Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (4/583)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

and His Messenger; none of them intended to dishonor the Kaaba (1).

Whoever claims that any of Allah’s creatures intended to fire a catapult at the Kaaba or throw excrement at it (2) has lied. This never occurred, either in the pre-Islamic era or in Islam (3). Even those who were [disbelievers] (4) and did not revere the Kaaba—such as the People of the Elephant and the Qarmatians—did not do this. How, then, could the Muslims who revered the Kaaba have done so?! (5)

Moreover, even if it were assumed—Allah forbid—that someone intended to dishonor the Kaaba and was capable of doing so, he would have no need to fire a catapult at it. It could be demolished without that, just as it will be demolished at the end of time, when Allah wills to bring about the Resurrection. He will then cause His House to be demolished and remove His Word from the earth, so that no Quran remains in written copies or in people’s hearts. He will send a pleasant wind that will take (6) the soul of every believing man and woman, after which no good will remain on earth.

Its destruction will take place through the man with the two slender shins being given power over it, as related in the two Sahih collections from Abū Hurayra—may Allah be pleased with him—that the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said:

“The Kaaba will be destroyed by a man with two slender shins from Abyssinia.” (7)

(1) MSS N and M read: “intends to dishonor it.” (2) The term means “excrement.” (3) MSS M, A, and B read: “in a pre-Islamic period or in Islam.” (4) “Disbelievers” is absent from MSS N, M, and W. (5) After the word “Kaaba,” several lines appear in MS W. They belong to an earlier passage that was omitted from W and have been inserted here in the wrong place. (6) MSS N, M, and W omit the prefixed conjunction, reading: “takes.” (7) The hadith of Abū Hurayra—may Allah be pleased with him—is found in al-Bukhārī, 2:148–49, 149 (Book of Hajj, chapters “The Saying of Allah Most High: ‘Allah has made the Kaaba, the Sacred House, a means of support for people’” and “The Destruction of the Kaaba”); Muslim, 4:2232 (Book of Tribulations and the Portents of the Hour, chapter “The Hour Will Not Come Until a Man Passes by Another Man’s Grave”); and al-Musnad (Ma'ārif ed.), 12:14–15 and 15:227, with some variation in wording.

وَرَسُولِهِ، لَيْسَ فِيهِمْ مَنْ يَقْصِدُ إِهَانَةَ الْكَعْبَةِ (١) . وَمَنْ قَالَ: إِنَّ أَحَدًا مِنْ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ قَصَدَ رَمْيَ الْكَعْبَةِ بِمَنْجَنِيقٍ أَوْ عَذِرَةٍ (٢) فَقَدْ كَذَبَ، فَإِنَّ هَذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ لَا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَلَا فِي الْإِسْلَامِ (٣) . وَالَّذِينَ كَانُوا [كُفَّارًا] (٤) لَا يَحْتَرِمُونَ الْكَعْبَةَ، كَأَصْحَابِ الْفِيلِ وَالْقَرَامِطَةِ، لَمْ يَفْعَلُوا هَذَا، فَكَيْفَ بِالْمُسْلِمِينَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يُعَظِّمُونَ الْكَعْبَةَ؟ ! (٥) . وَأَيْضًا فَلَوْ قُدِّرَ - وَالْعِيَاذُ بِاللَّهِ - أَنَّ أَحَدًا يَقْصِدُ إِهَانَةَ الْكَعْبَةِ، وَهُوَ قَادِرٌ عَلَى ذَلِكَ، لَمْ يَحْتَجْ إِلَى رَمْيِهَا بِالْمَنْجَنِيقِ، بَلْ يُمْكِنُ تَخْرِيبُهَا بِدُونِ ذَلِكَ، كَمَا تُخَرَّبُ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ إِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يُقِيمَ الْقِيَامَةَ فَيُخَرِّبَ بَيْتَهُ، وَيَرْفَعَ كَلَامَهُ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ، فَلَا يَبْقَى فِي الْمَصَاحِفِ وَالْقُلُوبِ قُرْآنٌ، وَيَبْعَثُ رِيحًا طَيِّبَةً فَتَقْبِضُ (٦) رُوحَ كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ وَمُؤْمِنَةٍ، وَلَا يُبْقَى فِي الْأَرْضِ خَيْرٌ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ. وَتَخْرِيبُهَا بِأَنْ يُسَلِّطَ عَلَيْهَا ذُو السُّوَيْقَتَيْنِ، كَمَا فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - عَنِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ: " «يُخَرِّبُ الْكَعْبَةَ ذُو السُّوَيْقَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْحَبَشَةِ» " (٧) .

(١) ن، م: يَقْصِدُ إِهَانَتَهَا. (٢) الْعَذِرَةُ: الْغَائِطُ. (٣) م، أ، ب: فِي جَاهِلِيَّةٍ وَلَا فِي إِسْلَامٍ. (٤) كُفَّارًا: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) ، (و) . (٥) بَعْدَ كَلِمَةِ " الْكَعْبَةِ " جَاءَتْ عِدَّةُ أَسْطُرٍ فِي (و) هِيَ مِنَ الْكَلَامِ الَّذِي سَبَقَ وُرُودُهُ وَكَانَ سَاقِطًا مِنْ (و) وَجَاءَ هُنَا فِي غَيْرِ مَكَانِهِ الصَّحِيحِ. (٦) ن، م، و: تَقْبِضُ. (٧) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - فِي: الْبُخَارِيِّ ٢/١٤٨ ١٤٩، ١٤٩ (كِتَابُ الْحَجِّ، بَابُ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: جَعَلَ اللَّهُ الْكَعْبَةَ الْبَيْتَ الْحَرَامَ قِيَامًا لِلنَّاسِ، بَابُ هَدْمِ الْكَعْبَةِ) ; مُسْلِمٍ ٤/٢٢٣٢ (كِتَابُ الْفِتَنِ وَأَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ، بَابُ لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يَمُرَّ الرَّجُلُ بِقَبْرِ الرَّجُلِ) ; الْمُسْنَدِ (ط. الْمَعَارِفِ) ١٢/١٤ ١٥، ١٥ ٢٢٧ (مَعَ اخْتِلَافٍ فِي اللَّفْظِ) .