Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (4/121)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

al-Hasan al-Dāraqutnī, [Abū Abd Allāh] ibn Mandah (1), Abū al-Husayn ibn Samūn (2), Abū Tālib al-Makkī, Abū Abd al-Rahmān al-Sulamī, and their peers.

Whatever group among the various groups of Ahl al-Sunnah one examines, one finds it (3) more knowledgeable, more just, and further removed from ignorance and injustice than the Rāfidah (4). Any support for an oppressor found among one of these groups is found to a greater degree among the Rāfidah; and any distance [whatsoever] among the Shi‘ah from (5) an oppressor’s injustice is found to a greater degree among these groups.

This is attested by direct observation and reliable report for anyone who reflects and considers. Among all the groups, none (6) are more mendacious, unjust, or ignorant than they are. Their own shaykhs openly acknowledge this, saying, “O Ahl al-Sunnah, you possess magnanimity. If we gained power over you, we would not treat you (7) as you treat us when you have power over us.”

(1) (N) and (M) read: “and Ibn Mandah.” (2) (A) and (B) read: “and Abū al-Husayn ibn Maymūn”; (N): “and Abū al-Husayn ibn Sham‘ūn.” He was Abū al-Husayn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ismā‘īl ibn ‘Anbas ibn Sam‘ūn, an ascetic and preacher. He was born in Baghdad in 300 AH and died there in 387 AH. His renown became so great that it was said: “More eloquent in exhortation than Sam‘ūn.” See his biography in: Tabaqāt al-Hanābila, 2/155–162; Sifat al-Safwa by Ibn al-Jawzī, 2/266–269; and al-A‘lām, 6/204. (3) (A) and (B) read: “except that, when you examine it, you ascertain that it is…” (4) (A) and (B) read: “the Rāfidah.” (5) (A) and (B) read: “turned away from.” The word meaning “whatsoever” is omitted from (N). (6) “Not” is omitted only from (B). (7) (A) and (B) read: “we would not treat you”; (S): “we would treat you,” which is an error.

الْحَسَنِ الدَّرَاقُطْنِيِّ، وَ [أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ] بْنِ مَنْدَهْ (١) ، وَأَبِي الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَمْعُونَ (٢) ، وَأَبِي طَالِبٍ الْمَكِّيِّ، وَأَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ، وَأَمْثَالِ هَؤُلَاءِ. فَمَا مِنْ طَائِفَةٍ مِنْ طَوَائِفِ أَهْلِ السُّنَّةِ - عَلَى تَنَوُّعِهِمْ - إِلَّا إِذَا اعْتَبَرْتَهَا وَجَدْتَهَا (٣) أَعْلَمَ وَأَعْدَلَ، وَأَبْعَدَ عَنِ الْجَهْلِ وَالظُّلْمِ، مِنْ طَائِفَةِ الرَّافِضَةِ (٤) ، فَلَا يُوجَدُ فِي أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ مُعَاوَنَةُ ظَالِمٍ إِلَّا وَهُوَ فِي الرَّافِضَةِ أَكْثَرُ، وَلَا يُوجَدُ فِي الشِّيعَةِ بَعْدُ [مَا] عَنْ (٥) ظُلْمِ ظَالِمٍ إِلَّا وَهُوَ فِي هَؤُلَاءِ أَكْثَرُ. وَهَذَا أَمْرٌ يَشْهَدُ بِهِ الْعِيَانُ وَالسَّمَاعُ، لِمَنْ لَهُ اعْتِبَارٌ وَنَظَرٌ. وَلَا يُوجَدُ فِي جَمِيعِ الطَّوَائِفِ لَا (٦) أَكْذَبَ مِنْهُمْ، وَلَا أَظْلَمَ مِنْهُمْ، وَلَا أَجْهَلَ مِنْهُمْ. وَشُيُوخُهُمْ يُقِرُّونَ بِأَلْسِنَتِهِمْ، يَقُولُونَ: يَا أَهْلَ السُّنَّةِ أَنْتُمْ فِيكُمْ فُتُوَّةٌ لَوْ قَدَرْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ لَمَا عَامَلْنَاكُمْ (٧) بِمَا تُعَامِلُونَا بِهِ عِنْدَ الْقُدْرَةِ عَلَيْنَا.

(١) ن، م: وَابْنِ مَنْدَهْ. (٢) أ، ب: وَأَبِي الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ، ن: وَأَبِي الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ شَمْعُونَ. وَهُوَ أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عَنْبَسِ بْنِ سَمْعُونَ، زَاهِدٌ وَوَاعِظٌ، وُلِدَ بِبَغْدَادَ سَنَةَ: ٣٠٠ وَتُوُفِّيَ بِهَا سَنَةَ: ٣٨٧، عَلَتْ شُهْرَتُهُ حَتَّى قِيلَ: " أَوْعَظُ مِنْ سَمْعُونَ ". انْظُرْ تَرْجَمَتَهُ فِي: طَبَقَاتِ الْحَنَابِلَةِ ٢/١٥٥ - ١٦٢، صِفَةِ الصَّفْوَةِ لِابْنِ الْجَوْزِيِّ ٢/٢٦٦ - ٢٦٩، الْأَعْلَامِ ٦/٢٠٤. (٣) أ، ب: إِلَّا إِذَا اعْتَبَرْتَهَا إِلَّا وَتَحَقَّقْتَهَا. (٤) أ، ب: الرَّوَافِضِ. (٥) أ، ب: عَدَلَ عَنْ. وَسَقَطَتْ " مَا " مِنْ (ن) . (٦) لَا: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ب) فَقَطْ. (٧) أ، ب: مَا عَامَلْنَاكُمْ، ص: لَعَامَلْنَاكُمْ، وَهُوَ خَطَأٌ.