Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (3/476)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

—Alī and three of his sons …
They are the scions, concealed from none.

One is a scion of faith and righteousness …
And one whom Karbalā has hidden from sight.

One shall not taste death until …
He leads the cavalry, with the standard marching before it.

He withdrew into concealment(1), unseen among them(2) for a time …
At Radwā, with honey and water at hand.(3)

It is evident that, although their doctrine is self-evidently false, the doctrine of the Imamis is even more false than theirs. These people claimed the continued survival of someone who had existed as a living, well-known person, whereas the Imamis claimed the continued survival of someone who never existed at all.

Some of these say(4) that Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya died and that the imam after him was his son, Abū Hāshim Abd Allah. Some of this group further say that Abū Hāshim Abd Allah(5) designated his brother al-Hasan as his successor; that al-Hasan designated his son, Alī ibn al-Hasan; and that Alī died without issue. They therefore await the return of Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya and say that he will return and rule. Thus they are

(1) (S) reads: “defective.” (2) *Fīhim* (“among them”): this is the reading in (S) and *al-Maqālāt*, 1:91. All other manuscripts read *minhum* (“from among them”). (3) These verses occur in *Dīwān Kuthayyir Azza*, with commentary by Dr Ihsān Abbās (Dār al-Thaqāfa, Beirut, Lebanon, 1391/1971), p. 521. The verses are not consecutive in the poem as published, and they differ in some respects from the text quoted here. On p. 522, Dr Ihsān states that Abū al-Faraj al-Isfahānī cited these verses in *al-Aghānī*, 7:238–239, attributing them to al-Sayyid al-Himyarī, and said: “These very verses are also transmitted from Kuthayyir.” See also the sources he cites there as containing these verses. These verses are also found in *al-Aghānī*, 7:245–246 (Dār al-Kutub ed.), but I did not find there the final verse cited by Ibn Taymiyya. (4) The following passage is summarized from *al-Maqālāt*, 1:92 ff.; Ibn Taymiyya did not quote it verbatim. (5) (A) reads: “Indeed, Abd Allah, Abū Hāshim”; (B) reads: “Indeed, Abd Allah, Abā Hāshim.”

عَلِيٌّ وَالثَّلَاثَةُ مِنْ بَنِيهِ ... هُمُ الْأَسْبَاطُ لَيْسَ بِهِمْ خَفَاءُ فَسِبْطٌ سِبْطُ إِيمَانٍ وَبِرٍّ ... وَسِبْطٌ غَيَّبَتْهُ كَرْبَلَاءُ وَسِبْطٌ لَا يَذُوقُ الْمَوْتَ حَتَّى ... يَقُودَ الْخَيْلَ يَقْدُمُهَا اللِّوَاءُ تَغَيَّبَ (١) . لَا يُرَى فِيهِمْ (٢) . زَمَانًا ... بِرَضْوَى عِنْدَهُ عَسَلٌ وَمَاءُ (٣) . وَمَعْلُومٌ أَنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ مَعَ أَنَّ قَوْلَهُمْ مَعْلُومُ الْبُطْلَانِ ضَرُورَةً، فَقَوْلُ الْإِمَامِيَّةِ أَبْطَلُ مِنْ قَوْلِهِمْ ; فَإِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ ادَّعَوْا بَقَاءَ مَنْ كَانَ مَوْجُودًا حَيًّا مَعْرُوفًا، وَأُولَئِكَ ادَّعَوْا بَقَاءَ مَنْ لَمْ يُوجَدْ بِحَالٍ. وَمِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ مَنْ يَقُولُ (٤) .: إِنَّ مُحَمَّدَ ابْنَ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ مَاتَ، وَإِنَّ الْإِمَامَ بَعْدَهُ ابْنُهُ أَبُو هَاشِمٍ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، ثُمَّ مِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ مَنْ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ أَبَا هَاشِمٍ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ (٥) . أَوْصَى إِلَى أَخِيهِ الْحَسَنِ، وَإِنَّ الْحَسَنَ أَوْصَى إِلَى ابْنِهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ، وَإِنَّ عَلِيًّا هَلَكَ وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْ، فَهُمْ يَنْتَظِرُونَ رَجْعَةَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ وَيَقُولُونَ: إِنَّهُ يَرْجِعُ وَيَمْلِكُ، فَهُمُ

(١) ص: مَعِيبٌ (٢) فِيهِمْ: كَذَا فِي (ص) ، " الْمَقَالَاتِ " ١/٩١ وَفِي سَائِرِ النُّسَخِ: مِنْهُمْ (٣) وَرَدَتْ هَذِهِ الْأَبْيَاتُ فِي دِيوَانِ كُثَيِّرِ عَزَّةَ، وَشَرَحَ الدُّكْتُورُ إِحْسَان عَبَّاس (نَشْرُ دَارِ الثَّقَافَةِ، بَيْرُوتَ، لُبْنَانَ ١٣٩١ - ١٩٧١) فِي ص ٥٢١، وَالْأَبْيَاتُ لَيْسَتْ مُتَتَالِيَةً فِي الْقَصِيدَةِ الْمَنْشُورَةِ، وَفِيهَا بَعْضُ الِاخْتِلَافَاتِ عَنِ النَّصِّ الْمَذْكُورِ هُنَا، وَذَكَرَ الدُّكْتُورُ إِحْسَانُ ص ٥٢٢ أَنَّ هَذِهِ الْأَبْيَاتَ قَدْ أَوْرَدَهَا أَبُو الْفَرَجِ الْأَصْفَهَانِيِّ فِي الْأَغَانِي ٧/٢٣٨ - ٢٣٩ لِلسَّيِّدِ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ وَقَالَ: وَهَذِهِ الْأَبْيَاتُ بِعَيْنِهَا تُرْوَى لِكُثَيِّرٍ، وَانْظُرِ الْمَصَادِرَ الَّتِي ذَكَرَ الدُّكْتُورُ إِحْسَانُ وُرُودَ الْأَبْيَاتِ فِيهَا هُنَاكَ. وَوُجِدَتْ هَذِهِ الْأَبْيَاتُ فِي الْأَغَانِي ٧/٢٤٥ - ٢٤٦ (ط. دَارِ الْكُتُبِ) ، وَلَمْ أَجِدْ فِيهَا الْبَيْتَ الْأَخِيرَ الَّذِي ذَكَرَهُ ابْنُ تَيْمِيَّةَ (٤) الْكَلَامُ التَّالِي مُلَخَّصٌ مِنَ " الْمَقَالَاتِ " ١/٩٢ وَمَا بَعْدَهَا وَلَمْ يَنْقُلْهُ ابْنُ تَيْمِيَّةَ بِالنَّصِّ (٥) أ: إِنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ أَبُو هَاشِمٍ، ب: إِنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ أَبَا هَاشِمٍ