Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (4/338)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

al-Aqaba, nor do they permit a pilgrim to apply perfume before entering ihrām or before the second release from it; nor do they recognize the prostrations of recitation in the Mufassal surahs, the opening supplication and seeking refuge in prayer, or the two salutations concluding it; nor do they prohibit every predatory beast with fangs or every bird with talons; and they deem anal intercourse and similar acts lawful—despite the disagreement among themselves concerning these issues.”

The people of Medina reply:

“We adhere more closely to the Sunnah and are further removed from contravening it and from erroneous personal opinion than the people of Iraq, who do not hold [that every intoxicant is forbidden or that well water does not become ritually impure merely because impurities fall into it, and who do not recognize] (1) the prayer for rain or the eclipse prayer with two bowings (2) in each unit of prayer. They do not recognize the inviolability of the sanctuary of Medina; do not render judgment on the basis of one witness and an oath; do not begin (3) the qasāma procedure with the claimants’ oaths; do not deem (4) one tawāf and one sa'y sufficient for a combined Hajj and Umrah; require zakat on vegetables; do not recognize charitable endowments as valid (5); and do not invalidate an exchange marriage without a bridal gift [or the marriage of] a man who marries a thrice-divorced woman solely to make her lawful again for her former husband (6). They regard the two arbiters appointed between spouses as nothing more than agents (7), do not judge contractual acts according to intentions, and deem what Allah Most High has forbidden lawful through the slightest legal stratagems. They thereby nullify rights, such as the right of pre-emption and others, through legal stratagems, and render (8) forbidden acts—such as adultery, gambling, and illicit sexual relations—lawful through legal stratagems (9), and they cause zakat obligations to lapse

(1) The passage in square brackets is omitted from N and M. (2) N and M read: “and with two bowings”; A reads: “they bow.” (3) A and B read: “nor do they initiate.” (4) N, M, and W read: “nor do they compel.” (5) A, R, Ṣ, and H read: “the categories,” which is a corruption. (6) N and M read: “the *shighār* and *muhallil* marriages.” (7) A reads: “the two arbiters for the spouses only as two mere agents”; W and B read the same. (8) N, M, and W read: “and they render.” (9) (*–*) The passage between the asterisks is omitted from A, and the first part of this passage is omitted from M.

الْعَقَبَةِ، وَلَا الطِّيبَ لِلْمُحْرِمِ قَبْلَ الْإِحْرَامِ وَلَا قَبْلَ التَّحَلُّلِ الثَّانِي، وَلَا السُّجُودَ فِي الْمُفَصَّلِ، وَلَا الِاسْتِفْتَاحَ وَالتَّعَوُّذَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ، وَلَا التَّسْلِيمَتَيْنِ مِنْهَا، وَلَا تَحْرِيمَ كُلِّ ذِي نَابٍ مِنَ السِّبَاعِ، وَلَا كُلِّ ذِي مِخْلَبٍ مِنَ الطَّيْرِ، وَأَنَّهُمْ يَسْتَحِلُّونَ الْحُشُوشَ وَنَحْوَ ذَلِكَ، مَعَ مَا فِي هَذِهِ الْمَسَائِلِ مِنَ النِّزَاعِ بَيْنَهُمْ. فَيَقُولُ الْمَدَنِيُّونَ: نَحْنُ أَتْبَعُ لِلسُّنَّةِ وَأَبْعَدُ عَنْ مُخَالَفَتِهَا وَعَنِ الرَّأْيِ الْخَطَأِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ، الَّذِينَ لَا يَرَوْنَ [أَنَّ كُلَّ مُسْكِرٍ حَرَامٌ، وَلَا أَنْ مِيَاهَ الْآبَارِ لَا تَنْجُسْ بِمُجَرَّدِ وُقُوعِ النَّجَاسَاتِ، وَلَا يَرَوْنَ] (١) صَلَاةَ الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ وَلَا صَلَاةَ الْكُسُوفِ بِرُكُوعَيْنِ (٢) فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ، وَلَا يُحَرِّمُونَ حَرَمَ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَلَا يَحْكُمُونَ بِشَاهِدٍ وَيَمِينٍ، وَلَا يَبْدَءُونَ (٣) فِي الْقَسَامَةِ بِأَيْمَانِ الْمُدَّعِينَ، وَلَا يَجْتَزِءُونَ (٤) بِطَوَافٍ وَاحِدٍ وَسَعْيٍ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ الْقِرَانِ، وَيُوجِبُونَ الزَّكَاةَ فِي الْخُضْرَوَاتِ، وَلَا يُجِيزُونَ الْأَحْبَاسَ (٥) ، وَلَا يُبْطِلُونَ نِكَاحَ الشِّغَارِ، [وَلَا نِكَاحَ] الْمُحَلِّلِ (٦) ، وَلَا يَجْعَلُونَ الْحَكَمَيْنِ بَيْنَ الزَّوْجَيْنِ إِلَّا مُجَرَّدَ وَكِيلَيْنِ (٧) ، وَلَا يَجْعَلُونَ الْأَعْمَالَ فِي الْعُقُودِ بِالنِّيَّاتِ، وَيَسْتَحِلُّونَ مَحَارِمَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى بِأَدْنَى الْحِيَلِ، * فَيُسْقِطُونَ الْحُقُوقَ كَالشُّفْعَةِ وَغَيْرِهَا بِالْحِيَلِ، وَيُحِلُّونَ (٨) الْمُحَرَّمَاتِ كَالزِّنَا وَالْمَيْسِرِ وَالسِّفَاحِ بِالْحِيَلِ * (٩) ، وَيُسْقِطُونَ الزَّكَاةَ

(١) مَا بَيْنَ الْمَعْقُوفَتَيْنِ سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . (٢) ن، م: وَبِرُكُوعَيْنِ ; أ: يَرْكَعُونَ. (٣) أ، ب: وَلَا يَبْتَدِئُونَ. (٤) ن، م، و: وَلَا يُجْبِرُونَ. (٥) أ، ر، ص، هـ: الْأَجْنَاسَ، وَهُوَ تَحْرِيفٌ. (٦) ن، م: الشِّغَارِ وَالْمُحَلِّلِ. (٧) أ: الْحُكْمَيْنِ لِلزَّوْجَيْنِ إِلَّا بِمُجَرَّدِ وَكِيلَيْنِ ; و، ب: الْحُكْمَيْنِ لِلزَّوْجَيْنِ إِلَّا بِمُجَرَّدِ وَكِيلَيْنِ. (٨) ن، م، و: وَيَجْعَلُونَ. (٩) (* - *) : مَا بَيْنَ النَّجْمَتَيْنِ سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (أ) وَسَقَطَ الْقِسْمُ الْأَوَّلُ مِنْ هَذَا الْكَلَامِ مِنْ (م) .