Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (5/42)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

fabricated hadiths whose falsity would be obvious to anyone with even the slightest knowledge of hadith, let alone to the hadith scholars. He is neither a hadith scholar nor anyone to whom recourse should ever be had in this discipline (1). Hadith experts know that these hadiths are fabrications. This man had stated that he would cite what they regard as authentic and have transmitted in their authoritative statements and books. How, then, can he cite something they unanimously agree is a fabricated lie, which has not been narrated (2) in any authoritative hadith collection and which no hadith imam has authenticated?

The first ten (3) are all fabrications, through the end of the hadith about his killing (4) Amr ibn Abd Wudd. As for the hadith of Sa'd: when Mu'āwiya ordered him to revile Alī, he refused. Mu'āwiya asked:

“What prevented you from reviling Alī ibn Abī Tālib?”

He replied:

“There are three things the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said about him, and I shall never revile him; possessing just one of them would be dearer to me than red camels...”

Thus the hadith continues. This is an authentic hadith narrated by Muslim in his Sahīh (5). It contains three virtues of Alī, but they are neither unique distinctions of the imams nor unique distinctions of

(1) Muhibb al-Dīn al-Khatīb states in his commentary on *Minhāj al-I‘tidāl*, p. 312: “Akhtab Khwārazm was a man of letters with Shī‘ī leanings and a student of al-Zamakhsharī. His name was al-Muwaffaq ibn Ahmad ibn Ishāq (484–568). Biographical entries on him appear in *Bughyat al-Wu‘āt*, p. 401, *Rawdāt al-Jannāt*, 2nd ed., p. 722, and elsewhere. The book in which he falsely attributed this report to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, is entitled *Manāqib Ahl al-Bayt*. See also the biography of Abū al-Mu’ayyad al-Muwaffaq ibn Ahmad al-Makkī al-Khwārazmī in *al-A‘lām*, 8/289. Al-Ziriklī states that his book *Manāqib Amīr al-Mu’minīn ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib* has been published.” (2) (ن), (م), (و), (ي): “and it is not narrated.” (3) (أ), (ب): “the first.” (4) (ن), (م), (و): “up to his words.” (5) This hadith was cited previously at 1/501, where I noted that it appears in Muslim, 4/1871.

الْأَحَادِيثِ الْمَكْذُوبَةِ مَا لَا يَخْفَى كَذِبُهُ عَلَى مَنْ لَهُ أَدْنَى مَعْرِفَةٍ بِالْحَدِيثِ، فَضْلًا عَنْ عُلَمَاءِ الْحَدِيثِ، وَلَيْسَ هُوَ مِنْ عُلَمَاءِ الْحَدِيثِ وَلَا مِمَّنْ يُرْجَعُ إِلَيْهِ فِي هَذَا الشَّأْنِ الْبَتَّةَ (١) . وَهَذِهِ الْأَحَادِيثُ مِمَّا يَعْلَمُ أَهْلُ الْمَعْرِفَةِ بِالْحَدِيثِ أَنَّهَا مِنَ الْمَكْذُوبَاتِ. وَهَذَا الرَّجُلُ قَدْ ذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ يَذْكُرُ مَا هُوَ صَحِيحٌ عِنْدَهُمْ، وَنَقَلُوهُ فِي الْمُعْتَمَدِ مِنْ قَوْلِهِمْ وَكُتُبِهِمْ؛ فَكَيْفَ يَذْكُرُ مَا أَجْمَعُوا عَلَى أَنَّهُ كَذِبٌ مَوْضُوعٌ، وَلَمْ يُرْوَ (٢) فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ كُتُبِ الْحَدِيثِ الْمُعْتَمَدَةِ، وَلَا صَحَّحَهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَئِمَّةِ الْحَدِيثِ. فَالْعَشَرَةُ الْأُوَلُ (٣) كُلُّهَا كَذِبٌ إِلَى آخِرِ حَدِيثِ قَتْلِهِ (٤) لِعَمْرِو بْنِ عَبْدِ وُدٍّ. وَأَمَّا حَدِيثُ سَعْدٍ لَمَّا أَمَرَهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ بِالسَّبِّ فَأَبَى، فَقَالَ: مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تَسُبَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ؟ فَقَالَ: ثَلَاثٌ قَالَهُنَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَلَنْ أَسُبَّهُ، لَأَنْ يَكُونَ لِي وَاحِدَةٌ مِنْهُنَّ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ حُمُرِ النَّعَمِ. . . الْحَدِيثَ. فَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي صَحِيحِهِ (٥) وَفِيهِ ثَلَاثُ فَضَائِلَ لِعَلِيٍّ لَكِنْ لَيْسَتْ مِنْ خَصَائِصِ الْأَئِمَّةِ وَلَا مِنْ خَصَائِصِ

(١) يَقُولُ الْأُسْتَاذُ مُحِبُّ الدِّينِ الْخَطِيبُ فِي تَعْلِيقِهِ عَلَى مِنْهَاجِ الِاعْتِدَالِ ص ٣١٢: أَخْطَبُ خَوَارِزْمَ أَدِيبٌ مُتَشَيِّعٌ مِنْ تَلَامِيذِ الزَّمَخْشَرِيِّ، اسْمُهُ الْمُوَفَّقُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ (٤٨٤ - ٥٦٨) لَهُ تَرْجَمَةٌ فِي بُغْيَةِ الْوُعَاةِ ٤٠١ وَرَوْضَاتِ الْجَنَّاتِ الطَّبْعَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ ٧٢٢ وَغَيْرِهِمَا. وَكِتَابُهُ الَّذِي كَذَبَ فِيهِ هَذَا الْخَبَرَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اسْمُهُ مَنَاقِبُ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ، وَانْظُرْ تَرْجَمَةَ أَبِي الْمُؤَيَّدِ الْمُوَفَّقِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الْمَكِّيِّ الْخَوَارِزْمِيِّ فِي: الْأَعْلَامِ ٨/٢٨٩ وَذَكَرَ الزِّرِكْلِيُّ أَنَّ كِتَابَهُ مَنَاقِبَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ مَطْبُوعٌ. (٢) ن، م، و، ي: وَلَا يُرْوَى. (٣) أ، ب: الْأُولَى. (٤) ن، م، و: إِلَى قَوْلِهِ. (٥) سَبَقَ الْحَدِيثُ فِيمَا مَضَى ١/٥٠١ وَذَكَرْتُ هُنَاكَ أَنَّهُ فِي مُسْلِمٍ ٤/١٨٧١.