Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (4/566)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

I asked, “Where was Yazīd cursed (1)?”

He replied, “In the words of Allah Most High:

‘If you turn away, would you then spread corruption in the land and sever your ties of kinship? Those are the ones whom Allah has cursed, making them deaf and blinding their sight.’

[Surah Muhammad: 23, 22]

What corruption could be greater than killing, sacking Medina for three days, and taking its people captive? He killed a group (2) of its leading men from among Quraysh, the Ansār, and the Muhājirūn, whose number reached (3) seven hundred. He also killed ten thousand unidentified people—slaves, free persons, and women (4). People waded through blood until it reached the grave of the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—and filled the Rawdah and the Mosque. He then bombarded the Kaaba with a catapult, demolished it, and burned it.

The Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said: “The killer of al-Husayn shall be in a coffin of fire, bearing half the punishment of the inhabitants of the Fire (5). His hands and feet shall be bound (6) with chains of fire, and he shall be cast headfirst (7) into the Fire until he reaches the very bottom of Hell,

(1) R, Ṣ, H, and B read: “And where did Allah curse Yazīd?” (2) K and W read: “And a group was killed.” (3) A and B read: *man balagha* (“those whose number reached”); K reads: *mā balagha* (“what their number reached”). (4) B reads: “a male slave, a free person, and a female slave”; A reads: “a male slave, a free person, or a female slave”; R reads: “a male slave or a free person”; Ṣ reads: “a male slave, a free person, and an *imra*.” (5) K reads: “the inhabitants of this world.” (6) K reads: “and they had been bound.” (7) K reads: “headfirst.”

فَقُلْتُ: وَأَيْنَ لُعِنَ يَزِيدُ (١) ؟ فَقَالَ: فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: {فَهَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ إِنْ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ أَنْ تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَتُقَطِّعُوا أَرْحَامَكُمْ - أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ لَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ فَأَصَمَّهُمْ وَأَعْمَى أَبْصَارَهُمْ} [سُورَةُ مُحَمَّدٍ: ٢٣، ٢٢] ، فَهَلْ يَكُونُ فَسَادٌ أَعْظَمَ مِنَ الْقَتْلِ وَنَهْبِ الْمَدِينَةِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَسَبْيِ أَهْلِهَا؟ وَقَتَلَ جَمْعًا (٢) مِنْ وُجُوهِ النَّاسِ فِيهَا مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَالْأَنْصَارِ وَالْمُهَاجِرِينَ مَنْ يَبْلُغُ (٣) عَدَدُهُمْ سَبْعَمِائَةٍ، وَقَتَلَ مَنْ لَمْ يُعْرَفْ مِنْ عَبْدٍ أَوْ حُرٍّ أَوِ امْرَأَةٍ (٤) عَشَرَةَ آلَافٍ، وَخَاضَ النَّاسُ فِي الدِّمَاءِ حَتَّى وَصَلَتِ الدِّمَاءُ إِلَى قَبْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَامْتَلَأَتِ الرَّوْضَةُ وَالْمَسْجِدُ، ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ الْكَعْبَةَ بِالْمَنْجَنِيقِ وَهَدَمَهَا وَأَحْرَقَهَا. وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -: " «إِنَّ قَاتِلَ الْحُسَيْنِ فِي تَابُوتٍ مِنْ نَارٍ عَلَيْهِ نِصْفُ عَذَابِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ (٥) ، وَقَدْ شُدَّ (٦) يَدَاهُ وَرِجْلَاهُ بِسَلَاسِلَ مِنْ نَارٍ يُنْكَسُ (٧) فِي النَّارِ حَتَّى يَقَعَ فِي قَعْرِ جَهَنَّمَ،

(١) ر، ص، هـ، ب: وَأَيْنَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ يَزِيدَ. (٢) ك، و،: وَقُتِلَ جَمْعٌ. (٣) أ، ب: مَنْ بَلَغَ، ك: مَا بَلَغَ. (٤) ب: مِنْ عَبْدٍ وَحُرٍّ وَأَمَةٍ، أ: مِنْ عَبْدٍ أَوْ حُرٍّ أَوْ أَمَةٍ، ر: مِنْ عَبْدٍ أَوْ حُرٍّ، ص: مِنْ عَبْدٍ وَحُرٍّ وَإِمْرَةٍ. (٥) ك: أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا. (٦) ك: وَقَدْ شُدَّتْ. (٧) ك: مُنَكَّسًا.