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Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

someone, he would send that person money. His merits were attested to by supporters and opponents alike.

Ibn al-Jawzī, one of the Hanbalis, said:

It is related (1) from Shaqīq al-Balkhī that he said:

“I set out to perform Hajj in the year 149 (2) AH. I halted at al-Qādisiyya, where I saw a handsome young man with a very dark complexion. He was wearing a woolen garment, wrapped in a mantle, and had sandals on his feet. He was sitting apart from the people.

“I thought to myself, ‘This young man (3) is one of the Sufis and intends to be a burden on the people. By Allah, I will go over to him and reprimand him (4).’ I drew near to him (5), and when he saw me approaching (6), he said, ‘O Shaqīq, avoid much suspicion; indeed, some suspicion is a sin.’

“I thought to myself, ‘This (7) is a righteous servant. He has spoken of what was in my thoughts (8). I will catch up with him and ask him to forgive me (9).’ But he vanished from my sight (10).

“When we halted at Wāqisa, there he was, praying (11). His limbs were trembling and his tears were streaming down. I thought, ‘I shall go to him and apologize.’ He then made his prayer brief and said:

“‘O Shaqīq:

“Indeed, I am All-Forgiving to whoever repents, believes, does righteous deeds, and then remains rightly guided.”

[Surah Tā Hā: 82]’

“I thought, ‘This is one of the abdāl (saintly substitutes); he has spoken of

(1) “It is related” is omitted from (K), p. 101 (M). (2) (N) alone reads: “seven.” (3) “The young man” is the reading in (B) and (K). All other manuscripts read: “the boy.” (4) (K) reads: “and I shall surely reprimand him.” (5) The phrase “So I drew near to him” is omitted from (A) and (B). (6) “Approaching” is omitted from (A), (B), and (K). (7) (B) reads: “Indeed, this.” The word “this” is omitted from (W). (8) (A) and (B) read: “a righteous servant who spoke of what was within me”; (K) reads: “a righteous servant who has voiced what was in my thoughts.” (9) (Ṣ) reads: *yuhallilanī* (“absolve me”); (K) reads: *yuhīlanī* (“refer me”), corrected in the margin to *yujālisanī* (“sit with me”). (10) (A) and (B) read: “from my sight, and I did not see him.” (11) (A) and (B) read: “When we halted, I came to him and found him praying.”

أَحَدٍ شَيْءٌ بَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ بِمَالٍ. وَنَقَلَ فَضْلَهُ الْمُوَافِقُ وَالْمُخَالِفُ. قَالَ ابْنُ الْجَوْزِيِّ مِنَ الْحَنَابِلَةِ: رَوَى (١) عَنْ شَقِيقٍ الْبَلْخِيِّ قَالَ: خَرَجْتُ حَاجًّا سَنَةَ تِسْعٍ (٢) وَأَرْبَعِينَ وَمِائَةٍ، فَنَزَلْتُ الْقَادِسِيَّةَ فَإِذَا شَابٌّ حَسَنُ الْوَجْهِ شَدِيدُ السُّمْرَةِ، عَلَيْهِ ثَوْبُ صُوفٍ مُشْتَمِلٌ بِشَمْلَةٍ، فِي رِجْلَيْهِ نَعْلَانِ، وَقَدْ جَلَسَ مُنْفَرِدًا عَنِ النَّاسِ، فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي: هَذَا الْفَتَى (٣) مِنَ الصُّوفِيَّةِ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَكُونَ كَلًّا عَلَى النَّاسِ، وَاللَّهِ لَأَمْضِيَنَّ إِلَيْهِ أُوَبِّخْهُ (٤) ، فَدَنَوْتُ مِنْهُ (٥) فَلَمَّا رَآنِي مُقْبِلًا (٦) قَالَ: يَا شَقِيقُ، اجْتَنِبُوا كَثِيرًا مِنَ الظَّنِّ إِنَّ بَعْضَ الظَّنِّ إِثْمٌ. فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي: هَذَا (٧) عَبْدٌ صَالِحٌ قَدْ نَطَقَ عَلَى مَا فِي خَاطِرِي (٨) ، لَأَلْحَقَنَّهُ وَلَأَسْأَلَنَّهُ أَنْ يُحَالِلَنِي (٩) ، فَغَابَ عَنْ عَيْنِي (١٠) ، فَلَمَّا نَزَلْنَا وَاقِصَةَ إِذَا بِهِ يُصَلِّي (١١) ، وَأَعْضَاؤُهُ تَضْطَرِبُ، وَدُمُوعُهُ تَتَحَادَرُ. فَقُلْتُ: أَمْضِي إِلَيْهِ وَأَعْتَذِرُ، فَأَوْجَزَ فِي صِلَاتِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا شَقِيقُ: {وَإِنِّي لَغَفَّارٌ لِمَنْ تَابَ وَآمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا ثُمَّ اهْتَدَى} [سُورَةُ طه: ٨٢] فَقُلْتُ: هَذَا مِنَ الْأَبْدَالِ، قَدْ تَكَلَّمَ عَلَى

(١) رَوَى: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ك) ص ١٠١ (م) . (٢) ن (فَقَطْ) : سَبْعٍ. . (٣) الْفَتَى: كَذَا فِي (ب) ، (ك) . وَفِي سَائِرِ النُّسَخِ: الصَّبِيُّ. (٤) ك: وَأُوَبِّخَنَّهُ. (٥) عِبَارَةُ " فَدَنَوْتُ مِنْهُ ": سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (أ) ، (ب) . (٦) مُقْبِلًا: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (أ) ، (ب) ، (ك) . (٧) ب: إِنَّ هَذَا. وَسَقَطَتْ " هَذَا " مِنْ (و) . (٨) أ، ب: صَالِحٌ نَطَقَ عَمَّا فِي نَفْسِي، ك: صَالِحٌ قَدْ نَطَقَ مَا فِي خَاطِرِي. (٩) ص: يُحْلِلَنِي، ك: يُحِيلَنِي، وَصُوِّبَتْ فِي الْهَامِشِ إِلَى: يُجَالِسَنِي. (١٠) أ، ب: عَنْ عَيْنِي فَلَمْ أَرَهُ. (١١) أ، ب: فَلَمَّا نَزَلْنَا وَافَيْتُهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ يُصَلِّي.