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Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

[The Rāfidi’s claim that the Messenger of Allah named Ali the Fārūq of his nation, and the response to it]

Section [R, H]; S: Chapter Twenty-Four.

The Rāfidi said in (1):

“They called Umar ‘al-Fārūq’ (2), yet they did not call Ali [peace be upon him]—peace be upon him—(3) by that name, even though the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—said [of him] (4): ‘This is the Fārūq of my nation, who distinguishes the people of truth from the people of falsehood.’ [Ibn] Umar (5) also said: ‘During the Prophet’s lifetime—peace and blessings be upon him—we recognized the hypocrites only by their hatred of Ali—peace be upon him.’ (6)”

The response is as follows:

First: As for these two hadiths, those knowledgeable in hadith have no doubt that they (7) are fabricated reports falsely attributed to the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him. Neither of them is reported in [any of] (8) the authoritative books of Islamic scholarship, nor does either have a known chain of transmission. I have found neither report in the collections of authentic hadith nor in the collections of fabricated hadith.

Second: Anyone who adduces a hadith as evidence regarding a subsidiary issue must provide its chain of transmission; how much more necessary is this in matters concerning the foundations of religion? Otherwise, the mere statement, “The Messenger of Allah said

(1) K; p. 111 (M). (2) A and B read: “Fārūq.” (3) “Peace be upon him” appears in W and K. A, B, H, R, and S read: “May Allah be pleased with him.” (4) “Of him” is omitted from N, M, and H. (5) N and M read: “And Umar said.” (6) “Peace be upon him” appears only in W and K. (7) N, M, and W read: “For the experts in hadith have unanimously agreed that the two are…” (8) “Any of” is omitted from A and B.

[زعم الرافضي أن رسول الله سمى عليا فاروق أمته والرد عليه] فَصْلٌ ر، هـ، ص: الْفَصْلُ الرَّابِعُ وَالْعِشْرُونَ. . قَالَ الرَّافِضِيُّ فِي (١) : " وَسَمَّوْا عُمَرَ الْفَارُوقَ (٢) ، وَلَمْ يُسَمُّوا عَلِيًّا [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: (٣) بِذَلِكَ، مَعَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ [فِيهِ] (٤) : «هَذَا فَارُوقُ أُمَّتِي يَفْرُقُ بَيْنَ أَهْلِ الْحَقِّ وَالْبَاطِلِ.» وَقَالَ [ابْنُ] عُمَرَ (٥) : مَا كُنَّا نَعْرِفُ الْمُنَافِقِينَ عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - إِلَّا بِبُغْضِهِمْ عَلِيًّا - عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ - (٦) " . فَيُقَالُ: أَوَّلًا: أَمَّا هَذَانِ الْحَدِيثَانِ فَلَا يَسْتَرِيبُ أَهْلُ الْمَعْرِفَةِ بِالْحَدِيثِ أَنَّهُمَا (٧) حَدِيثَانِ مَوْضُوعَانِ مَكْذُوبَانِ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَلَمْ يُرْوَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمَا فِي [شَيْءٍ مِنْ] (٨) كُتُبِ الْعِلْمِ الْمُعْتَمَدَةِ، وَلَا لِوَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا إِسْنَادٌ مَعْرُوفٌ لَمْ أَجِدِ الْحَدِيثَيْنِ لَا فِي كُتُبِ الْأَحَادِيثِ الصَّحِيحَةِ وَلَا كُتُبِ الْأَحَادِيثِ الْمَوْضُوعَةِ. . وَيُقَالُ: ثَانِيًا: مَنِ احْتَجَّ فِي مَسْأَلَةٍ فَرْعِيَّةٍ بِحَدِيثٍ فَلَا بُدَّ لَهُ أَنْ يُسْنِدَهُ، فَكَيْفَ فِي مَسَائِلِ أُصُولِ الدِّينِ؟ وَإِلَّا فَمُجَرَّدُ قَوْلِ الْقَائِلِ: " قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ

(١) (ك ; ص ١١١ (م) . (٢) أ، ب: فَارُوقًا. (٣) فِي: (و) ، (ك) . وَفِي (أ) ، (ب) ، (هـ) ، (ر) ، (ص) : رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ. (٤) فِيهِ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) ، (هـ) . (٥) ن، م: وَقَالَ عُمَرُ. (٦) عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: فِي (و) ، (ك) فَقَطْ. (٧) ن، م، و: فَقَدْ أَجْمَعَ أَهْلُ الْمَعْرِفَةِ بِالْحَدِيثِ عَلَى أَنَّهُمَا. (٨) شَيْءٍ مِنْ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (أ) ، (ب) .