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Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

[Surah Āl ʿImrān: 105–107].

Ibn ʿAbbās said:

“The faces of the people of the Sunnah will become bright, while the faces of the people of religious innovation will become dark” (1).

For this reason, Abū Umāmah al-Bāhilī and others interpreted these verses as applying to the Khārijites.

Allah Most High commanded all the believers to hold fast, all together, to His rope and not be divided. His rope has been interpreted as His Book, His religion, Islam, sincerity, His command, His covenant, obedience to Him, and the united community. All these interpretations have been transmitted from the Companions and those who follow them faithfully until the Day of Judgment, and all of them are correct (2). For the Quran enjoins the religion of Islam, which is His covenant, His command, and obedience to Him. Holding fast to it all together can only be achieved within the united community, and the essence of Islam is sincere devotion to Allah.

It is narrated in Sahīh Muslim from Abū Hurayrah that the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said:

“Allah is pleased with three things for you: that you worship Him and associate nothing with Him; that you hold fast, all together, to the rope of Allah and do not become divided; and that you sincerely advise those whom Allah has placed in authority over you” (3).

(1) In al-Suyūtī’s al-Durr al-Manthūr, 2/63: “Ibn Abī Hātim, Abū Nasr in al-Ibāna, al-Khatīb in his Tārīkh, and al-Lālakā’ī in al-Sunna narrated from Ibn ‘Abbās concerning this verse, ‘Some faces will brighten and others will darken.’ He said: ‘The faces of Ahl al-Sunna wa-l-Jamā‘a will brighten, while the faces of the people of religious innovation and misguidance will darken.’” Al-Lālakā’ī also included this report in Sharh Usūl I‘tiqād Ahl al-Sunna wa-l-Jamā‘a, 1/71–72, edited by Dr. Ahmad Sa‘d Hamdān (Riyadh: Dār Tayba, 1402 AH). (2) For the various interpretations of “the rope of Allah” in His saying, “Hold fast, all together, to the rope of Allah, and do not be divided” (Surah Āl ‘Imrān, 3:103), see al-Tabarī’s Tafsīr, al-Ma‘ārif ed., 7/70–76; and Ibn al-Jawzī’s Zād al-Masīr, 1/432–433. (3) This hadith was cited previously at 3/161–162.

[سُورَةُ آلِ عِمْرَانَ ١٠٥ - ١٠٧] . قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: تَبْيَضُّ وُجُوهُ أَهْلِ السُّنَّةِ وَتَسْوَدُّ وُجُوهُ أَهْلِ الْبِدْعَةِ (١) . وَلِهَذَا كَانَ أَبُو أُمَامَةَ الْبَاهِلِيُّ وَغَيْرُهُ يَتَأَوَّلُهَا فِي الْخَوَارِجِ. فَاللَّهُ تَعَالَى قَدْ أَمَرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كُلَّهُمْ أَنْ يَعْتَصِمُوا بِحَبْلِهِ جَمِيعًا وَلَا يَتَفَرَّقُوا، وَقَدْ فَسَّرَ حَبْلَهُ بِكِتَابِهِ، وَبِدِينِهِ، وَبِالْإِسْلَامِ، وَبِالْإِخْلَاصِ، وَبِأَمْرِهِ، وَبِعَهْدِهِ، وَبِطَاعَتِهِ، وَبِالْجَمَاعَةِ. وَهَذِهِ كُلُّهَا مَنْقُولَةٌ عَنِ الصَّحَابَةِ وَالتَّابِعِينَ لَهُمْ بِإِحْسَانٍ إِلَى يَوْمِ الدِّينِ، وَكُلُّهَا صَحِيحَةٌ (٢) ; فَإِنَّ الْقُرْآنَ يَأْمُرُ بِدِينِ الْإِسْلَامِ، وَذَلِكَ هُوَ عَهْدُهُ وَأَمْرُهُ وَطَاعَتُهُ، وَالِاعْتِصَامُ بِهِ جَمِيعًا إِنَّمَا يَكُونُ فِي الْجَمَاعَةِ، وَدِينُ الْإِسْلَامِ حَقِيقَتُهُ الْإِخْلَاصُ لِلَّهِ. وَفِي صَحِيحِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - أَنَّهُ قَالَ: " «إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَرْضَى لَكُمْ ثَلَاثًا: أَنْ تَعْبُدُوهُ وَلَا تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا، وَأَنْ تَعْتَصِمُوا بِحَبْلِ اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا وَلَا تَفَرَّقُوا، وَأَنْ تَنَاصَحُوا مَنْ وَلَّاهُ اللَّهُ أَمْرَكُمْ» (٣) " .

(١) فِي الدُّرِّ الْمَنْثُورِ لِلسُّيُوطِيِّ ٢/٦٣: وَأَخْرَجَ ابْنُ أَبِي حَاتِمٍ وَأَبُو نَصْرٍ فِي الْإِبَانَةِ وَالْخَطِيبُ فِي تَارِيخِهِ وَاللَّاكَائِيُّ فِي السُّنَّةِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ قَالَ: تَبْيَضُّ وُجُوهٌ وَتَسْوَدُّ وُجُوهٌ: قَالَ تَبْيَضُّ وُجُوهُ أَهْلِ السُّنَّةِ وَالْجَمَاعَةِ، وَتَسْوَدُّ وُجُوهُ أَهْلِ الْبِدَعِ وَالضَّلَالَةِ. وَأَوْرَدَ اللَّاكَائِيُّ هَذَا الْأَثَرَ فِي كِتَابِ شَرْحِ أُصُولِ اعْتِقَادِ أَهْلِ السُّنَّةِ وَالْجَمَاعَةِ ١/٧١ - ٧٢ تَحْقِيقُ الدُّكْتُورِ أَحْمَد سَعْد حِمْدَان، دَارِ طَيْبَةَ لِلنَّشْرِ، الرِّيَاضِ ١٤٠٢. (٢) انْظُرْ وُجُوهَ تَفْسِيرِ حَبْلِ اللَّهِ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: (وَاعْتَصِمُوا بِحَبْلِ اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا وَلَا تَفَرَّقُوا) [سُورَةُ آلِ عِمْرَانَ: ١٠٣] فِي تَفْسِيرِ الطَّبَرِيِّ ط. الْمَعَارِفِ ٧/٧٠ - ٧٦ زَادِ الْمَسِيرِ لِابْنِ الْجَوْزِيِّ ١/٤٣٢ - ٤٣٣. (٣) سَبَقَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ فِيمَا مَضَى ٣/١٦١ - ١٦٢