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Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

today in a state of bewilderment, having no imam until Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya returns to them, as they claim.

Some of them say that(1) the imam after Abū Hāshim was Muhammad ibn Alī ibn Abd Allah ibn Abbās, [or his father, Alī](2) \ 92. (They said: This was because Abū Hāshim died in the region of al-Sharāh(3) while returning from Syria.)(4) There, he designated Muhammad ibn Alī ibn Abd Allah ibn Abbās as his successor. Muhammad ibn Alī then designated his son Ibrāhīm ibn Muhammad as his successor, after whom Ibrāhīm ibn Muhammad designated Abū al-Abbās al-Saffāh. The caliphate then passed to Abū Jafar al-Mansūr through their successive designations of one another.

He said(5) \ 94: Some(6) of these later retracted this view and claimed that the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—had explicitly designated al-Abbās ibn Abd al-Muttalib and appointed him as imam. Al-Abbās then explicitly designated his son Abd Allah as imam, and Abd Allah explicitly designated his son Alī ibn Abd Allah as imam. They then traced the imamate until they brought it(7) down to Abū Jafar al-Mansūr. These are the Rāwandiyya.

(1) The word “that” is absent from (A) and (B). (2) The words in square brackets are absent from (N), (M), and (W). This phrase does not occur in *al-Maqālāt*, vol. 1. (3) (A), (B), and (N) read: *al-Sarāh*. Citing *Mujam al-Buldān*, the editor of *al-Maqālāt* states: “Al-Sharāh—with the letter *shīn* vocalized with *fatha*—is a region of Syria between Damascus and the City of the Messenger—may Allah bless him and grant him peace. One of its localities is the village known as al-Humayma, where the descendants of Alī ibn Abd Allah ibn Abbās ibn Abd al-Muttalib lived during the Marwanid period.” (4) The words between the asterisks are absent from (M). (5) (A), (B), (H), (R), and (S) read: “They said.” The passage that follows occurs in *al-Maqālāt*, vol. 1. (6) The word “some” is absent from (A) and (B). (7) The word “it” is absent from (A) and (B).

الْيَوْمَ فِي التِّيهِ لَا إِمَامَ لَهُمْ إِلَى أَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَيْهِمْ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ فِي زَعْمِهِمْ. وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ (١) . الْإِمَامَ بَعْدَ أَبِي هَاشِمٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، [أَوْ أَبُوهُ عَلِيٌّ] (٢) \ ٩٢. (* قَالُوا: وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ أَبَا هَاشِمٍ مَاتَ بِأَرْضِ الشَّرَاةِ (٣) . مُنْصَرَفَهُ مِنَ الشَّامِ *) (٤) .، وَأَوْصَى هُنَاكَ إِلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، وَأَوْصَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ إِلَى ابْنِهِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، ثُمَّ أَوْصَى إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ إِلَى أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ السَّفَّاحِ، ثُمَّ أَفْضَتِ الْخِلَافَةُ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْمَنْصُورِ بِوَصِيَّةِ بَعْضِهِمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ. قَالَ (٥) \ ٩٤: ثُمَّ رَجَعَ بَعْضُ (٦) . هَؤُلَاءِ عَنْ هَذَا الْقَوْلِ، وَزَعَمُوا أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - نَصَّ عَلَى الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ وَنَصَّبَهُ إِمَامًا. ثُمَّ نَصَّ الْعَبَّاسُ عَلَى إِمَامَةِ ابْنِهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، وَنَصَّ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَلَى إِمَامَةِ ابْنِهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، ثُمَّ سَاقُوا الْإِمَامَةَ إِلَى أَنِ انْتَهَوْا بِهَا (٧) . إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْمَنْصُورِ، وَهَؤُلَاءِ هُمُ الرَّاوَنْدِيَّةُ.

(١) إِنَّ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (أ) ، (ب) (٢) مَا بَيْنَ الْمَعْقُوفَتَيْنِ سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) ، (و) ، وَهِيَ عِبَارَةٌ لَيْسَتْ فِي " الْمَقَالَاتِ " ١ (٣) أ، ب، ن: السَّرَاةِ، وَقَالَ مُحَقِّقُ " الْمَقَالَاتِ " نَقْلًا عَنْ مُعْجَمِ الْبُلْدَانِ: الشَّرَاةُ بِفَتْحِ الشِّينِ صُقْعٌ بِبِلَادِ الشَّامِ بَيْنَ دِمَشْقَ وَمَدِينَةِ الرَّسُولِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -، وَمِنْ بَعْضِ نَوَاحِيهِ الْقَرْيَةُ الْمَعْرُوفَةُ بِالْحَمِيمَةِ الَّتِي كَانَ يَسْكُنُهَا وَلَدُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ فِي أَيَّامِ بَنِي مَرْوَانَ (٤) مَا بَيْنَ النَّجْمَتَيْنِ سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (م) (٥) أ، ب، هـ، ر، ص: قَالُوا، وَالْكَلَامُ التَّالِي فِي " الْمَقَالَاتِ " ١ (٦) بَعْضُ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (أ) ، (ب) (٧) بِهَا: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (أ) ، (ب)