Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (4/268)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

In al-Tirmidhī and elsewhere, it is narrated from Aisha—may Allah be pleased with her—that she said:

“O Messenger of Allah, regarding ‘those who give what they give while their hearts are fearful’: Does this refer to a man who commits adultery, steals, drinks wine, and is afraid?”

He replied:

“No, O daughter of the siddīq. Rather, it is the man who fasts and gives charity (1), yet fears that it will not be accepted from him.” (2)

[The Rāfidī’s statement concerning Abū Bakr—may Allah be pleased with him—“They called him the Successor to Allah’s Messenger, although, according to them, he did not appoint him as his successor during his lifetime or after his death,” and the response to it]

Section (3).

The Rāfidī (4) said: “They called him the Successor to Allah’s Messenger—peace and blessings be upon him—although he did not appoint him as his successor \ `8 (5) during his lifetime or after his death, according to them (6). Nor did they call the Commander

(1) W reads: “No, O daughter of the *siddīq*. Rather, it is the man who prays, gives charity, and fasts.” (2) I could not locate the hadith in Sunan al-Tirmidhī. I found it, with similar wording, narrated from Aisha—may Allah be pleased with her—in Sunan Ibn Mājah, 2/1404 (Book of Asceticism, chapter on safeguarding one’s deeds), and al-Musnad (al-Halabī ed.), 6/159, 205. (3) R, H, and S read: “Section Twenty-Three.” (4) In K, p. [0–9] 11 (M). (5) K reads: “They called him the Successor to Allah’s Messenger—peace and blessings be upon him and his family—even though the Messenger—peace and blessings be upon him and his family—had not appointed him as his successor.” (6) “According to them” is omitted only from B.

وَفِي التِّرْمِذِيِّ وَغَيْرِهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا -، قَالَتْ: «يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الَّذِينَ يُؤْتُونَ مَا آتَوْا وَقُلُوبُهُمْ وَجِلَةٌ: أَهْوَ الرَّجُلُ يَزْنِي وَيَسْرِقُ وَيَشْرَبُ الْخَمْرَ وَيَخَافُ؟ قَالَ: " لَا يَابْنَةَ الصِّدِّيقِ، وَلَكِنَّهُ الرَّجُلُ يَصُومُ وَيَتَصَدَّقُ (١) وَيَخَافُ أَنْ لَا يُقْبَلَ مِنْهُ» " (٢) . [كلام الرافضي على أبي بكر رضي الله عنه " وَسَمَّوْهُ خَلِيفَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَلَمْ يَسْتَخْلِفْهُ فِي حَيَاتِهِ وَلَا بَعْدَ وَفَاتِهِ عِنْدَهُمْ " والرد عليه] فَصْلٌ (٣) . قَالَ الرَّافِضِيُّ (٤) : " وَسَمَّوْهُ خَلِيفَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَلَمْ يَسْتَخْلِفْهُ \ `٨ (٥) فِي حَيَاتِهِ وَلَا بَعْدَ وَفَاتِهِ عِنْدَهُمْ (٦) .، وَلَمْ يُسَمُّوا أَمِيرَ

(١) و: لَا يَا بِنْتَ الصِّدِّيقِ، بَلْ هُوَ الرَّجُلُ يُصَلِّي وَيَتَصَدَّقُ وَيَصُومُ. (٢) لَمْ أَعْرِفْ مَكَانَ الْحَدِيثِ فِي سُنَنِ التِّرْمِذِيِّ. . وَوَجَدْتُ الْحَدِيثَ بِأَلْفَاظٍ مُقَارِبَةٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا - فِي: سُنَنِ ابْنِ مَاجَهْ ٢/١٤٠٤ (كِتَابُ الزُّهْدِ، بَابُ التَّوَقِّي عَلَى الْعَمَلِ) ; الْمُسْنَدِ (ط. الْحَلَبِيِّ) ٦/١٥٩، ٢٠٥. (٣) ر، هـ، ص: الْفَصْلُ الثَّالِثُ وَالْعِشْرُونَ. (٤) فِي (ك) ص [٠ - ٩] ١١ (م) . (٥) ك: وَسَمَّوْهُ خَلِيفَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ - مَعَ أَنَّ الرَّسُولَ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ - لَمْ يَسْتَخْلِفْهُ. (٦) عِنْدَهُمْ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ب) فَقَطْ