Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (4/375)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

It is said that he committed an offense carrying a prescribed punishment, for which Uthmān had him flogged. He consequently harbored resentment against Uthmān [because of the pride (1) he took in his father, Abū Bakr; and when the fomenters of sedition rose up against Uthmān] (2), they say that he was among them, entered Uthmān’s presence, and seized him by the beard. Uthmān said to him, “You have taken a grave liberty (3)—one your father would never have taken.”

It is also said that he withdrew when Uthmān said [to him] (4) those words, and that someone else killed Uthmān.

He subsequently fought alongside Alī in his wars, and Alī appointed him governor of Egypt. He was killed there: Uthmān’s supporters killed him because they knew that he had been among those who rebelled against him. His body was placed inside a donkey’s carcass and burned. He was killed by Muāwiya ibn Hudayj (5).

The Rāfidis go to excess in venerating him, in keeping with their corrupt habit of praising the fomenters of sedition who rose against Uthmān and lavishing praise upon those who fought alongside Alī. They even prefer Muhammad ibn Abū Bakr to his father, Abū Bakr: they curse the best member of the Ummah after its Prophet, yet praise his son, who had neither Companionship, precedence in the faith, nor any particular virtue. In this regard, they also contradict themselves in their veneration of

(1) A and B read: “because of the honor he derived.” (2) The text within square brackets is omitted in N and M. (3) “Grave” occurs only in N. (4) “To him” occurs only in A, B, and M. (5) N, M, W, and H read: “Hudayj ibn Muʿāwiya”; A and B: “Khudayj ibn Muʿāwiya”; and R and S: “Judayh ibn Muʿāwiya.” The correct form is the one given in the text. He was Muʿāwiya ibn Hudayj ibn Jafna ibn Qanbar, Abū Nuʿaym al-Kindī, then al-Sakūnī—may Allah be pleased with him. He was present at the Battle of Siffīn alongside Muʿāwiya, who later appointed him to command an army he dispatched to Egypt. Muhammad ibn Abī Bakr was then governor of Egypt on behalf of ʿAlī ibn Abī Tālib—may Allah be pleased with him—and Muʿāwiya ibn Hudayj killed him in 38 AH, placed his body inside a donkey’s carcass, and burned it. Muʿāwiya ibn Hudayj died in 52 AH. For the account of Muhammad ibn Abī Bakr’s death, see *al-ʿIbar*, 1/44–45; *Tārīkh al-Tabarī*, 5/104. On Muʿāwiya ibn Hudayj—may Allah be pleased with him—see *al-Isāba*, 3/411; *al-Aʿlām*, 8/171.

وَيُقَالُ: إِنَّهُ أَتَى حَدًّا فَجَلَدَهُ عُثْمَانُ عَلَيْهِ، فَبَقِيَ فِي نَفْسِهِ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ، [لِمَا كَانَ فِي نَفْسِهِ مِنْ تَشَرُّفِهِ (١) بِأَبِيهِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَلَمَّا قَامَ أَهْلُ الْفِتْنَةِ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ] (٢) . قَالُوا: إِنَّهُ كَانَ مَعَهُمْ، وَإِنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ وَأَخَذَ بِلِحْيَتِهِ، وَأَنَّ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ لَهُ: لَقَدْ أَخَذْتَ مَأْخَذًا عَظِيمًا (٣) مَا كَانَ أَبُوكَ لِيَأْخُذَهُ. وَيُقَالُ: إِنَّهُ رَجَعَ لَمَّا قَالَ [لَهُ] (٤) ذَلِكَ، وَأَنَّ الَّذِي قَتَلَ عُثْمَانَ كَانَ غَيْرَهُ. ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ كَانَ مَعَ عَلِيٍّ فِي حُرُوبِهِ، وَوَلَّاهُ مِصْرَ، فَقُتِلَ بِمِصْرَ: قَتَلَهُ شِيعَةُ عُثْمَانَ لِمَا كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ مِنَ الْخَارِجِينَ عَلَيْهِ، وَحُرِقَ فِي بَطْنِ حِمَارٍ: قَتَلَهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ حُدَيْجٍ (٥) . وَالرَّافِضَةُ تَغْلُو فِي تَعْظِيمِهِ عَلَى عَادَتِهِمُ الْفَاسِدَةِ فِي أَنَّهُمْ يَمْدَحُونَ رِجَالَ الْفِتْنَةِ الَّذِينَ قَامُوا عَلَى عُثْمَانَ، وَيُبَالِغُونَ فِي مَدْحِ مَنْ قَاتَلَ مَعَ عَلِيٍّ، حَتَّى يُفَضِّلُونَ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَلَى أَبِيهِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَيَلْعَنُونَ أَفْضَلَ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا، وَيَمْدَحُونَ ابْنَهُ الَّذِي لَيْسَ لَهُ صُحْبَةٌ وَلَا سَابِقَةٌ وَلَا فَضِيلَةٌ، وَيَتَنَاقَضُونَ فِي ذَلِكَ فِي تَعْظِيمِ

(١) أ، ب: مِنْ شَرَفِهِ. (٢) مَا بَيْنَ الْمَعْقُوفَتَيْنِ سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . (٣) عَظِيمًا: فِي (ن) فَقَطْ. (٤) لَهُ: فِي (أ) ، (ب) ، (م) فَقَطْ. (٥) ن، م، و، هـ: حُدَيْجُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ ; أ، ب: خُدَيْجُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ ; ر، ص: جُدَيْحُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ. وَالصَّوَابُ مَا أَثْبَتَهُ. وَهُوَ مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ حُدَيْجِ بْنِ جَفْنَةَ بْنِ قَنْبَرٍ، أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ الْكِنْدِيُّ ثُمَّ السَّكُونِيُّ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ -. شَهِيدُ صِفِّينَ مَعَ مُعَاوِيَةَ، وَوَلَّاهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ إِمْرَةَ جَيْشٍ جَهَّزَهُ إِلَى مِصْرَ، وَكَانَ الْوَالِي عَلَيْهَا مِنْ قِبَلِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَقَتَلَهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ سَنَةَ ثَمَانٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ وَصَيَّرَهُ فِي بَطْنِ حِمَارٍ وَأَحْرَقَهُ. وَتُوُفِّيَ مُعَاوِيَةُ سَنَةَ ٥٢. انْظُرْ خَبَرَ مَقْتَلِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فِي: الْعِبَرِ ١/٤٤ ٤٥ ; تَارِيخِ الطَّبَرَيِّ ٥/١٠٤. وَانْظُرْ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ حُدَيْجٍ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ -: الْإِصَابَةَ ٣/٤١١ ; الْأَعْلَامَ ٨/١٧١.