Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (5/314)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

It is reported in the Sahih that when the people of Paradise have crossed al-Sirāt, they will be detained on a bridge between Paradise and the Fire, where redress will be secured for some of them (1) against others for injustices committed between them in this world. Once they have been refined and purified, they will be permitted to enter Paradise. Thus, they will enter Paradise only after refinement and purification (2), as He—Exalted is He—has said:

“You have become pure, so enter it, abiding forever.”

[Surah al-Zumar: 73].

When Iblis said:

“I am better than him: You created me from fire and created him from clay.” He said, “Then descend from it, for it is not for you to behave arrogantly therein. So depart! You are indeed among the abased.”

[Surah al-A‘rāf: 12–13],

He—Glory be to Him—made it clear that no one in Paradise may behave arrogantly.

It is reported in Sahīh Muslim that the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said:

“No one who has an atom’s weight of pride in his heart will enter Paradise, and no one who has an atom’s weight of faith in his heart will enter the Fire.” (3)

A man said, “O Messenger of Allah, a man likes his garment to be fine and his sandals to be fine (4). Is that a form of pride?”

He replied, “No. Indeed, Allah is Beautiful and loves

(1) H and B: “for some”; M: “some of them.” (2) The hadith is narrated from Abū Sa‘īd al-Khudrī—may Allah be pleased with him—in al-Bukhārī, 3/128 (Book of Unjust Acts and Usurpation, chapter “Redress for Wrongs”). Its wording is: “When the believers have been delivered from the Fire, they will be detained at a bridge between Paradise and the Fire, where they will exact redress from one another for wrongs committed among them in this world. Once they have been purified and cleansed, they will be permitted to enter Paradise. By Him in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—each of them will be more familiar with his dwelling in Paradise than he was with his home in this world.” The hadith also appears in al-Bukhārī, 8/111 (Book of Heart-Softening Traditions, chapter “Redress on the Day of Resurrection”), and in al-Musnad (al-Halabī ed.), 3/13, 57, 63, 74. (3) This hadith appeared earlier in this volume, p. 205. (4) “His garment is fine and his sandal is fine”: thus in H and B. All other manuscripts read: “His sandal is fine and his garment is fine.”

وَفِي الصَّحِيحِ أَنَّهُ إِذَا عَبَرَ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ الصِّرَاطَ، وَقَفُوا عَلَى قَنْطَرَةٍ بَيْنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ، فَيَقْتَصُّ لِبَعْضِهِمْ (١) مِنْ بَعْضٍ مَظَالِمَ كَانَتْ بَيْنَهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا، حَتَّى إِذَا هُذِّبُوا وَنُقُّوا أُذِنَ لَهُمْ فِي دُخُولِ الْجَنَّةِ، فَلَا يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا بَعْدَ التَّهْذِيبِ وَالتَّنْقِيَةِ (٢) كَمَا قَالَ تَعَالَى: {طِبْتُمْ فَادْخُلُوهَا خَالِدِينَ} [سُورَةُ الزُّمَرِ: ٧٣] . وَلَمَّا قَالَ إِبْلِيسُ: {أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِي مِنْ نَارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُ مِنْ طِينٍ - قَالَ فَاهْبِطْ مِنْهَا فَمَا يَكُونُ لَكَ أَنْ تَتَكَبَّرَ فِيهَا فَاخْرُجْ إِنَّكَ مِنَ الصَّاغِرِينَ} [سُورَةُ الْأَعْرَافِ: ١٢ - ١٣] ، فَبَيَّنَ سُبْحَانَهُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِمَنْ فِي الْجَنَّةِ أَنْ يَتَكَبَّرَ. وَفِي صَحِيحِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - أَنَّهُ قَالَ: " «لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مَنْ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ ذَرَّةٍ مِنْ كِبْرٍ، وَلَا يَدْخُلُ النَّارَ مَنْ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ ذَرَّةٍ مِنْ إِيمَانٍ " (٣) قَالَ رَجُلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، الرَّجُلُ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَكُونَ ثَوْبُهُ حَسَنًا وَنَعْلُهُ حَسَنًا (٤) أَفَمِنَ الْكِبْرِ ذَاكَ؟ قَالَ: " لَا. إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَمِيلٌ يُحِبُّ

(١) ح، ب: لِبَعْضٍ، م: بَعْضُهُمْ. (٢) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - فِي: الْبُخَارِيِّ ٣/١٢٨ (كِتَابُ الْمَظَالِمِ وَالْغَصَبِ، بَابُ قِصَاصِ الْمَظَالِمِ. وَنَصُّهُ: " إِذَا خَلَصَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ مِنَ النَّارِ حُبِسُوا بِقَنْطَرَةٍ بَيْنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ فَيَتَقَاصُّونَ مَظَالِمَ كَانَتْ بَيْنَهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا، حَتَّى إِذَا نُقُّوا وَهُذِّبُوا أُذِنَ لَهُمْ بِدُخُولِ الْجَنَّةِ، فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - بِيَدِهِ لَأَحَدُهُمْ بِمَسْكَنِهِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ أَدَلُّ بِمَنْزِلِهِ كَانَ فِي الدُّنْيَا ". وَجَاءَ الْحَدِيثُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى فِي: الْبُخَارِيِّ ٨/١١١ (كِتَابُ الرِّقَاقِ، بَابُ الْقِصَاصِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَهُوَ فِي الْمُسْنَدِ (ط. الْحَلَبِيِّ) ٣/١٣، ٥٧، ٦٣، ٧٤. (٣) مَضَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ مِنْ قَبْلُ فِي هَذَا الْجُزْءِ ص ٢٠٥ (٤) ثَوْبُهُ حَسَنًا وَنَعْلُهُ حَسَنًا، كَذَا فِي (ح) ، (ب) ، وَفِي سَائِرِ النُّسَخِ: نَعْلُهُ حَسَنًا وَثَوْبُهُ حَسَنًا.