Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (4/489)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

He said:

‘Did you then kill him after he had said, “There is no god but Allah”?’

He kept repeating this until I wished that I had not embraced Islam before that day.” (1).

[The Rāfidī’s assertion concerning Khālid ibn al-Walīd—may Allah be pleased with him—that he executed Mālik ibn Nuwayrah after taking him captive, though he was a Muslim, and had relations with his wife, and the response to it]

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R, S, H: Chapter Thirty-One.

The Rāfidī said (2): “When the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—passed away and Abū Bakr dispatched Khālid to fight the people of Yamāmah, he killed 1,200 of them (3), despite their open profession of Islam. He executed Mālik ibn Nuwayrah after taking him captive (4), though he was a Muslim, and had relations (5) with his wife (6). They called Banū Hanīfah apostates because they did not deliver the zakat to Abū Bakr, since they did not believe him to be the rightful imam. He declared their blood, property, and women lawful. K: ‘their blood, property, and women.’ This continued until Umar objected to him. Thus, they called anyone who withheld the zakat an apostate, yet they did not call an apostate one who deemed it lawful to shed Muslim blood and wage war against the Commander of the Faithful, even though they had heard the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—say: ‘O Ali,

(1) This hadith was cited earlier at 1/560. (2) In K, p. [0–9] 15 (M)–116 (M). (3) N and M read: “2,200 men” (in the accusative); S and H: “2,200 men” (in the nominative); K: “1,200 persons.” (4) K reads: “unjustly.” (5) S and B read: “and he consummated the marriage.” (6) K reads: “and he had relations with his wife on the night he was killed.”

قَالَ: " فَقَتَلَهُ بَعْدَ أَنْ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ؟ " فَمَا زَالَ يُكَرِّرُهَا حَتَّى تَمَنَّيْتُ أَنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ أَسْلَمْتُ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ» (١) . [كلام الرافضي على خالد بن الوليد رضي الله عنه بأنه قَتَلَ مَالِكَ بْنَ نُوَيْرَةَ صَبْرًا وَهُوَ مُسْلِمٌ وَعَرَّسَ بِامْرَأَتِهِ والرد عليه] (فَصْلٌ) ر، ص، هـ: الْفَصْلُ الْحَادِي وَالثَّلَاثُونَ.. قَالَ الرَّافِضِيُّ (٢) : " وَلَمَّا قُبِضَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَأَنْفَذَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ لِقِتَالِ أَهْلِ الْيَمَامَةِ قَتَلَ مِنْهُمْ أَلْفًا وَمِائَتَيْ نَفَرٍ (٣) . مَعَ تَظَاهُرِهِمْ بِالْإِسْلَامِ، وَقَتَلَ مَالِكَ بْنَ نُوَيْرَةَ صَبْرًا (٤) وَهُوَ مُسْلِمٌ، وَعَرَّسَ (٥) بِامْرَأَتِهِ (٦) ، وَسَمَّوْا بَنِي حَنِيفَةَ أَهْلَ الرِّدَّةِ؛ لِأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَحْمِلُوا الزَّكَاةَ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ؛ لِأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَعْتَقِدُوا إِمَامَتَهُ، وَاسْتَحَلَّ دِمَاءَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ وَنِسَاءَهُمْ ك: دِمَائَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ وَنِسَائَهُمْ. حَتَّى أَنْكَرَ عُمَرُ عَلَيْهِ، فَسَمَّوْا مَانِعَ الزَّكَاةِ مُرْتَدًّا، وَلَمْ يُسَمُّوا مَنِ اسْتَحَلَّ دِمَاءَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَمُحَارَبَةَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مُرْتَدًّا، مَعَ أَنَّهُمْ سَمِعُوا قَوْلَ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -: «يَا عَلِيُّ

(١) سَبَقَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ فِيمَا مَضَى ١/٥٦٠. (٢) فِي (ك) ص [٠ - ٩] ١٥ (م) - ١١٦ (م) . (٣) ن، م: أَلْفَيْ وَمِائَتَيْ نَفَرٍ، ص، هـ: أَلْفَانِ وَمِائَتَيْ نَفَرٍ ; ك: أَلْفًا وَمِائَتَيْ نَفْسٍ (٤) ك: ظُلْمًا. (٥) ص، ب: وَأَعْرَسَ. (٦) ك: وَعَرَّسَ لَيْلَةَ قَتْلِهِ بِامْرَأَتِهِ.