Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (4/59)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—: “Indeed, Fāṭimah guarded (* her chastity, and so Allah forbade her descendants to the Fire *)” (1). (2) [In another narration: “Ali said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, why did you name her Fāṭimah?’ He replied, ‘Because Allah separated her and her descendants from the Fire.’” Thus, her chastity cannot be the reason her descendants are forbidden to the Fire even as you commit injustice.] (3) By Allah, they attained that only through obedience to Allah (4). If you seek, through disobedience to Allah, to attain what they attained through obedience to Him, you (5) would then indeed be dearer to Allah than they are.’

Al-Ma’mūn had his name stamped on dirhams and dinars, wrote to the people of the various regions (6) regarding the pledge of allegiance to him (7), discarded black and donned green.”

He said: (8) “Abū Nuwās was asked, ‘Why do you not praise al-Ridā (9)?’ He replied:

It was said to me: You are the finest of all people …
In depth of meaning and spontaneous speech.

[You possess a marvel wrought from the essence of speech,
Bearing pearls in the hands of the one who gathers it (10).]

Why, then, have you refrained from praising Mūsā’s son …
And the virtues gathered within him?

I replied:

I cannot praise an Imam …
Whose father had Gabriel as his servant.” (11).

(1) The text between the asterisks is omitted from A. (2) B alone reads: “Thus Allah has forbidden her and her progeny to the Fire.” (3) The text in square brackets appears only in A and B. It is omitted from all the other manuscripts and from K. It may have appeared in another manuscript of K from which Ibn Taymiyya quoted. (4) A, B, H, and W read: “except through obedience.” (5) A and B read: “for indeed you…” (6) K reads: “to the horizons”; M reads: “to the people of Iraq,” which is a corruption. (7) K reads: “by pledging allegiance to him as the Imam of all people, while we, from this day onward, are his followers and the followers of his forefathers.” (8) Immediately after the preceding passage in K, p. [0–9] 30 (M). (9) K reads: “al-Ridā—peace be upon him.” (10) This verse appears only in A and B. It is omitted from K and all the other manuscripts. (11) I did not find these verses in the *Dīwān of Abū Nuwās*.

صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -: «إِنَّ فَاطِمَةَ أَحْصَنَتْ (* فَرْجَهَا، فَحَرَّمَ اللَّهُ ذُرِّيَّتَهَا عَلَى النَّارِ *) » (١) . (٢) [وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ: «إِنَّ عَلِيًّا قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، لِمَ سَمَّيْتَ فَاطِمَةَ؟ قَالَ: لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ فَطَمَهَا وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا مِنَ النَّارِ» ، فَلَا يَكُونُ الْإِحْصَانُ سَبَبًا لِتَحْرِيمِ ذُرِّيَّتِهَا عَلَى النَّارِ وَأَنْتَ تَظْلِمُ.] (٣) وَاللَّهِ مَا نَالُوا ذَلِكَ إِلَّا بِطَاعَةِ اللَّهِ (٤) ، فَإِنْ أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَنَالَ بِمَعْصِيَةِ اللَّهِ مَا نَالُوهُ بِطَاعَتِهِ، إِنَّكَ (٥) إِذًا لَأَكْرَمُ عَلَى اللَّهِ مِنْهُمْ. وَضَرَبَ الْمَأْمُونُ اسْمَهُ عَلَى الدَّرَاهِمِ وَالدَّنَانِيرِ، وَكَتَبَ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْآفَاقِ (٦) بِبَيْعَتِهِ (٧) وَطَرَحَ السَّوَادَ وَلَبِسَ الْخُضْرَةَ ". قَالَ: (٨) " وَقِيلَ لِأَبِي نُوَاسٍ: لِمَ لَا تَمْدَحُ الرِّضَا (٩) ؟ فَقَالَ: قِيلَ لِي أَنْتَ أَفْضَلُ النَّاسِ طُرًّا ... فِي الْمَعَانِي وَفِي الْكَلَامِ الْبَدِيهِ [لَكَ مِنْ جَوْهَرِ الْكَلَامِ بَدِيعٌ يُثْمِرُ الدُّرَّ فِي يَدَيْ مُجْتَنِيهِ (١٠) ] فَلِمَاذَا تَرَكْتَ مَدْحَ ابْنِ مُوسَى ... وَالْخِصَالُ الَّتِي تَجْمَّعْنَ فِيهِ قُلْتُ: لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ مَدْحَ إِمَامٍ ... كَانَ جِبْرِيلُ خَادِمًا لِأَبِيهِ " (١١) .

(١) مَا بَيْنَ النَّجْمَتَيْنِ سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (أ) . (٢) ب (فَقَطْ) : فَحَرَّمَهَا اللَّهُ وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا عَلَى النَّارِ. (٣) مَا بَيْنَ الْمَعْقُوفَتَيْنِ فِي (أ) ، (ب) فَقَطْ. وَسَقَطَ مِنْ سَائِرِ النُّسَخِ وَمِنْ (ك) ، وَلَعَلَّهُ فِي نُسْخَةٍ أُخْرَى مِنْ نُسَخِ (ك) نَقَلَ عَنْهَا ابْنُ تَيْمِيَّةَ. (٤) أ، ب، هـ، و: إِلَّا بِالطَّاعَةِ. (٥) أ، ب: فَإِنَّكَ. (٦) ك: إِلَى الْآفَاقِ، م: إِلَى أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ، وَهُوَ تَحْرِيفٌ. (٧) ك: بِبَيْعَتِهِ أَنَّهُ إِمَامُ أَهْلِ الْعَالَمِ وَنَحْنُ تَوَابِعُهُ وَتَوَابِعُ آبَائِهِ بَعْدَ الْيَوْمِ. (٨) بَعْدَ الْكَلَامِ السَّابِقِ مُبَاشَرَةً فِي (ك) ص [٠ - ٩] ٠٣ (م) . (٩) ك: الرِّضَا - عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ -. (١٠) هَذَا الْبَيْتُ فِي (أ) ، (ب) فَقَطْ. وَسَقَطَ مِنْ (ك) وَمِنْ سَائِرِ النُّسَخِ. (١١) لَمْ أَجِدْ هَذِهِ الْأَبْيَاتَ فِي " دِيوَانِ أَبِي نُوَاسٍ ".