Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (4/376)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

a person (1): if a man is not harmed by his father’s disbelief or sinfulness, then our Prophet, Abraham, and Alī were not harmed by their fathers’ disbelief. But if it does harm him (2), they must disparage Muhammad ibn Abū Bakr on account of his father (3), though they hold him in high esteem. Yet his son, al-Qāsim ibn Muhammad, and his grandson, Abd al-Rahmān ibn al-Qāsim, are regarded by the Muslims as better than he was, while they do not speak well of either of them (4), because neither was among those involved in the sedition.

As for his statement:

“and his great stature,”

if he means his illustrious lineage, lineage carries no sanctity in their eyes (5), for they disparage his father and his sister. Ahl al-Sunnah, however, esteem people only for their piety, not merely for their lineage.

Allah Most High says:

“Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you.”

[Surah al-Hujurāt: 13]

If he means (6) his great stature on account of his precedence in the faith (7), his emigration, [his support], and his jihad (8), then he was not one of the Companions—neither one of the Emigrants nor the Helpers (9). If he means (10) by his great (11) stature that he was among the most learned (12) and devout of people, that is not the case, nor is he counted

(1) B alone reads: “lineages.” (2) A and B read: “and if it harms them.” (3) “On account of his father” is omitted in A. (4) S reads: “and the two of them speak only favorably of them both.” This is an error. (5) A reads: “in his eyes, it has no sanctity”; B: “in their eyes, it has no sanctity.” (6) N and M read: “and if they mean.” (7) A and B read: “on account of his twofold precedence.” (8) A and B read: “his jihad and his support.” “And his support” is omitted in N, M, and W. (9) A reads: “not among the Emigrants and the Helpers”; B: “neither among the Emigrants nor among the Helpers.” (10) “And if he means” appears thus in A, B, and W; all other manuscripts read: “and if they mean.” (11) N, M, and W read: “the exaltation of.” (12) A and B read: “greatest.”

الْإِنْسَانِ (١) ، فَإِنْ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ لَا يَضُرُّهُ كُفْرُ أَبِيهِ أَوْ فِسْقُهُ لَمْ يَضُرَّ نَبِيَّنَا وَلَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَلَا عَلِيًّا كُفْرُ آبَائِهِمْ، وَإِنْ ضَرَّهُ (٢) لَزِمَهُمْ أَنْ يَقْدَحُوا فِي مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ بِأَبِيهِ (٣) ، وَهُمْ يُعَظِّمُونَهُ، وَابْنُهُ الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَابْنُ ابْنِهِ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ خَيْرٌ عِنْدَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِنْهُ، وَلَا يَذْكُرُونَهُمَا بِخَيْرٍ (٤) لِكَوْنِهِمَا لَيْسَا مِنْ رِجَالِ الْفِتْنَةِ. وَأَمَّا قَوْلُهُ: " وَعِظَمِ شَأْنِهِ " . فَإِنْ أَرَادَ عِظَمَ نَسَبِهِ، فَالنَّسَبُ لَا حُرْمَةَ لَهُ عِنْدَهُمْ (٥) ، لِقَدْحِهِمْ فِي أَبِيهِ وَأُخْتِهِ. وَأَمَّا أَهْلُ السُّنَّةِ فَإِنَّمَا يُعَظِّمُونَ بِالتَّقْوَى، لَا بِمُجَرَّدِ النَّسَبِ. قَالَ تَعَالَى: {إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ أَتْقَاكُمْ} [سُورَةُ الْحُجُرَاتِ: ١٣] . وَإِنْ أَرَادَ (٦) عِظَمَ شَأْنِهِ لِسَابِقَتِهِ (٧) وَهِجْرَتِهِ [وَنُصْرَتِهِ] وَجِهَادِهِ (٨) ، فَهُوَ لَيْسَ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ: لَا مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَلَا الْأَنْصَارِ (٩) . وَإِنْ أَرَادَ (١٠) بِعِظَمِ (١١) شَأْنِهِ أَنَّهُ كَانَ مِنْ أَعْلَمِ (١٢) النَّاسِ وَأَدْيَنِهِمْ، فَلَيْسَ الْأَمْرُ كَذَلِكَ، وَلَيْسَ هُوَ مَعْدُودًا

(١) ب (فَقَطْ) : الْأَنْسَابِ. (٢) أ، ب: وَإِنْ ضَرَّهُمْ. (٣) بِأَبِيهِ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (أ) . (٤) ص: وَلَا يَذْكُرَانِهِمَا إِلَّا بِخَيْرٍ، وَهُوَ خَطَأٌ. (٥) أ، عِنْدَهُ لَا حُرْمَةَ لَهُ ; ب: عِنْدَهُمْ لَا حُرْمَةَ لَهُ. (٦) ن، م: وَإِنْ أَرَادُوا. (٧) أ، ب: بِسَابِقَتَيْهِ. (٨) أ، ب: وَجِهَادِهِ وَنُصْرَتِهِ. وَسَقَطَتْ " وَنُصْرَتِهِ " مِنْ (ن) ، (م) ، (و) . (٩) أ: لَا مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنْصَارِ ; ب: لَا مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَلَا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ. (١٠) وَإِنْ أَرَادَ: كَذَا فِي (أ) ، (ب) ، (و) ، وَفِي سَائِرِ النُّسَخِ: وَإِنْ أَرَادُوا. (١١) ن، م، وَ: تَعْظِيمِ. (١٢) أ، ب: أَعْظَمِ.