Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (4/147)

and praying in a congregational mosque built by Banū Umayya. It is well known that the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—used to pray facing the Kaaba that the polytheists had built, live in the dwellings they had constructed, drink [the water] (1) from the wells they had dug, wear [some of] (2) the garments they had woven, and conduct transactions using the dirhams they had minted. If he benefited from their dwellings and clothing, the water they had brought forth (3), and the mosques they had built, then what of the people of the qibla?!

Even supposing that Yazīd had been a disbeliever and had dug a canal, drinking from it (4) would not be considered disliked by the consensus of the Muslims. Yet because of their extreme partisanship, they disliked anything associated with someone they hated.

A trustworthy person told me that a man (5) among them owned a dog, and another of them called out to it, “Bukayr!”

(1) The word “water” is added in A and B. (2) The word “from” is added in A and B. (3) In *Lisān al-'Arab*: “*Al-nabt* is water that springs from the bottom of a well when it is dug. One says that its water *nabata*, *yanbutu* or *yanbitu*, *nabtan* and *nubūtan*. The expression *anbatnā al-mā'a* means: ‘We extracted the water and reached it.’” (4) N and M read: “that it be drunk from.” (5) A and B read: “for one person.”

وَكَالصَّلَاةِ فِي جَامِعٍ بَنَاهُ بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ. وَمِنَ الْمَعْلُومِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - كَانَ يُصَلِّي إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ الَّتِي بَنَاهَا الْمُشْرِكُونَ، وَكَانَ يَسْكُنُ فِي الْمَسَاكِنِ الَّتِي بَنَوْهَا، وَكَانَ يَشْرَبُ مِنْ [مَاءِ] (١) الْآبَارِ الَّتِي حَفَرُوهَا، وَيَلْبَسُ [مِنَ] (٢) الثِّيَابِ الَّتِي نَسَجُوهَا، وَيُعَامِلُ بِالدَّرَاهِمِ الَّتِي ضَرَبُوهَا. فَإِذَا كَانَ يَنْتَفِعُ بِمَسَاكِنِهِمْ وَمَلَابِسِهِمْ، وَالْمِيَاهِ الَّتِي أَنْبَطُوهَا (٣) ، وَالْمَسَاجِدِ الَّتِي بَنَوْهَا، فَكَيْفَ بِأَهْلِ الْقِبْلَةِ؟ ! . فَلَوْ فُرِضَ أَنَّ يَزِيدَ كَانَ كَافِرًا وَحَفَرَ نَهْرًا، لَمْ يُكْرَهِ الشُّرْبُ مِنْهُ (٤) بِإِجْمَاعِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَلَكِنْ لِفَرْطِ تَعَصُّبِهِمْ كَرِهُوا مَا يُضَافُ إِلَى مَنْ يُبْغِضُونَهُ. وَلَقَدْ حَدَّثَنِي ثِقَةٌ أَنَّهُ كَانَ لِرَجُلٍ (٥) مِنْهُمْ كَلْبٌ فَدَعَاهُ آخَرُ مِنْهُمْ: بُكَيْرٌ

(١) مَاءِ: زِيَادَةٌ فِي (أ) ، (ب) . (٢) مِنْ: زِيَادَةٌ فِي (أ) ، (ب) . (٣) فِي " لِسَانِ الْعَرَبِ ": " النَّبْطُ: الْمَاءُ الَّذِي يَنْبُطُ مِنْ قَعْرِ الْبِئْرِ إِذَا حُفِرَ. وَقَدْ نَبَطَ مَاؤُهَا يَنْبُطُ وَيَنْبِطُ نَبْطًا وَنُبُوطًا، وَأَنْبَطَنَا الْمَاءَ، أَيِ اسْتَنْبَطْنَاهُ وَانْتَهَيْنَا إِلَيْهِ ". (٤) ن، م: أَنْ يُشْرَبَ مِنْهُ. (٥) أ، ب: لِوَاحِدٍ.