Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (5/32)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

He said to his paternal cousins (1), “Which of you will support me in this world and the Hereafter?”

He said: Alī was sitting among them (2), but they refused. Alī (3) said, “I will support you in this world and the Hereafter.” He said (4): He left him, then turned to each of them in turn (5) and asked, “Which of you will support me in this world and the Hereafter?” They refused, whereupon Alī said, “I will support you in this world and the Hereafter.” He replied, “You are my supporter in this world and the Hereafter.”

He said: “Alī was the first of the people to embrace Islam after Khadīja.”

He said: “The Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—(6) took his cloak and placed it over Alī, Fātima, al-Hasan, and al-Husayn. He then said:

‘Allah only intends to remove all impurity from you, O people of the Household, and to purify you completely.’”

[Sūrat al-Ahzāb: 33]

He said: “Alī offered up his life, donned the cloak of the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—and then slept in his place, while the polytheists (7) pelted him with stones.”

“The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—(8) set out with the people on the expedition to Tabūk. Alī (9) asked him, ‘May I accompany you?’ He replied (10), ‘No.’ Alī wept, and he said to him:

(1) Manuscript (ك) reads: “And he—may Allah bless him, grant him peace, and bless his family—said to his paternal cousins.” (2) Manuscripts (أ) and (ب) read: “And Alī was sitting with them.” (3) Manuscripts (و) and (ك) read: “Alī—peace be upon him.” (4) The words “he said” are absent from manuscripts (ن) and (م). (5) Manuscript (ك) reads: “to one of them.” (6) Manuscript (ك), p. 123 م, reads: “The Prophet—may Allah bless him and his family—took.” (7) Manuscript (ك) reads: “so the polytheists were.” (8) Manuscripts (ح), (ي), (ر), (ق), and (ب) read: “And the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—set out.” Manuscript (ك) reads: “He said: And the Prophet—may Allah bless him and his family—set out.” (9) Manuscripts (و) and (ك) read: “Alī—peace be upon him.” (10) Manuscripts (و), (ر), (أ), (ب), (ح), and (ي) read: “Then he said.”

وَقَالَ لِبَنِي عَمِّهِ (١) : «أَيُّكُمْ يُوَالِينِي فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ؟ قَالَ: وَعَلِيٌّ مَعَهُمْ جَالِسٌ (٢) فَأَبَوْا، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ (٣) : أَنَا أُوَالِيكَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ. قَالَ (٤) : فَتَرَكَهُ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى رَجُلٍ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ (٥) ، فَقَالَ: أَيُّكُمْ يُوَالِينِي فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ؟ فَأَبَوْا، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: أَنَا أُوَالِيكَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ. فَقَالَ: أَنْتَ وَلِيِّي فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ» . قَالَ: «وَكَانَ عَلِيٌّ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ مِنَ النَّاسِ بَعْدَ خَدِيجَةَ» . قَالَ: «وَأَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - (٦) ثَوْبَهُ فَوَضَعَهُ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ وَفَاطِمَةَ وَالْحَسَنِ وَالْحُسَيْنِ، فَقَالَ: {إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًا} » [سُورَةُ الْأَحْزَابِ: ٣٣] . قَالَ: «وَشَرَى عَلِيٌّ نَفْسَهُ وَلَبِسَ ثَوْبَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ثُمَّ نَامَ مَكَانَهُ، وَكَانَ (٧) الْمُشْرِكُونَ يَرْمُونَهُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ» . «وَخَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - (٨) بِالنَّاسِ فِي غَزَاةِ تَبُوكَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ (٩) : أَخْرُجُ مَعَكَ؟ قَالَ (١٠) : لَا. فَبَكَى عَلِيٌّ، فَقَالَ لَهُ:

(١) ك: وَقَالَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَآلِهِ لِبَنِي عَمِّهِ. (٢) أ، ب: وَعَلِيٌّ جَالِسٌ مَعَهُمْ. (٣) و، ك: عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ. (٤) قَالَ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . (٥) ك: عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ. (٦) ك ص ١٢٣ م: أَخَذَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ. (٧) ك: فَكَانَ. (٨) ح، ي، ر، ق، ب: وَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ك: قَالَ: وَخَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ. (٩) و، ك: عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ. (١٠) و، ر، أ، ب، ح، ي: فَقَالَ.