Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (4/433)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

“But whoever opens his heart to disbelief—upon them is wrath from Allah, and they will suffer a tremendous punishment.”

Moreover, “Abd Allah ibn Umar narrated, saying: ‘I came to the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—and heard him say, “A man will appear before you who will die upon a path other than my sunnah.” Then Muāwiya appeared. The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—stood to deliver a sermon (1), but Muāwiya took his son Yazīd by the hand, left, and did not listen to the sermon. The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—then said, “May Allah curse the one leading and the one being led! What sort of day will the ummah (2) have with Muāwiya, the evildoer?”’ Muāwiya went to extremes in waging war against Ali—peace be upon him—killed a great many of the finest Companions, and cursed him from the pulpits (3). This reviling continued for eighty years (4), until Umar ibn Abd al-Azīz put an end to it. He poisoned al-Hasan [peace be upon him] (5); his son Yazīd killed our master al-Husayn (6) and seized his womenfolk as spoils; Muāwiya’s father (7) broke one of the Prophet’s—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—incisors (8); and his mother ate the liver of Hamza, the Prophet’s paternal uncle—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—” (9).

(1) K reads: “one day, while delivering a sermon.” (2) K reads: “What will happen to this ummah because of Muāwiya?” (3) S and B read: “from the pulpit”; R and H read: “from atop the pulpits.” A reads: “and it continued until the year eighty”; B: “and his reviling continued until the year eighty”; N and M: “and it continued in the year eighty.” (4) K reads: “His reviling continued for a period of eighty years.” (5) “Peace be upon him” is absent from N and M. K reads: “May blessings and peace be upon him.” (6) K reads: “al-Husayn—may blessings and peace be upon him”; W reads: “al-Husayn—peace be upon him.” (7) K reads: “his grandfather.” (8) K reads: “one of the Messenger’s incisors—may Allah bless him and his family.” (9) K (p. 115 M) reads: “Hamza—peace be upon him.”

{وَلَكِنْ مَنْ شَرَحَ بِالْكُفْرِ صَدْرًا فَعَلَيْهِمْ غَضَبٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ} . وَقَدْ «رَوَى عَبْدُ اللَّهُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ: أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: يَطْلُعُ عَلَيْكُمْ رَجُلٌ يَمُوتُ عَلَى غَيْرِ سُنَّتِي، فَطَلَعَ مُعَاوِيَةُ. وَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - خَطِيبًا (١) ، فَأَخَذَ مُعَاوِيَةُ بِيَدِ ابْنِهِ يَزِيدَ وَخَرَجَ وَلَمْ يَسْمَعِ الْخُطْبَةَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -: لَعَنَ اللَّهُ الْقَائِدَ وَالْمَقُودَ، أَيُّ يَوْمٍ يَكُونُ لِلْأُمَّةِ (٢) مَعَ مُعَاوِيَةَ ذِي الْإِسَاءَةِ؟» . وَبَالَغَ فِي مُحَارَبَةِ عَلِيٍّ - عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ -، وَقَتَلَ جَمْعًا كَثِيرًا مِنْ خِيَارِ الصَّحَابَةِ، وَلَعَنَهُ عَلَى الْمَنَابِرِ (٣) ، وَاسْتَمَرَّ سَبُّهُ ثَمَانِينَ سَنَةً (٤) ، إِلَى أَنْ قَطَعَهُ عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ. وَسَمَّ الْحَسَنَ [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ] (٥) وَقَتَلَ ابْنُهُ يَزِيدُ مَوْلَانَا الْحُسَيْنَ (٦) ، وَنَهَبَ نِسَاءَهُ، وَكَسَرَ أَبُوهُ (٧) ثَنِيَّةَ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - (٨) ، وَأَكَلَتْ أُمُّهُ كَبِدَ حَمْزَةَ عَمِّ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - " (٩) .

(١) ك: يَوْمًا يَخْطُبُ. (٢) ك: يَكُونُ لِهَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ مِنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ. . (٣) ص، ب: عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ ; ر، هـ: عَلَى رُءُوسِ الْمَنَابِرِ. أ: وَاسْتَمَرَّ إِلَى سَنَةِ ثَمَانِينَ ; ب: وَاسْتَمَرَّ سَبُّهُ إِلَى سَنَةِ ثَمَانِينَ ; ن، م: وَاسْتَمَرَّ سَنَةَ ثَمَانِينَ ; (٤) ك: وَاسْتَمَرَّ سَبُّهُ مُدَّةَ ثَمَانِينَ سَنَةً. (٥) عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . وَفِي (ك) : عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ. (٦) ك: الْحُسَيْنَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ ; و: الْحُسَيْنَ - عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ -. (٧) ك: جَدُّهُ. (٨) ك: ثَنِيَّةَ الرَّسُولِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ -. (٩) ك: (ص ١١٥ م) : حَمْزَةَ - عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ -.