Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (5/33)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

“Are you not content to hold the same position in relation to me as Aaron held in relation to Moses? Except that you are not a prophet. It is not (1) fitting for me to leave unless you are my deputy.” (2)

The Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—also said (3) to him:

“You are my ally as regards every believer after me.”

He said: “He closed (4) all the doors of the mosque except Alī’s door.” (5) He said that Alī would enter the mosque (6) while in a state of major ritual impurity, for it was his passageway and he had no other.

He also said to him:

“Whoever has me as his ally has Alī as his ally.” (7)

It is also related in a report traced back to the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—“that he sent Abū Bakr to Mecca (8) with (Sūrat Barā’a). He traveled with it (9) for three days, whereupon he told Alī, ‘Catch up with him, send him back, and deliver it yourself.’ He did so. (10) When (11) Abū Bakr returned to the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—he wept and asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah, has something happened (12) concerning me?’ He replied, ‘No, but I was commanded (13) that no one should deliver it (14) except me or one of my own.’”

(1) Manuscript (ك) reads: “And it is not.” (2) Manuscript (ك) reads: “my deputy in Medina.” (3) Manuscript (ك) reads: “He said: And he said.” (4) Manuscript (ك) reads: “He said: And he—may Allah bless him and his family—said: ‘Close…’” (5) Manuscript (ك) reads: “except the door of Alī—peace be upon him.” (6) Manuscript (ك) reads: “Then let him enter the mosque.” (7) Manuscript (و) reads: “For Alī is his ally.” Manuscript (ك) reads: “Then this Alī is his ally.” (8) Manuscript (ك) reads: “with Sūrat Barā’a to the people of Mecca.” (9) Manuscript (ب) alone reads: “toward it.” (10) The words “He did so” are absent from manuscripts (ن) and (م). (11) Manuscript (ك), p. 124 م, reads: “And when.” (12) Manuscript (ك) reads: “caused.” (13) Manuscripts (أ) and (ب) read: “But I was commanded.” Manuscript (ك) reads: “But my Lord commanded me.” (14) Manuscript (ك) reads: “that no one should convey it.”

أَمَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى؟ إِلَّا أَنَّكَ لَسْتَ بِنَبِيٍّ، لَا (١) يَنْبَغِي أَنْ أَذْهَبَ إِلَّا وَأَنْتَ خَلِيفَتِي» (٢) . وَقَالَ (٣) «لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: أَنْتَ وَلِيِّي فِي كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ بَعْدِي» . قَالَ: «وَسَدَّ (٤) أَبْوَابَ الْمَسْجِدِ إِلَّا بَابَ عَلِيٍّ» (٥) . قَالَ وَكَانَ يَدْخُلُ الْمَسْجِدَ (٦) جُنُبًا، وَهُوَ طَرِيقُهُ لَيْسَ لَهُ طَرِيقٌ غَيْرُهُ. وَقَالَ لَهُ: «مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَعَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ» (٧) . وَعَنِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - مَرْفُوعًا «أَنَّهُ بَعَثَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ فِي (بَرَاءَةٌ) إِلَى مَكَّةَ (٨) ، فَسَارَ بِهَا (٩) ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ قَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ: الْحَقْهُ فَرُدُّهُ وَبَلِّغْهَا أَنْتَ، فَفَعَلَ (١٠) . فَلَمَّا (١١) قَدِمَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - بَكَى وَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، حَدَثَ (١٢) فِيَّ شَيْءٌ؟ قَالَ: لَا، وَلَكِنْ أُمِرْتُ (١٣) أَنْ لَا يُبَلِّغَهَا (١٤) إِلَّا أَنَا أَوْ رَجُلٌ مِنِّي» .

(١) ك: وَلَا. (٢) ك: خَلِيفَتِي فِي الْمَدِينَةِ. (٣) ك: قَالَ: وَقَالَ. (٤) ك: قَالَ: وَقَالَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: سُدُّوا. (٥) ك: غَيْرَ بَابِ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ. (٦) ك: فَلْيَدْخُلِ الْمَسْجِدَ. (٧) و: فَإِنَّ مَوْلَاهُ عَلِيٌّ، ك: فَهَذَا عَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ. (٨) ك: بِالْبَرَاءَةِ إِلَى أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ. (٩) ب فَقَطْ: لَهَا. (١٠) فَفَعَلَ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . (١١) ك: ص ١٢٤ م: وَلَمَّا. (١٢) ك: أَحَدَثَ. (١٣) أ، ب: وَلَكِنِّي أُمِرْتُ، ك: وَلَكِنْ أَمَرَنِي رَبِّي. (١٤) ك: أَلَّا يُبَلِّغَهُ.