Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (4/333)

Aws (1), we will strike off his head; but if he is one of our brothers from the Khazraj (2), command us, and we will do with him as you command.”

Saʿd ibn ʿUbāda then stood and said, “By Allah, you lie! You will not kill him, nor are you capable of killing him.” Usayd ibn Hudayr then arose and said, “By Allah, you lie! We shall certainly kill him, for you are a hypocrite defending the hypocrites.” Strife nearly erupted between the Aws and the Khazraj, until the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—came down and calmed them. (3)

These three were among the finest of the earliest and foremost believers. Yet Usayd ibn Hudayr said to Saʿd ibn ʿUbāda, “You are a hypocrite defending the hypocrites.” This man was a believer, an ally of Allah, and one of the people of Paradise; and the other was likewise a believer, an ally of Allah (4), and one of the people of Paradise. This demonstrates that a man may, on the basis of interpretation, declare another man (5) an unbeliever, while neither of them is an unbeliever.

(1) A and B read: “if he is from the Aws”; R and H read: “if he is one of our brothers from the Aws.” (2) A and B read: “and if he is one of our companions from the Khazraj”; R and H read: “and if he is one of our brothers from the Khazraj.” (3) This is part of the hadith of the Slander, which was discussed earlier in this volume, p. 34. (4) S and R read: “a believer, one of Allah’s allies.” (5) A and B read: “his brother”; S reads: “the man.”

الْأَوْسِ (١) ضَرَبْنَا عُنُقَهُ، وَإِنْ كَانَ مِنْ إِخْوَانِنَا مِنَ الْخَزْرَجِ (٢) أَمَرْتَنَا فَفَعَلْنَا فِيهِ أَمْرَكَ. فَقَامَ سَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ فَقَالَ: كَذَبْتَ لَعَمْرُ اللَّهِ، لَا تَقْتُلُهُ وَلَا تَقْدِرُ عَلَى قَتْلِهِ. فَقَامَ أُسَيْدُ بْنُ حُضَيْرٍ، فَقَالَ: كَذَبْتَ لَعَمْرُ اللَّهِ لَنَقْتُلَنَّهُ، فَإِنَّكَ مُنَافِقٌ تُجَادِلُ عَنِ الْمُنَافِقِينَ. وَكَادَتْ تَثُورُ فِتْنَةٌ بَيْنَ الْأَوْسِ وَالْخَزْرَجِ، حَتَّى نَزَلَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَخَفَضَهُمْ» (٣) . وَهَؤُلَاءِ الثَّلَاثَةُ مِنْ خِيَارِ السَّابِقِينَ الْأَوَّلِينَ، وَقَدْ قَالَ أُسَيْدُ بْنُ حُضَيْرٍ لِسَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ: " إِنَّكَ مُنَافِقٌ تُجَادِلُ عَنِ الْمُنَافِقِينَ " وَهَذَا مُؤْمِنٌ وَلِيٌّ لِلَّهِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ، وَذَاكَ مُؤْمِنٌ وَلِيٌّ لِلَّهِ (٤) مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ ; فَدَلَّ عَلَى أَنَّ الرَّجُلَ قَدْ يُكَفِّرُ آخَرَ (٥) بِالتَّأْوِيلِ، وَلَا يَكُونُ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمَا كَافِرًا.

(١) أ، ب: إِنْ كَانَ مِنَ الْأَوْسِ ; ر، هـ: إِنْ كَانَ مِنْ إِخْوَانِنَا الْأَوْسِ. (٢) أ، ب: وَإِنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا مِنَ الْخَزْرَجِ ; ر، هـ: وَإِنْ كَانَ مِنْ إِخْوَانِنَا الْخَزْرَجِ. (٣) هَذَا جُزْءٌ مِنْ حَدِيثِ الْإِفْكِ الَّذِي سَبَقَ الْكَلَامُ عَلَيْهِ فِي هَذَا الْجُزْءِ، ص ٣٤. (٤) ص، ر: مُؤْمِنٌ مِنْ أَوْلِيَاءِ اللَّهِ. . (٥) أ، ب: أَخَاهُ ; ص: الرَّجُلَ.