Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (3/460)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

that of the class(1) of apostates claiming affiliation with the People of the Sunnah and the Community—if indeed there is any apostate among them.

The Sixth Point:

It may be said: The argument that this(2) al-Tūsī advanced to prove that the Imāmīs are(3) the saved sect is false in(4) its characterization, just as it is invalid in its implication.

This is because his statement,

“They differ from all other schools, while all the other schools share the fundamentals of belief,”

may mean that they differ from all other schools in their distinctive doctrines. Yet this is true of every school. The Khārijites likewise differed from all other schools in their distinctive doctrines: declaring people unbelievers(5) on account of sins; declaring Alī—may Allah be pleased with him—an unbeliever; dispensing with obedience to the Messenger in matters that he [did not](6) convey from Allah; holding that he could act unjustly in his distributions and unfairly in his judgments; and dispensing with adherence to the mass-transmitted Sunnah when it conflicts with what is presumed to be the apparent meaning of the Quran—such as cutting off a thief’s(7) arm at the shoulder, and similar doctrines.

Al-Asharī said in al-Maqālāt(8): “The Khārijites unanimously agreed(9) on declaring(10)

(1) “Class” is omitted from (R), (H), and (S). (2) “This” is omitted from (A), (B), (N), and (M). (3) (A) and (B) read: “it is.” (4) (A) and (B) read: “regarding.” (5) (A) reads: “the schools in their distinctive doctrine of takfīr (declaring someone an unbeliever)”; (B) reads: “the schools, just as the Khārijites differed in their distinctive doctrine of takfīr.” (6) “Did not” is omitted from (N) and (S). (7) (B) alone reads: “such as cutting off the thief’s hand.” (8) Vol. [0–9], p. [0–9]56 (Egyptian Renaissance ed.). (9) (N), (R), and (H) read: “were in agreement”; (S) reads: “agreed.” (10) (A) and (B) read: “takfīr.”

جِنْسِ (١) . الْمُرْتَدِّينَ وَالْمُنْتَسِبِينَ إِلَى أَهْلِ السُّنَّةِ وَالْجَمَاعَةِ إِنْ كَانَ فِيهِمْ مُرْتَدٌّ. الْوَجْهُ السَّادِسُ: أَنْ يُقَالَ: هَذِهِ الْحُجَّةُ الَّتِي احْتَجَّ بِهَا هَذَا (٢) . الطُّوسِيُّ عَلَى أَنَّ الْإِمَامِيَّةَ هُمُ (٣) . الْفِرْقَةُ النَّاجِيَةُ كَذِبٌ فِي (٤) . وَصْفِهَا، كَمَا هِيَ بَاطِلَةٌ فِي دِلَاتِهَا. وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ قَوْلَهُ: " بَايِنُوا جَمِيعَ الْمَذَاهِبِ، وَجَمِيعُ الْمَذَاهِبِ قَدِ اشْتَرَكَتْ فِي أُصُولِ الْعَقَائِدِ " . إِنْ أَرَادَ بِذَلِكَ أَنَّهُمْ بَايَنُوا جَمِيعَ الْمَذَاهِبِ فِيمَا اخْتَصُّوا بِهِ، فَهَذَا شَأْنُ جَمِيعِ الْمَذَاهِبِ، فَإِنَّ الْخَوَارِجَ أَيْضًا بَايَنُوا جَمِيعَ الْمَذَاهِبِ فِيمَا اخْتَصُّوا بِهِ مِنَ التَّكْفِيرِ (٥) . بِالذُّنُوبِ، وَمِنْ تَكْفِيرِ عَلِيٍّ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - وَمِنْ إِسْقَاطِ طَاعَةِ الرَّسُولِ فِيمَا [لَمْ] (٦) . يُخْبِرْ بِهِ عَنِ اللَّهِ، وَتَجْوِيزِ الظُّلْمِ عَلَيْهِ فِي قَسْمِهِ وَالْجَوْرِ فِي حُكْمِهِ، وَإِسْقَاطِ اتِّبَاعِ السُّنَّةِ الْمُتَوَاتِرَةِ الَّتِي تُخَالِفُ مَا يُظَنُّ أَنَّهُ ظَاهِرُ الْقُرْآنِ، كَقَطْعِ السَّارِقِ (٧) . مِنَ الْمَنْكِبِ وَأَمْثَالِ ذَلِكَ. قَالَ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ فِي " الْمَقَالَاتِ " (٨) .: " أَجْمَعَتِ (٩) . الْخَوَارِجُ عَلَى إِكْفَارِ (١٠) .

(١) جِنْسِ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ر) ، (هـ) ، (ص) (٢) هَذَا: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (أ) ، (ب) ، (ن) ، (م) (٣) أ، ب: هِيَ (٤) أ، ب: عَلَى (٥) أ: الْمَذَاهِبِ فِيمَا اخْتَصُّوا بِهِ مِنَ التَّكْفِيرِ، ب: الْمَذَاهِبِ كَمَا بَايَنَتِ الْخَوَارِجُ فِيمَا اخْتَصُّوا بِهِ مِنَ التَّكْفِيرِ (٦) لَمْ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (ص) (٧) ب فَقَطْ: كَقَطْعِ يَدِ السَّارِقِ (٨) ج [٠ - ٩] ص [٠ - ٩] ٥٦ (ط. النَّهْضَةِ الْمِصْرِيَّةِ) (٩) ن، ر، هـ: اجْتَمَعَتِ، ص: أَجْمَعَ (١٠) أ، ب: تَكْفِيرِ