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Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

their cause will be thwarted, their word will be divided, and their ranks will be scattered (1). Whenever they kindle a fire for war, Allah extinguishes it.

I say: Part of this statement [is reliably established from al-Sha'bī, such as his saying]: “If the Shia were beasts, they would be (2) donkeys; and if they were birds, they would be (3) vultures.” This is reliably established from him.

Ibn Shāhīn said: Muhammad ibn al-Abbās (4), the grammarian, narrated to us; Ibrāhīm al-Harbī narrated to us; Abū al-Rabī al-Zahrānī (5) narrated to us; Wakī ibn al-Jarrāh narrated to us; Mālik ibn Mighwal narrated to us—and he related it. As for the full account cited above, it is known through Abd al-Rahmān ibn Mālik ibn Mighwal, from his father, from al-Sha'bī.

Abū Āsim Khushaysh ibn Asram (6) also narrated it in his book, and Abū Amr al-Talamankī narrated it through him in his book on the fundamentals: (* Abū Āsim said: Ahmad ibn Muhammad and Abd al-Wārith ibn Ibrāhīm narrated to us: al-Sindī ibn Sulaymān,

(1) N and M read *muftariq* (“dispersed”). (2) N, M, and L read *lakānat* (“it would have been”). (3) N, M, and L read *lakānat* (“it would have been”). (4) N and M read: “Muhammad ibn al-Abbās,” which is an error. He was Abū Abd Allāh Muhammad ibn al-Abbās al-Yazīdī, the grammarian. Ibn Khallikān (3/461) states that he was a leading authority on grammar, literature, rare reports, and the speech of the Arabs, and that he died in 310 AH. (5) N and M read “al-Zuhrī”; the correct reading is that of A, L, and B. He was Sulaymān ibn Dāwūd al-Atakī, Abū al-Rabī al-Zahrānī al-Basrī, who died in 234 AH. See *Tahdhīb al-Tahdhīb*, 4/191. (6) N reads: “Khushaysh ibn Adram”; A: “Husays ibn Sarm”; L: “Husays ibn Sirām.” The correct reading is that of M and B. He was Khushaysh ibn Asram ibn al-Aswad, Abū Āsim al-Nasā’ī, who died in 253 AH. See *Tahdhīb al-Tahdhīb*, 3/142.

دَعْوَتُهُمْ مَدْحُوضَةٌ، وَكَلِمَتُهُمْ مُخْتَلِفَةٌ، وَجَمْعُهُمْ مُتَفَرِّقٌ (١) كُلَّمَا أَوْقَدُوا نَارًا لِلْحَرْبِ أَطْفَأَهَا اللَّهُ. قُلْتُ: هَذَا الْكَلَامُ بَعْضُهُ [ثَابِتٌ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ كَقَوْلِهِ] : لَوْ كَانَتِ الشِّيعَةُ مِنَ الْبَهَائِمِ لَكَانُوا (٢) حُمُرًا، وَلَوْ كَانَتْ مِنَ الطَّيْرِ لَكَانُوا (٣) رَخَمًا، فَإِنَّ هَذَا ثَابِتٌ عَنْهُ. قَالَ ابْنُ شَاهِينَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ (٤) النَّحْوِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ الْحَرْبِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ (٥) ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعُ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ مِغْوَلٍ، فَذَكَرَهُ، وَأَمَّا السِّيَاقُ الْمَذْكُورُ، فَهُوَ مَعْرُوفٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مَالِكِ بْنِ مِغْوَلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ. وَرَوَى أَبُو عَاصِمٍ خُشَيْشُ بْنُ أَصْرَمَ. (٦) فِي كِتَابِهِ، وَرَوَاهُ مِنْ طَرِيقِهِ أَبُو عَمْرٍو الطَّلَمَنْكِيُّ فِي كِتَابِهِ فِي الْأُصُولِ قَالَ (* أَبُو عَاصِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَعَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا السَّنَدِيُّ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ

(١) ن، م: مُفْتَرِقٌ. (٢) ن، م، ل: لَكَانَتْ. (٣) ن، م، ل: لَكَانَتْ. (٤) ن، م: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ، وَهُوَ خَطَأٌ. وَأَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ الْيَزِيدِيُّ النَّحْوِيُّ. قَالَ عَنْهُ ابْنُ خَلِّكَانَ (٣/٤٦١) إِنَّهُ كَانَ إِمَامًا فِي النَّحْوِ وَالْأَدَبِ وَنَقْلِ النَّوَادِرِ وَكَلَامِ الْعَرَبِ، وَذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ تُوُفِّيَ سَنَةَ ٣١٠. (٥) ن، م: الزُّهْرِيُّ، وَالصَّوَابُ مَا فِي (أ) ، (ل) ، (ب) . وَهُوَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْعَتَكِيُّ أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ الْبَصْرِيُّ، تُوُفِّيَ سَنَةَ ٢٣٤. انْظُرْ تَهْذِيبَ التَّهْذِيبِ ٤/١٩١. (٦) ن: خُشَيْشُ بْنُ أَضْرَمَ؛ أ: حُسَيْسُ بْنُ صَرْمٍ؛ ل: حُسَيْسُ بْنُ صِرَامٍ وَالصَّوَابُ مَا فِي (م) ، (ب) . وَهُوَ خُشَيْشُ بْنُ أَصْرَمَ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ أَبُو عَاصِمٍ النَّسَائِيُّ الْمُتَوَفَّى سَنَةَ ٢٥٣. انْظُرْ تَهْذِيبَ التَّهْذِيبِ ٣/١٤٢.