Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (4/558)

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had there (1) been any kinship between him and al-Husayn, he would not have killed him.”

He also said:

“I would have been satisfied with the obedience of the people of Iraq without al-Husayn being killed.”

He also furnished al-Husayn’s family with the finest travel provisions and sent them to Medina. Despite this, however, he neither avenged al-Husayn, ordered his killer put to death, nor exacted retribution for him.

As for what he mentioned about taking al-Husayn’s women [and children] (2) captive, parading them throughout the lands (3), and carrying them on unsaddled camels, this is false and baseless. The Muslims—praise be to Allah—have never taken a Hāshimite woman captive, nor has the nation of Muhammad—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—ever deemed it lawful to take the Banū Hāshim captive. Yet people of caprice and ignorance tell many lies.

One group among them, for example, claims that al-Hajjāj killed the nobles, meaning the Banū Hāshim. A dispute once arose between a certain preacher and some people who claimed to be descendants of Alī, though the authenticity of their lineage was disputed. The preacher then declared from his pulpit:

“Al-Hajjāj killed all the nobles, leaving no men for their women. Men were therefore given access to those women (4), and these people are the descendants of those men.”

All of this is a lie. Al-Hajjāj never killed a single member of the Banū Hāshim, despite the many others he killed. Abd al-Malik sent him a message saying:

“Beware of taking any action against the Banū Hāshim. You have seen what befell the Banū Harb when they moved against al-Husayn”—or words to that effect (5).

Al-Hajjāj did, however, kill many of the Arab nobles—that is,

(1) N and M read: “…Ibn Ziyād. By Allah, had there been…” (2) The words “and the children” are added in R, S, and H. (3) B alone reads: “throughout the lands.” (4) S and B read *minhunna* (“among them,” feminine). All other manuscripts read *minhum* (“among them,” masculine). (5) (55) In place of these phrases, N, M, and W read: “Not one of them remained.”

لَوْ كَانَ (١) بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْحُسَيْنِ رَحِمٌ لَمَا قَتَلَهُ. وَقَالَ: قَدْ كُنْتُ أَرْضَى مِنْ طَاعَةِ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ بِدُونِ قَتْلِ الْحُسَيْنِ. وَأَنَّهُ جَهَّزَ أَهْلَهُ بِأَحْسَنِ الْجِهَازِ وَأَرْسَلَهُمْ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، لَكِنَّهُ مَعَ ذَلِكَ مَا انْتَصَرَ لِلْحُسَيْنِ، وَلَا أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِ قَاتِلِهِ، وَلَا أَخَذَ بِثَأْرِهِ. وَأَمَّا مَا ذَكَرَهُ مِنْ سَبْيِ نِسَائِهِ [وَالذَّرَارِيِّ] (٢) ، وَالدَّوَرَانِ بِهِمْ فِي الْبِلَادِ (٣) ، وَحَمْلِهِمْ عَلَى الْجِمَالِ بِغَيْرِ أَقْتَابٍ، فَهَذَا كَذِبٌ وَبَاطِلٌ: مَا سَبَى الْمُسْلِمُونَ - وَلِلَّهِ الْحَمْدُ - هَاشِمِيَّةً قَطُّ، وَلَا اسْتَحَلَّتْ أُمَّةُ مُحَمَّدٍ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - سَبْيَ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ قَطُّ، وَلَكِنَّ أَهْلَ الْهَوَى وَالْجَهْلِ يَكْذِبُونَ كَثِيرًا، كَمَا تَقُولُ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ: إِنَّ الْحَجَّاجَ قَتَلَ الْأَشْرَافَ، يَعْنُونَ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ. وَبَعْضُ الْوُعَّاظِ وَقَعَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ بَعْضِ مَنْ كَانُوا يَدَّعُونَ أَنَّهُمْ عَلَوِيُّونَ، وَنَسَبُهُمْ مَطْعُونٌ فِيهِ، فَقَالَ عَلَى مِنْبَرِهِ: إِنَّ الْحَجَّاجَ قَتَلَ الْأَشْرَافَ كُلَّهُمْ، فَلَمْ يَبْقَ لِنِسَائِهِمْ رَجُلٌ، فَمَكَّنُوا مِنْهُنَّ (٤) رِجَالًا، فَهَؤُلَاءِ مِنْ أَوْلَادِ أُولَئِكَ. وَهَذَا كُلُّهُ كَذِبٌ ; فَإِنَّ الْحَجَّاجَ لَمْ يَقْتُلْ مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ أَحَدًا قَطُّ، مَعَ كَثْرَةِ قَتْلِهِ لِغَيْرِهِمْ. فَإِنَّ عَبْدَ الْمَلِكِ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ يَقُولُ لَهُ: إِيَّاكَ وَبَنِي هَاشِمٍ أَنْ تَتَعَرَّضَ لَهُمْ، فَقَدْ رَأَيْتَ بَنِي حَرْبٍ لَمَّا تَعَرَّضُوا لِلْحُسَيْنِ أَصَابَهُمْ مَا أَصَابَهُمْ. أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ (٥) . وَلَكِنْ قَتَلَ الْحَجَّاجُ كَثِيرًا مِنْ أَشْرَافِ الْعَرَبِ، أَيْ

(١) ن، م:. . بْنَ زِيَادٍ وَاللَّهِ لَوْ كَانَتْ. . . (٢) وَالزَّرَارِيِّ: زِيَادَةٌ فِي (ر) ، (ص) ، (هـ) . (٣) ب (فَقَطْ) : فِي الْبُلْدَانِ. (٤) مِنْهُنَّ: كَذَا فِي (ص) ، (ب) . وَفِي سَائِرِ النُّسَخِ: مِنْهُمْ. (٥) (٥٥) بَدَلًا مِنْ هَذِهِ الْعِبَارَاتِ فِي (ن) ، (م) ، (و) : لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ.