Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (4/295)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

Allah Most High says:

“Those who disbelieve and turn others away from the path of Allah—He causes their deeds to come to nothing. As for those who believe, do righteous deeds, and believe in what was revealed to Muhammad—and it is the truth from their Lord—He expiates their misdeeds and sets their condition aright. That is because those who disbelieve follow falsehood, whereas those who believe follow the truth from their Lord. Thus does Allah set forth their likenesses for mankind.”

[Surah Muhammad: 1–2]

The same applies to the Christian (1) in relation to the Messiah: when (2) he loves him while believing that he is God—when in fact he was a servant—he has loved something that has no reality. Once it becomes clear to him that the Messiah was a servant and messenger (3), he will not truly have loved him and therefore will not be with him.

The same applies to anyone who loves the Companions [and the Followers] (4) and the righteous while holding false beliefs about them: his love for that falsehood is itself false. The Rāfidah’s love for Alī—may Allah be pleased with him—falls into this category, for they love someone who never existed: the infallible imam explicitly designated as imam; the sole imam after the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—who supposedly believed that (5) Abū Bakr and Umar—may Allah be pleased with them both—were oppressive transgressors or disbelievers (6). When it becomes clear to them on the Day of Resurrection that Alī was not superior to any one of these men, that the most that could be said was that he was close in rank to one of them (7), that he acknowledged their imamate and merit, that neither he nor they were infallible (8), and that he had not been explicitly designated for

(1) A, B, N, and M read: “the Christians.” (2) A reads: “And when”; B reads: “Then when.” (3) A reads: “a servant, a messenger”; B reads: “a servant and a messenger”; W reads: “a servant, the Messenger of Allah.” (4) “And the Followers” is added in A and B. (5) “That” is omitted only from B. (6) B alone reads: “and Umar and Uthmān—may Allah be pleased with them—were unjust transgressors or disbelievers.” (7) A alone reads: “one of the two.” (8) S reads: “neither these nor those.”

قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: {الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَصَدُّوا عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَضَلَّ أَعْمَالَهُمْ - وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَآمَنُوا بِمَا نُزِّلَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَهُوَ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ كَفَّرَ عَنْهُمْ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ وَأَصْلَحَ بَالَهُمْ - ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا اتَّبَعُوا الْبَاطِلَ وَأَنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّبَعُوا الْحَقَّ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ كَذَلِكَ يَضْرِبُ اللَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ أَمْثَالَهُمْ} [سُورَةُ مُحَمَّدٍ: ١ - ٢] . وَهَكَذَا النَّصْرَانِيُّ (١) مَعَ الْمَسِيحِ: إِذَا (٢) أَحَبَّهُ مُعْتَقِدًا أَنَّهُ إِلَهٌ - وَكَانَ عَبْدًا - كَانَ قَدْ أَحَبَّ مَا لَا حَقِيقَةَ لَهُ، فَإِذَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُ أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ عَبْدٌ رَسُولٌ (٣) لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ أَحَبَّهُ، فَلَا يَكُونَ مَعَهُ. وَهَكَذَا مَنْ أَحَبَّ الصَّحَابَةَ [وَالتَّابِعِينَ] (٤) وَالصَّالِحِينَ مُعْتَقِدًا فِيهِمُ الْبَاطِلَ، كَانَتْ مَحَبَّتُهُ لِذَلِكَ الْبَاطِلِ بَاطِلَةً. وَمَحَبَّةُ الرَّافِضَةِ لِعَلِيٍّ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - مِنْ هَذَا الْبَابِ ; فَإِنَّهُمْ يُحِبُّونَ مَا لَمْ يُوجَدْ، وَهُوَ الْإِمَامُ الْمَعْصُومُ الْمَنْصُوصُ عَلَى إِمَامَتِهِ، الَّذِي لَا إِمَامَ بَعْدَ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - إِلَّا هُوَ، الَّذِي كَانَ يَعْتَقِدُ أَنَّ (٥) أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا - ظَالِمَانِ مُعْتَدِيَانِ أَوْ كَافِرَانِ (٦) ، فَإِذَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا لَمْ يَكُنْ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ، وَإِنَّمَا غَايَتُهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ قَرِيبًا مِنْ أَحَدِهِمْ (٧) ، وَإِنَّهُ كَانَ مُقِرًّا بِإِمَامَتِهِمْ وَفَضْلِهِمْ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مَعْصُومًا لَا هُوَ وَلَا هُمْ (٨) ، وَلَا كَانَ مَنْصُوصًا عَلَى

(١) أ، ب، ن، م: النَّصَارَى. (٢) أ: وَإِذَا، ب: فَإِذَا. (٣) أ: عَبْدًا رَسُولًا ; ب: عَبْدٌ وَرَسُولٌ، وَ: عَبْدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ. (٤) وَالتَّابِعِينَ: زِيَادَةٌ فِي (أ) ، (ب) . (٥) أَنَّ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ ب) فَقَطْ. (٦) ب (فَقَطْ) : وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ - ظَالِمِينَ مُتَعَدِّينَ أَوْ كَافِرِينَ. (٧) أ (فَقَطْ) : أَحَدِهِمَا. (٨) ص: لَا هَؤُلَاءِ وَلَا هَؤُلَاءِ.