَهُ عَلَيْهِ غَيْرُهُ. وَلَيْسَ الْعُلَمَاءُ بِأَكْثَرَ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ، وَقَدْ قَالَ تَعَالَى: {وَدَاوُدَ وَسُلَيْمَانَ إِذْ يَحْكُمَانِ فِي الْحَرْثِ إِذْ نَفَشَتْ فِيهِ غَنَمُ الْقَوْمِ وَكُنَّا لِحُكْمِهِمْ شَاهِدِينَ - فَفَهَّمْنَاهَا سُلَيْمَانَ وَكُلًّا آتَيْنَا حُكْمًا وَعِلْمًا} [سُورَةُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ: ٧٨، ٧٩] . وَثَبَتَ فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ عَنِ [ابْنِ عُمَرَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا - أَنَّ] (١) النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ (٢) لِأَصْحَابِهِ عَامَ الْخَنْدَقِ: " «لَا يُصَلِّيَنَّ أَحَدٌ الْعَصْرَ إِلَّا فِي بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ ; فَأَدْرَكَتْهُمْ صَلَاةُ الْعَصْرِ (٣) فِي الطَّرِيقِ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: لَمْ يُرِدْ مِنَّا تَفْوِيتَ الصَّلَاةِ، فَصَلُّوا فِي الطَّرِيقِ. وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: لَا نُصَلِّي إِلَّا فِي بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ فَصَلُّوا الْعَصْرَ بَعْدَ مَا غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ، فَمَا عَنَّفَ وَاحِدَةً (٤) مِنَ الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ» " . (٥) فَهَذَا دَلِيلٌ عَلَى أَنَّ

(١) مَا بَيْنَ الْمَعْقُوفَتَيْنِ سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) ، (و) ، وَفِي (أ) ، (ب) : عَنْ عُمَرَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - أَنَّ، وَالصَّوَابُ مَا أَثْبَتَهُ. (٢) ن، م، و: أَنَّهُ. (٣) أ، ب: فَأَدْرَكَتْهُمُ الصَّلَاةُ. (٤) ن، م: وَاحِدًا. (٥) الْحَدِيثُ مَعَ اخْتِلَافٍ يَسِيرٍ فِي الْأَلْفَاظِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا - فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ ٥/١١٢ (كِتَابُ الْمَغَازِي، بَابُ مَرْجِعِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - مِنَ الْأَحْزَابِ) ، ٢/١٥ (كِتَابُ صَلَاةِ الْخَوْفِ، بَابُ صَلَاةِ الطَّالِبِ وَالْمَطْلُوبِ رَاكِبًا وَإِيمَاءً) ، مُسْلِمٍ ٣/١٣٩١ (كِتَابُ الْجِهَادِ وَالسِّيَرِ، بَابُ الْمُبَادَرَةِ بِالْغَزْوِ) ، وَفِيهِ: أَنْ لَا يُصَلِّيَنَّ أَحَدٌ الظُّهْرَ إِلَّا فِي بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ.