Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (5/39)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

Abd Allah ibn Umar (1) reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—when he was asked (2), “In what language did your Lord address you on the Night of the Ascension?”

He replied: “He addressed me in the language of Alī (3). I was inspired to say, ‘My Lord, was it You who addressed me, or was it Alī?’

“He said: ‘O Muhammad (4), I am a being unlike all other beings (5). I cannot be compared to people, nor can I be described in terms of things (6). I created you from My light and created Alī from your light. I looked into the innermost secrets of your heart and found no one dearer to it than Alī (7); therefore, I addressed you in his voice so that (8) your heart might be reassured.’”

Ibn Abbas reported that the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said:

“If the gardens were pens, the sea were ink, the jinn were reckoners, and humankind were scribes, they could not enumerate the virtues of Alī ibn Abī Tālib” (9).

Through the same chain of transmission, he reported that the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said:

“Allah Most High has made the reward for (10) Alī’s virtues so abundant that it cannot be counted (11),

(1) (ن), (م): “And from Ibn Umar.” (2) (ح), (ب): “…and grant him peace—saying, when he was asked.” (3) (ك), (و): “Alī—peace be upon him.” (4) (ك): “O Ahmad.” (5) (م), (و): “that is unlike other things”; (ك): “unlike other things.” (6) The phrase “I cannot be compared to people, nor can I be described in terms of things” was omitted from the first edition, but it appears in (ك), p. [0–9] 6. (7) (و): “Alī—peace be upon him”; (ك): “Alī ibn Abī Tālib.” (8) (ك): “as.” (9) (و), (ك): “ibn Abī Tālib—peace be upon him”; (ن), (م): “Alī.” (10) (ح), (ب): “in.” (11) (ك): “Indeed, Allah Most High has bestowed upon my brother Alī virtues too numerous to count.”

وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ (١) قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - «وَقَدْ سُئِلَ (٢) : بِأَيِّ لُغَةٍ خَاطَبَكَ رَبُّكَ لَيْلَةَ الْمِعْرَاجِ؟ فَقَالَ: خَاطَبَنِي بِلُغَةِ عَلِيٍّ (٣) ، فَأَلْهَمَنِي أَنْ قُلْتُ: يَا رَبِّ خَاطَبْتَنِي أَمْ عَلِيٌّ؟ فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ (٤) أَنَا شَيْءٌ لَسْتُ كَالْأَشْيَاءِ (٥) ، لَا أُقَاسُ بِالنَّاسِ وَلَا أُوصَفُ بِالْأَشْيَاءِ (٦) ، خَلَقْتُكَ مِنْ نُورِي وَخَلَقْتُ عَلِيًّا مِنْ نُورِكَ فَاطَّلَعْتُ عَلَى سَرَائِرِ قَلْبِكَ، فَلَمْ أَجِدْ إِلَى قَلْبِكَ أَحَبَّ مِنْ عَلِيٍّ (٧) فَخَاطَبْتُكَ بِلِسَانِهِ كَيْمَا (٨) يَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْبُكَ» . وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - «لَوْ أَنَّ الرِّيَاضَ أَقْلَامٌ وَالْبَحْرَ مِدَادٌ وَالْجِنَّ حُسَّابٌ وَالْإِنْسَ كُتَّابٌ مَا أَحْصَوْا فَضَائِلَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ» (٩) . وَبِالْإِسْنَادِ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى جَعَلَ الْأَجْرَ عَلَى (١٠) فَضَائِلِ عَلِيٍّ لَا يُحْصَى كَثْرَةً (١١) ،

(١) ن، م: وَعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ. (٢) ح، ب:. . . وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ وَقَدْ سُئِلَ. (٣) ك،، و: عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ. (٤) ك: يَا أَحْمَدُ. (٥) م، و: لَيْسَ كَالْأَشْيَاءِ، ك: لَا كَالْأَشْيَاءِ. (٦) عِبَارَةُ: لَا أُقَاسُ بِالنَّاسِ وَلَا أُوصَفُ بِالْأَشْيَاءِ سَقَطَتْ مِنَ الطَّبْعَةِ الْأُولَى وَلَكِنَّهَا فِي (ك) ص [٠ - ٩] ٦. (٧) و: عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، ك: عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ. (٨) ك: كَمَا. (٩) و، ك: بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، ن، م: عَلِيٍّ. (١٠) ح، ب: فِي. (١١) ك: إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى جَعَلَ لِأَخِي عَلِيٍّ فَضَائِلَ لَا تُحْصَى كَثْرَةً.