Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (4/565)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

at his home, and we discussed the killing of al-Husayn (1). We said, “No one has ever taken part in killing al-Husayn without dying a most gruesome death.”

The man said, “What liars you are! I took part in shedding his blood (2) and was among those who killed him, yet (3) nothing has happened to me.”

He continued, “Then, toward the end (4) of the night, I suddenly heard someone shouting (5). We asked, ‘What has happened?’ They replied, ‘The man got up to tend the lamp, and his finger caught fire. The fire then spread through his body (6), and he burned to death.’ [Al-Suddī said, ‘By Allah, I saw him, and he was a blackened cinder (7).’] (8).’

Muhannā ibn Yahyā asked Ahmad ibn Hanbal about Yazīd. He replied, ‘He is the one who did what he did.’

I asked, ‘What did he do?’

He replied, ‘He sacked Medina.’

His son Sālih once said to him, ‘Some people accuse us (9) of loyalty (10) to Yazīd.’

He replied, ‘My son, would anyone who believes in Allah and the Last Day be loyal to Yazīd (11)?’

He asked, ‘Why, then, do you not curse him?’ (12)

He replied, ‘How could I fail to curse one whom Allah has cursed [in His Book] (13)?’

(1) K reads: “al-Husayn—peace and blessings be upon him”; S reads: “al-Husayn—may Allah be pleased with him.” (2) “In shedding his blood”: thus in K and B. All other copies read: “in the killing of al-Husayn.” (3) A and B read: “and nothing.” (4) K reads: “at the end of.” (5) K reads: “a shout.” (6) K reads: “Then the fire spread throughout his body”; A and B read: “Then the fire spread to his body.” (7) A reads: “Al-Suddī said, ‘By Allah, I saw him, and he was a glowing ember’”; K reads: “Al-Suddī said, ‘By Allah, I saw him as though he were a piece of charcoal.’” (8) The text between square brackets is omitted from N and M. (9) N, M, A, S, R, and H read: *yansubūnā* (“associate us [with]”). (10) N, M, R, A, and K read: *tawālī*. (11) N, M, A, R, and W read: *yatawālā*. (12) K reads: “He then said, ‘Do not curse him.’” (13) “In His Book” is omitted from N.

عِنْدَهُ، وَتَذَاكَرْنَا قَتْلَ الْحُسَيْنِ (١) وَقُلْنَا: مَا شَرَكَ أَحَدٌ فِي قَتْلِ الْحُسَيْنِ إِلَّا وَمَاتَ أَقْبَحَ مَوْتَةٍ. فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ: مَا أَكْذَبَكُمْ، أَنَا شَرَكْتُ فِي دَمِهِ (٢) وَكُنْتُ مِمَّنْ قَتَلَهُ فَمَا (٣) أَصَابَنِي شَيْءٌ. قَالَ: فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنْ آخِرِ (٤) اللَّيْلِ إِذَا أَنَا بِصَائِحٍ (٥) . قُلْنَا: مَا الْخَبَرُ؟ قَالُوا: قَامَ الرَّجُلُ يُصْلِحُ الْمِصْبَاحَ فَاحْتَرَقَتْ إِصْبَعُهُ، ثُمَّ دَبَّ الْحَرِيقُ فِي جَسَدِهِ (٦) فَاحْتَرَقَ. [قَالَ السُّدِّيُّ: فَأَنَا وَاللَّهِ رَأَيْتُهُ وَهُوَ حُمَمَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ (٧) ] (٨) . وَقَدْ سَأَلَ مُهَنَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى أَحْمَدَ بْنَ حَنْبَلٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ، فَقَالَ: هُوَ الَّذِي فَعَلَ مَا فَعَلَ. قُلْتُ: وَمَا فَعَلَ؟ قَالَ: نَهَبَ الْمَدِينَةَ. وَقَالَ لَهُ صَالِحٌ وَلَدُهُ يَوْمًا: إِنَّ قَوْمًا يَنْسُبُونَنَا (٩) إِلَى تَوَلِّي (١٠) يَزِيدَ. فَقَالَ: يَا بُنَيَّ وَهَلْ يَتَوَلَّى (١١) يَزِيدَ أَحَدٌ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ؟ فَقَالَ: لِمَ لَا تَلْعَنُهُ؟ (١٢) ؟ فَقَالَ: وَكَيْفَ لَا أَلْعَنُ مَنْ لَعَنَهُ اللَّهُ [فِي كِتَابِهِ] (١٣) ؟

(١) ك: الْحُسَيْنِ - عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ - ص: الْحُسَيْنِ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ -. (٢) فِي دَمِهِ: كَذَا فِي (ك) ، (ب) . وَفِي سَائِرِ النُّسَخِ: فِي قَتْلِ الْحُسَيْنِ. (٣) أ، ب: وَمَا. (٤) ك: فِي آخِرِ. (٥) ك: بِصِيَاحٍ. (٦) ك: ثُمَّ سَرَى الْحَرِيقُ فِي جَسَدِهِ، أ، ب: ثُمَّ دَبَّ الْحَرِيقُ إِلَى جَسَدِهِ. (٧) أ: قَالَ السُّدِّيُّ: وَأَنَا وَاللَّهِ رَأَيْتُهُ وَهُوَ جَمْرَةٌ، ك: وَقَالَ السُّدِّيُّ: فَأَنَا وَاللَّهِ رَأَيْتُهُ كَأَنَّهُ فَحْمَةٌ. (٨) مَا بَيْنَ الْمَعْقُوفَتَيْنِ سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . (٩) ن، م، أ، ص، ر، هـ: يَنْسُبُونَا. (١٠) ن، م، ر، أ، ك: تَوَالِي. (١١) ن، م، أ، ر، و: يَتَوَالَى. (١٢) ك: فَقَالَ: لَا تَلْعَنْهُ. (١٣) فِي كِتَابِهِ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) .