Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (4/517)

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speech (1), and to vindicate His believing servants—among the Companions of His Prophet and others—against these lying wrongdoers (2).

[The Rāfidī’s Remarks on the Day al-Husayn Was Killed and the Response to Him]

(Section).

The Rāfidī said (3):

“Some of them went so far in their partisan zeal as to recognize Yazīd ibn Muʿāwiya as imam (4), despite the vile deeds committed by him (5), including the killing of Imam al-Husayn, the plundering of his property, the taking of his women captive, and parading them (6) throughout the lands on camels without saddles, while our master Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn had his hands shackled. Nor were they content with killing him: they trampled his ribs and chest beneath the horses’ hooves and carried their heads on lances—even though their own leading scholars reported (7) that, on the day al-Husayn was killed, blood rained (8) from the sky. Al-Rāfiʿī mentioned this in Commentary on al-Wajīz, and Ibn Saʿd stated in al-Tabaqāt that a red glow appeared in the sky on the day al-Husayn was killed and had never been seen (9) before then.

He also said:

No stone anywhere in the world was lifted

(1) S: “like people who make statements like this”; B: “like the proponents of this statement.” (2) W: “…and others among them.” (3) In K, p. [0–9] 16 (M). (4) K, R: “they believed.” (5) A, B: “from him.” (6) K: “going about”; all other manuscripts: “and their offspring.” (7) S, B: “saw.” (8) A, B: “rained down”; K: “dripped.” (9) K: “since the day al-Husayn was killed—peace be upon him—and it had not been seen.”

الْكَلَامِ (١) ، وَيَنْتَصِرَ لِعِبَادِهِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ - مِنْ أَصْحَابِ نَبِيِّهِ وَغَيْرِهِمْ - مِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ الْمُفْتَرِينَ الظَّالِمِينَ (٢) . [كلام الرافضي على يوم مقتل الحسين رضي الله عنه والرد عليه] (فَصْلٌ) . قَالَ الرَّافِضِيُّ (٣) : " وَتَمَادَى بَعْضُهُمْ فِي التَّعَصُّبِ حَتَّى اعْتَقَدَ (٤) إِمَامَةَ يَزِيدَ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ مَعَ مَا صَدَرَ عَنْهُ (٥) مِنَ الْأَفْعَالِ الْقَبِيحَةِ مِنْ قَتْلِ الْإِمَامِ الْحُسَيْنِ وَنَهْبِ أَمْوَالِهِ وَسَبْيِ نِسَائِهِ وَدَوَرَانِهِمْ (٦) فِي الْبِلَادِ عَلَى الْجَمَالِ بِغَيْرِ قَتَبٍ، وَمَوْلَانَا زَيْنُ الْعَابِدِينَ مَغْلُولُ الْيَدَيْنِ، وَلَمْ يَقْنَعُوا بِقَتْلِهِ حَتَّى رَضُّوا أَضْلَاعَهُ وَصَدْرَهُ بِالْخُيُولِ، وَحَمَلُوا رُءُوسَهُمْ عَلَى الْقَنَا مَعَ أَنَّ مَشَايِخَهُمْ رَوَوْا (٧) أَنَّ يَوْمَ قَتْلِ الْحُسَيْنِ مَطَرَتِ (٨) السَّمَاءُ دَمًا. وَقَدْ ذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ الرَّافِعِيُّ فِي " شَرْحِ الْوَجِيزِ " وَذَكَرَ ابْنُ سَعْدٍ فِي " الطَّبَقَاتِ " أَنَّ الْحُمْرَةَ ظَهَرَتْ فِي السَّمَاءِ يَوْمَ قَتْلِ الْحُسَيْنِ وَلَمْ تُرَ (٩) قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ. وَقَالَ أَيْضًا: مَا رُفِعَ حَجَرٌ فِي الدُّنْيَا

(١) ص: مِثْلَ أَصْحَابِ مِثْلِ هَذَا الْكَلَامِ ; ب: مِثْلَ أَصْحَابِ هَذَا الْكَلَامِ. (٢) و:. . وَغَيْرِهِمْ مِنْهُمْ. (٣) فِي (ك) ص [٠ - ٩] ١٦ (م) . (٤) ك، ر: اعْتَقَدُوا. (٥) أ، ب: مِنْهُ. (٦) ك: الدَّوَرَانِ، وَسَائِرُ النُّسَخِ: وَذَرَارِيَّهُمْ. (٧) ص، ب: رَأَوْا. (٨) أ، ب: أَمْطَرَتْ ; ك: قَطَرَتْ. (٩) ك: مُنْذُ يَوْمِ قَتْلِ الْحُسَيْنِ - عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ - وَلَمْ يُرَ.