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Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

the Iraqi scholars and the early Khurāsānīs did not mention any disagreement on the matter.

As for unaccompanied singing, it is prohibited according to Abū Hanīfa and Mālik. This is also one of the two positions in the schools of al-Shāfi‘i and Ahmad, while another report from each holds that it is disliked. A group of Ahmad’s companions held that unaccompanied singing is permissible. If this position is correct, no harm is done; and if it is false, the majority of Ahl al-Sunnah hold that it is prohibited. Thus, the truth has not departed from Ahl al-Sunnah.

[Chapter on the Rāfidī’s claim, “The Second Reason Why Adherence to the School of the Imāmiyya Is Obligatory Is That It Is the Saved Sect,” and the response to it]

Chapter (1)

The Rāfidī (2) said: “The second line of evidence (3) for the obligation to follow the school of the Imāmiyya is the following statement (4) of our shaykh, the supreme imam (5), Khwāja Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Tūsī, Champion of the Community, Truth, and Faith (6)—may Allah sanctify his soul. I asked him (7) about the various schools, and he replied:

‘We investigated them and the statement of Allah’s Messenger—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—(8): “My community will split into seventy-three sects: one of them will be saved (9), while the rest will be in the Fire” (10). He also identified

(1) (H), (R), and (S) read: “Chapter Six.” (2) In (K): p. [0–9] 4 (M). (3) (K) reads: “concerning the proofs.” (4) (K) reads: “Among them is what he said.” (5) The word “imam” is omitted from (S). (6) (K) reads: “Truth and the Community.” (7) (K) reads: “and he was asked.” (8) (K) reads: “upon him and his family.” (9) (K) reads: “one of them will be saved.” (10) This is part of a hadith reported from Abū Hurayra, Anas ibn Mālik, Awf ibn Mālik, Mu‘āwiya ibn Abī Sufyān, and Abd Allāh ibn Umar—may Allah be pleased with them—in: *Sunan al-Tirmidhī*, 4/134–135 (Book of Faith, chapter on the division of this community). Al-Tirmidhī said: “The hadith of Abū Hurayra is hasan sahih.” See also *Sunan Abī Dāwūd*, 4/276–277 (Book of the Sunnah, chapter on expounding the Sunnah); *Sunan Ibn Mājah*, 2/1321–1322 (Book of Tribulations, chapter on the division of nations); *Sunan al-Dārimī*, 2/241 (Book of Military Expeditions, chapter on the division of the community); and *al-Musnad*, al-Ma‘ārif ed., 16/169, whose editor graded the hadith sahih; al-Halabī ed., 3/120 and 3/145. Al-Albānī discussed the hadith at length in *Silsilat al-Ahādīth al-Sahīha*, vol. [0–9], no. 203. Ibn Taymiyya will discuss it in detail a few pages later.

الْعِرَاقِيُّونَ وَقُدَمَاءُ الْخُرَاسَانِيِّينَ فَلَمْ يَذْكُرُوا فِي ذَلِكَ نِزَاعًا. وَأَمَّا الْغِنَاءُ الْمُجَرَّدُ فَمُحَرَّمٌ عِنْدَ أَبِي حَنِيفَةَ وَمَالِكٍ، وَهُوَ أَحَدُ الْقَوْلَيْنِ فِي مَذْهَبِ الشَّافِعِيِّ وَأَحْمَدَ، وَعَنْهُمَا أَنَّهُ مَكْرُوهٌ. وَذَهَبَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ أَحْمَدَ إِلَى أَنَّ الْغِنَاءَ الْمُجَرَّدَ مُبَاحٌ. فَإِنْ كَانَ هَذَا الْقَوْلُ حَقًّا فَلَا ضَرَرَ، وَإِنْ كَانَ بَاطِلًا فَجُمْهُورُ أَهْلِ السُّنَّةِ عَلَى التَّحْرِيمِ، فَلَمْ يَخْرُجِ الْحَقُّ عَنْ أَهْلِ السُّنَّةِ. [فصل قول الرافضي " الوجه الثاني في وجوب اتباع مذهب الإمامية أنها الفرقة الناجية " والرد عليه] فَصْلٌ (١) . قَالَ الرَّافِضِيُّ (٢) .: " الْوَجْهُ الثَّانِي: فِي الدَّلَالَةِ (٣) . عَلَى وُجُوبِ اتِّبَاعِ مَذْهَبِ الْإِمَامِيَّةِ: مَا قَالَهُ (٤) . شَيْخُنَا الْإِمَامُ (٥) . الْأَعْظَمُ خَوَاجَهْ نَصِيرُ الْمِلَّةِ وَالْحَقِّ (٦) . وَالدِّينِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الطُّوسِيُّ، قَدَّسَ اللَّهُ رَوْحَهُ، وَقَدْ سَأَلْتُهُ (٧) . عَنِ الْمَذَاهِبِ فَقَالَ: بَحَثْنَا عَنْهَا وَعَنْ قَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - (٨) . «سَتَفْتَرِقُ أُمَّتِي عَلَى ثَلَاثٍ وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً، مِنْهَا فِرْقَةٌ نَاجِيَةٌ (٩) .، وَالْبَاقِي فِي النَّارِ» (١٠) . وَقَدْ عَيَّنَ

(١) هـ، ر، ص: الْفَصْلُ السَّادِسُ (٢) فِي (ك) ص [٠ - ٩] ٤ (م) (٣) ك: فِي الْأَدِلَّةِ (٤) ك: فَمِنْهَا مَا قَالَهُ (٥) الْإِمَامُ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ص) (٦) ك: الْحَقِّ وَالْمِلَّةِ (٧) ك: وَقَدْ سُئِلَ (٨) ك: عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ (٩) ك: وَاحِدَةٌ مِنْهَا نَاجِيَةٌ (١٠) هَذَا جُزْءٌ مِنْ حَدِيثٍ رُوِيَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَأَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، وَعَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، وَمُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ - فِي: سُنَنِ التِّرْمِذِيِّ ٤/١٣٤ - ١٣٥ (كِتَابُ الْإِيمَانِ، بَابُ افْتِرَاقِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ) ، وَقَالَ التِّرْمِذِيُّ: حَدِيثُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ؛ سُنَنِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ ٤/٢٧٦ - ٢٧٧ (كِتَابُ السُّنَّةِ، بَابُ شَرَحَ السُّنَّةَ) ، سُنَنِ ابْنِ مَاجَهْ ٢/١٣٢١ - ١٣٢٢ (كِتَابُ الْفِتَنِ، بَابُ افْتِرَاقِ الْأُمَمِ) ، سُنَنِ الدَّارِمِيِّ ٢/٢٤١ (كِتَابُ السِّيَرِ، بَابُ فِي افْتِرَاقِ الْأُمَّةِ) ، الْمُسْنَدِ (ط. الْمَعَارِفِ) ١٦ ١٦٩ وَصَحَّحَ الْمُحَقِّقُ الْحَدِيثَ (ط. الْحَلَبِيِّ) ٣/١٢٠، ٣/١٤٥ وَتَكَلَّمَ الْأَلْبَانِيُّ عَلَى الْحَدِيثِ طَوِيلًا فِي سِلْسِلَةِ الْأَحَادِيثِ الصَّحِيحَةِ ج [٠ - ٩] رَقْمُ ٢٠٣ وَسَيَتَكَلَّمُ ابْنُ تَيْمِيَّةَ عَلَى الْحَدِيثِ كَلَامًا مُفَصَّلًا بَعْدَ صَفَحَاتٍ. "