Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (5/5)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

[CHAPTER TWO: The Rāfidī’s Discourse on the Virtues of Alī—may Allah be pleased with him—and the Response to Him]

CHAPTER TWO (1)

The Rāfidī (2) said:

“Sixth (3): When the Imāmiyya saw that the virtues and perfections of the Commander of the Faithful were innumerable (4), and that opponents and supporters alike had transmitted them (5), and saw that the majority had transmitted many criticisms of other Companions but had not transmitted a single criticism of Alī, they followed (6) his teachings and made him their imam. This was because opponents and supporters alike held him above reproach (7). They rejected the others because even those who believed in their imamate had transmitted criticisms of them that impugned their imamate. Here we shall mention a small portion of what they regard as authentic and have transmitted in their authoritative statements and books (8), so that it may serve as proof against them on the Day of Resurrection.

Among these is what Abū al-Hasan al-Andalusī narrated in The Compilation of the Six Authentic Collections: the Muwatta (9) of Mālik and the two Sahīhs of al-Bukhārī and Muslim (10),

(1) MSS N, M, and W read: “Chapter.” The abridged MS Q begins here. (2) MS W reads: “The Imāmī said.” The text that follows appears in MS K at 119 (M) and 120 (M). (3) “Sixth” is omitted from MS B. MS K reads: “The sixth aspect.” (4) MS K reads: “the Commander of the Faithful—peace be upon him—and his innumerable perfections.” (5) MS W reads: “the supporter and the opponent”; MS K reads: “the opponent and the supporter.” (6) MS K reads: “they sought.” (7) MS K reads: “and the supporter.” (8) MS K reads: “in their authoritative books”; MS M reads: “in their authoritative statements.” (9) MS K reads: “the six, including the Muwatta.” (10) MSS R, H, and Y read: “and the Sahīhs of al-Bukhārī and Muslim”; MS K reads: “and the Sahīhs of Muslim and al-Bukhārī.”

[الْفَصْلُ الثَّانِي كلام الرافضي على فضائل علي رضي الله عنه والرد عليه] الْفَصْلُ الثَّانِي (١) قَالَ الرَّافِضِيُّ (٢) السَّادِسُ (٣) : إِنَّ الْإِمَامِيَّةَ لَمَّا رَأَوْا فَضَائِلَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَكَمَالَاتِهِ لَا تُحْصَى (٤) قَدْ رَوَاهَا الْمُخَالِفُ وَالْمُوَافِقُ (٥) ، وَرَأَوُا الْجُمْهُورَ قَدْ نَقَلُوا عَنْ غَيْرِهِ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ مَطَاعِنَ كَثِيرَةً، وَلَمْ يَنْقُلُوا فِي عَلِيٍّ طَعْنًا أَلْبَتَّةَ اتَّبَعُوا (٦) قَوْلَهُ، وَجَعَلُوهُ إِمَامًا لَهُمْ ; حَيْثُ نَزَّهَهُ الْمُخَالِفُ وَالْمُوَافِقُ (٧) وَتَرَكُوا غَيْرَهُ حَيْثُ رَوَى فِيهِ مَنْ يَعْتَقِدُ إِمَامَتَهُ مِنَ الْمَطَاعِنِ مَا يَطْعَنُ فِي إِمَامَتِهِ. وَنَحْنُ نَذْكُرُ هُنَا شَيْئًا يَسِيرًا مِمَّا هُوَ صَحِيحٌ عِنْدَهُمْ وَنَقَلُوهُ فِي الْمُعْتَمَدِ مِنْ قَوْلِهِمْ وَكُتُبِهِمْ (٨) ، لِيَكُونَ حُجَّةً عَلَيْهِمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ. فَمِنْ ذَلِكَ مَا رَوَاهُ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْأَنْدَلُسِيُّ فِي الْجَمْعِ بَيْنَ الصِّحَاحِ السِّتَّةِ: مُوَطَّأِ (٩) مَالِكٍ وَصَحِيحَيِ الْبُخَارِيِّ وَمُسْلِمٍ (١٠)

(١) ن، م، و: فَصْلٌ. وَهُنَا تَبْدَأُ نُسْخَةُ (ق) الْمُخْتَصَرَةُ. (٢) و: قَالَ الْإِمَامِيُّ، وَالْكَلَامُ التَّالِي فِي (ك) ١١٩ (م) ، ١٢٠ (م) (٣) السَّادِسُ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ب) . وَفِي (ك) : الْوَجْهُ السَّادِسُ. (٤) ك: أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَكَمَالَاتِهِ الَّتِي لَا تُحْصَى. (٥) و: الْمُوَافِقُ وَالْمُخَالِفُ، ك: الْمُخَالِفُ وَالْمُؤَالِفُ. (٦) ك: ابْتَغَوْا. (٧) ك: وَالْمُؤَالِفُ. (٨) ك: فِي الْمُعْتَمَدِ مِنْ كُتُبِهِمْ، م: فِي الْمُعْتَمَدِ مِنْ قَوْلِهِمْ. (٩) ك: السِّتَّةِ مِنْ مُوَطَّأِ. (١٠) ر، ح، ي: وَصَحِيحِ الْبُخَارِيِّ وَمُسْلِمٍ، ك: وَصَحِيحِ مُسْلِمٍ وَالْبُخَارِيِّ.