Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (4/428)

as did Uthmān, Ali, Āmir ibn Fuhayra, Abd Allah ibn al-Arqam (1), Ubayy ibn Kab, Thābit ibn Qays, Khālid ibn Saīd ibn al-Ās, Hanzala ibn al-Rabī al-Asadī, Zayd ibn Thābit, Muāwiya, and Shurahbīl ibn Hasana—may Allah be pleased with them—(2).

As for his statement:

“Muāwiya remained a polytheist throughout the period of the Prophet’s mission—may Allah bless him and grant him peace.”

The response is: There is no doubt that Muāwiya (3), his father, his brother, and others embraced Islam in the year of the conquest of Mecca, approximately three years before the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—died. How, then, could he have remained a polytheist throughout the prophetic mission? (4) Muāwiya—may Allah be pleased with him—was still a young child when the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—was sent forth (5); Hind would bounce him. Muāwiya—may Allah be pleased with him—embraced Islam with those who did so at the conquest, such as his brother [Yazīd and Suhayl ibn Amr] (6), Safwān [ibn Umayya] (7), Ikrima [ibn Abī Jahl], and Abū Sufyān [ibn Harb],

(1) A, B, and S read: “ibn Arqam.” (2) “(33)” is omitted in W. (3) “(33)” is omitted in W. (4) W reads: “the mission.” (5) S reads: “the Prophet’s mission.” (6) The text within square brackets is omitted in N, M, and W. (7) The words “and Safwān ibn Umayya” are omitted in R. The words “ibn Umayya” are also omitted in N, M, and W.

وَعُثْمَانُ، وَعَلِيٌّ، وَعَامِرُ بْنُ فُهَيْرَةَ، وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْأَرْقَمِ (١) ، وَأُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ، وَثَابِتُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ، وَخَالِدُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعَاصِ، وَحَنْظَلَةُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ الْأَسَدِيُّ، وَزَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ، وَمُعَاوِيَةُ، وَشُرَحْبِيلُ بْنُ حَسَنَةَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ - (٢) . وَأَمَّا قَوْلُهُ: " إِنَّ مُعَاوِيَةَ لَمْ يَزَلْ مُشْرِكًا مُدَّةَ كَوْنِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - مَبْعُوثًا " . فَيُقَالُ: لَا رَيْبَ أَنَّ مُعَاوِيَةَ (٣) وَأَبَاهُ وَأَخَاهُ وَغَيْرَهُمْ أَسْلَمُوا عَامَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ، قَبْلَ مَوْتِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - بِنَحْوٍ مِنْ ثَلَاثِ سِنِينَ، فَكَيْفَ يَكُونُ مُشْرِكًا مُدَّةَ الْمَبْعَثِ (٤) . وَمُعَاوِيَةُ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - كَانَ حِينَ بُعِثَ (٥) النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - صَغِيرًا، كَانَتْ هِنْدُ تُرَقِّصُهُ. وَمُعَاوِيَةُ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - أَسْلَمَ مَعَ مُسْلِمَةِ الْفَتْحِ، مِثْلُ أَخِيهِ [يَزِيدَ، وَسُهَيْلِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو،] (٦) وَصَفْوَانَ [بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ] (٧) ، وَعِكْرِمَةَ [بْنِ أَبِي جَهْلٍ] ، وَأَبِي سُفْيَانَ [بْنِ حَرْبٍ] ،

(١) أ، ب، ص: بْنُ أَرْقَمِ. (٢) (٣٣) سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (و) . (٣) (٣٣) سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (و) . (٤) و: الْبَعْثِ. (٥) ص: مَبْعَثِ. (٦) مَا بَيْنَ الْمَعْقُوفَتَيْنِ سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) ، (و) . (٧) وَصَفْوَانَ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ر) . وَسَقَطَتْ " بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ " مِنْ: (ن) ، (م) ، (و) .