Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (4/439)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

as some people claimed, though the soundness of this is not known—or during the Umrah of al-Ji‘rāna, as it has been reported that this trimming took place during the Umrah of al-Ji‘rāna. This occurred after the Conquest of Mecca, the Battle of Hunayn, and his siege of al-Tā’if (1). The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—returned from there and distributed the spoils of Hunayn at al-Ji‘rāna. He then set out from there to perform Umrah in Mecca, and Muāwiya—may Allah be pleased with him—trimmed his hair for him. [Muāwiya] (2) had embraced Islam by then, for he embraced Islam (3) at the Conquest of Mecca. The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—employed him as a scribe because of his competence and trustworthiness. Neither he nor his brother Yazīd ibn Abī Sufyān is known to have harmed the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—as some of the polytheists used to harm him.

His brother Yazīd was superior to him. Some ignorant people imagine that this Yazīd was the Yazīd who assumed the caliphate after Muāwiya (4), during whose reign al-Husayn was killed. They therefore imagine that Yazīd ibn Muāwiya was one of the Companions. This is manifest ignorance, for Yazīd ibn Muāwiya was born during the caliphate of Uthmān. As for this Yazīd, his paternal uncle (5), he was a righteous man and one of the finest Companions. Al-Siddīq appointed him as one of the commanders of Syria and walked beside his mount. He died during the caliphate of Umar, so Umar—may Allah be pleased with him—appointed his brother Muāwiya—may Allah be pleased with him—as commander in his place. Then, when Uthmān became caliph, he retained him in command and expanded his authority. He remained a commander until Uthmān was killed and civil strife erupted, and thereafter until the Commander of the Faithful [Alī—may Allah be pleased with him—] (6) was killed and the people of Iraq pledged allegiance to al-Hasan ibn

(1) S, A, and B read: “al-Tāif.” (2) “Muāwiya” is omitted from N and M. (3) N alone reads: “for he had embraced Islam.” (4) N, M, W, and H read: “after his death.” (5) A and B read: “As for Yazīd, this is his paternal uncle.” (6) The text between square brackets is omitted from N and M.

كَمَا زَعَمَ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ، لَكِنْ لَا يُعْرَفُ صِحَّةُ هَذَا - وَإِمَّا فِي عُمْرَةِ الْجِعْرَانَةِ، كَمَا رُوِيَ أَنَّ هَذَا التَّقْصِيرَ كَانَ فِي عُمْرَةِ الْجِعْرَانَةِ، وَكَانَتْ بَعْدَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ، وَبَعْدَ غَزْوَةِ حُنَيْنٍ، وَبَعْدَ حِصَارِهِ لِلطَّائِفِ (١) ; فَإِنَّهُ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - رَجَعَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَسَّمَ غَنَائِمَ حُنَيْنٍ بِالْجِعْرَانَةِ، وَاعْتَمَرَ مِنْهَا إِلَى مَكَّةَ، فَقَصَّرَ عَنْهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ -، وَكَانَ [مُعَاوِيَةُ] (٢) قَدْ أَسْلَمَ حِينَئِذٍ، فَإِنَّهُ أَسْلَمَ (٣) عِنْدَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ، وَاسْتَكْتَبَهُ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - لِخِبْرَتِهِ وَأَمَانَتِهِ، وَلَا يُعْرَفُ عَنْهُ وَلَا عَنْ أَخِيهِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ أَنَّهُمَا آذَيَا النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -، كَمَا كَانَ يُؤْذِيهِ بَعْضُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ. وَأَخُوهُ يَزِيدُ أَفْضَلُ مِنْهُ. وَبَعْضُ الْجُهَّالِ يَظُنُّ أَنَّ يَزِيدَ هَذَا هُوَ يَزِيدُ الَّذِي تَوَلَّى الْخِلَافَةَ بَعْدَ مُعَاوِيَةَ (٤) ، وَقُتِلَ الْحُسَيْنُ فِي زَمَنِهِ، فَيَظُنُّ يَزِيدَ بْنَ مُعَاوِيَةَ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ، وَهَذَا جَهْلٌ ظَاهِرٌ ; فَإِنَّ يَزِيدَ بْنَ مُعَاوِيَةَ وُلِدَ فِي خِلَافَةِ عُثْمَانَ، وَأَمَّا يَزِيدُ عَمُّهُ هَذَا (٥) فَرَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ مِنْ خِيَارِ الصَّحَابَةِ، وَاسْتَعْمَلَهُ الصِّدِّيقُ أَحَدَ أُمَرَاءِ الشَّامِ، وَمَشَى فِي رِكَابِهِ، وَمَاتَ فِي خِلَافَةِ عُمَرَ، فَوَلَّى عُمَرُ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - أَخَاهُ مُعَاوِيَةَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - مَكَانَهُ أَمِيرًا، ثُمَّ لَمَّا وَلِيَ عُثْمَانُ أَقَرَّهُ عَلَى الْإِمَارَةِ وَزَادَهُ، وَبَقِيَ أَمِيرًا، إِلَى أَنْ قُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ وَوَقَعَتِ الْفِتْنَةُ، إِلَى أَنْ قُتِلَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ [عَلِيٌّ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ -] (٦) وَبَايَعَ أَهْلُ الْعِرَاقِ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ

(١) ص، أ، ب: الطَّائِفِ. (٢) مُعَاوِيَةُ: لَيْسَتْ فِي (ن) ، (م) . (٣) ن (فَقَطْ) : فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ أَسْلَمَ. (٤) ن، م، و، هـ: بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِ. (٥) أ، ب: وَأَمَّا يَزِيدُ هَذَا عَمُّهُ. (٦) مَا بَيْنَ الْمَعْقُوفَتَيْنِ سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) .