Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (4/491)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

Quraysh in equal halves, but Quraysh are a people who do not deal justly.”

[(*Another of his statements—may Allah curse him—was:

“O frog, daughter of two frogs! Croak away—how you do croak! You neither muddy the water nor keep the drinker away. Your head is in the water, and your tail is in the clay.”] (1).

Another of his statements—may Allah curse him—was:

“The elephant! And what will make you know what the elephant is? It has a long trunk (2). Indeed, it is one of the creations of our Majestic Lord.” (3)

This and similar pieces of wretched drivel prompted al-Siddīq—may Allah be pleased with him—to say to his people when they recited it before him: “Woe to you! Where (4) have your minds gone? This speech did not proceed from truth* (5) (6).”

This liar had written to the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace: “From Musaylimah, the Messenger of Allah, to Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah. To proceed: I have been made a partner with you in this matter.” The Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—wrote back: “From Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, to Musaylimah the Liar.” When the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—passed away, Abu Bakr sent Khālid ibn al-Walīd against him, and Khālid fought him with the Muslims under his command, after he had fought

(1) The text between square brackets is absent from N and M. (2) S and B read: “zannūm.” (3) R reads: “is surely magnificent.” (4) N and M read: “that.” (5) A and B read: “from a god.” (6) The text between square brackets is absent from W.

قُرَيْشٍ نِصْفَيْنِ وَلَكِنَّ قُرَيْشًا قَوْمٌ لَا يَعْدِلُونَ ". [ (* وَمِنْهُ قَوْلُهُ لَعَنَهُ اللَّهُ: " يَا ضِفْدَعُ بِنْتُ ضِفْدَعِينَ، نِقِّى كَمْ تَنِقِّينَ، لَا الْمَاءَ تُكَدِّرِينَ، وَلَا الشَّارِبَ تَمْنَعِينَ، رَأْسُكِ فِي الْمَاءِ وَذَنَبُكِ فِي الطِّينِ "] (١) . وَمِنْهُ قَوْلُهُ لَعَنَهُ اللَّهُ: " الْفِيلُ، وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْفِيلُ، لَهُ زَلُّومٌ (٢) طَوِيلٌ، إِنَّ ذَلِكَ مِنْ خَلْقِ رَبِّنَا الْجَلِيلِ " (٣) وَنَحْوُ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الْهَذَيَانِ السَّمِجِ الَّذِي قَالَ فِيهِ الصِّدِّيقُ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - لِقَوْمِهِ لَمَّا قَرَءُوهُ عَلَيْهِ: " وَيْلَكُمْ أَيْنَ (٤) . يَذْهَبُ بِعُقُولِكُمْ، إِنَّ هَذَا كَلَامٌ لَمْ يَخْرُجْ مِنْ إِلٍّ * (٥) (٦) . وَكَانَ هَذَا الْكَذَّابُ قَدْ كَتَبَ لِلنَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -: " مِنْ مُسَيْلِمَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ إِلَى مُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ. أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنِّي قَدْ أُشْرِكْتُ فِي الْأَمْرِ مَعَكَ " . فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -: " مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ إِلَى مُسَيْلِمَةَ الْكَذَّابِ " . فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - بَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ فَقَاتَلَهُ بِمَنْ مَعَهُ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، بَعْدَ أَنْ قَاتَلَ

(١) مَا بَيْنَ الْمَعْقُوفَتَيْنِ سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . (٢) ص، ب: زَنُّومٌ. (٣) ر: لَجَلِيلٌ. (٤) ن، م: أَنْ (٥) أ، ب: مِنْ إِلَهٍ (٦) مَا بَيْنَ الْمَعْقُوفَتَيْنِ سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (و) .