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Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

al-Fārisī, narrated to me Abd Allah *) (1) ibn Ja‘far al-Raqqī (2), from Abd al-Rahmān ibn Mālik ibn Mighwal, from his father, who said (3):

(I said to Āmir al-Sha‘bī, “What turned you away from these people, [though you had been] a leader among them?”

He replied, “I saw them grasping at branches that had no roots.”

He then said to me, “Mālik, if I wanted them to give themselves to me as slaves, fill my house with gold, or make pilgrimage to this house of mine on condition that I lie about Alī—may Allah be pleased with him—they would do so. But no, by Allah, I will never lie about him. Mālik, I have studied the sectarian doctrines (4), and among them (5) I have seen none more foolish than al-Khashabiyya (6). If they were birds, they would be vultures, and if they were beasts, they would be donkeys. Mālik, they did not enter Islam out of any desire for it [for Allah’s sake] (7), nor out of fear of Allah, but because Allah abhorred them (8) and because of their aggression (9) against the Muslims. They seek to disparage (10) the religion of Islam, just as Būlus ibn Yūsha‘, king of the Jews, disparaged (11) Christianity; and does not go beyond (12)

(1) The text between the two asterisks is omitted only in B. (2) B reads: “Ibn Jafar al-Raqqī narrated to us.” (3) The following report also appears, with some variations, in *al-Iqd al-Farīd*, 2/409–411 (Cairo: Lajnat al-Ta’līf, 1940), where it is transmitted from Mālik ibn Muāwiya. Allah willing, I shall note below only the significant variants. (4) B reads: “the adherents of sectarian doctrines.” (5) A, L, and B read: “among them.” (6) *Al-Iqd al-Farīd*, 2/409, reads: “the Rāfidah.” (7) The words “for Allah’s sake” are absent from N and M. (8) “Upon them” is omitted in M. *Al-Iqd al-Farīd* reads: “but out of abhorrence for the Muslims and aggression against them.” (9) N, M, and L read: “and out of abhorrence.” (10) N reads *yughmidū* (“obscure”). (11) N reads *ghamida*, which is a corruption. In *al-Lisān*: “*ghamasahu* and *ghamisahu*—with the vowel of the *m* being either *a* or *i*—means that he belittled him, faulted him, and impugned him.” (12) B reads *tatajāwazu*; A and L read *yatajāwazu*; and M reads *yujāwizu*—all conveying the sense “does not pass beyond” in context.

الْفَارِسِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ *) (١) بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الرَّقِّيُّ (٢) ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مَالِكِ بْنِ مِغْوَلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ (٣) : (قُلْتُ لِعَامِرٍ الشَّعْبِيِّ: مَا رَدُّكَ عَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمِ، [وَقَدْ كُنْتَ] فِيهِمْ رَأْسًا؟ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُهُمْ يَأْخُذُونَ بِأَعْجَازٍ لَا صُدُورَ لَهَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي: يَا مَالِكُ لَوْ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ يُعْطُونِي رِقَابَهُمْ عَبِيدًا، أَوْ يَمْلَئُوا لِي بَيْتِي ذَهَبًا، أَوْ يَحُجُّوا إِلَى بَيْتِي هَذَا عَلَى أَنْ أَكْذِبَ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - لَفَعَلُوا، وَلَا وَاللَّهِ لَا أَكْذِبُ عَلَيْهِ أَبَدًا. يَا مَالِكُ إِنِّي قَدْ دَرَسْتُ الْأَهْوَاءَ (٤) ، فَلَمْ أَرَ فِيهَا (٥) أَحْمَقَ مِنَ الْخَشَبِيَّةِ (٦) ، فَلَوْ كَانُوا مِنَ الطَّيْرِ لَكَانُوا رَخَمًا، وَلَوْ كَانُوا مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ لَكَانُوا حُمُرًا. يَا مَالِكُ لَمْ يَدْخُلُوا فِي الْإِسْلَامِ رَغْبَةً فِيهِ [لِلَّهِ] (٧) ، وَلَا رَهْبَةً مِنَ اللَّهِ، وَلَكِنْ مَقْتًا مِنَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ (٨) ، وَبَغْيًا (٩) مِنْهُمْ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْإِسْلَامِ يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يَغْمِصُوا (١٠) دِينَ الْإِسْلَامِ، كَمَا غَمِصَ (١١) بُولِصُ بْنُ يُوشَعَ مَلِكُ الْيَهُودِ دِينَ النَّصْرَانِيَّةِ، وَلَا تُجَاوِزُ (١٢)

(١) مَا بَيْنَ النَّجْمَتَيْنِ سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (ب) فَقَطْ. (٢) ب: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الرَّقِّيُّ. (٣) الرِّوَايَةُ التَّالِيَةُ مَذْكُورَةٌ مَعَ بَعْضِ الِاخْتِلَافِ فِي " الْعِقْدِ الْفَرِيدِ " ٢/٤٠٩ - ٤١١ (ط. لَجْنَةُ التَّأْلِيفِ، الْقَاهِرَةَ، ١٩٤٠) ، وَهِيَ مَرْوِيَّةٌ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ، وَسَأَذْكُرُ فِيمَا يَلِي الِاخْتِلَافَاتِ الْهَامَّةَ فَقَطْ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ. (٤) ب: أَهْلَ الْأَهْوَاءِ. (٥) أ، ل، ب: فِيهِمْ. (٦) الْعِقْدَ الْفَرِيدَ (٢/٤٠٩) : الرَّافِضَةِ. (٧) لِلَّهِ: لَيْسَتْ فِي (ن) ، (م) . (٨) عَلَيْهِمْ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (م) . وَفِي " الْعِقْدِ الْفَرِيدِ ": وَلَكِنْ مَقْتًا لِأَهْلِ الْإِسْلَامِ وَبَغْيًا عَلَيْهِمْ. (٩) ن، م، ل: وَمَقْتًا. (١٠) ن: يُغْمِضُوا. (١١) ن: غَمِضَ، وَهُوَ تَحْرِيفٌ وَفِي " اللِّسَانِ ": غَمَصَهُ وَغَمِصَهُ (بِفَتْحِ الْمِيمِ وَكَسْرِهَا) : حَقَّرَهُ وَعَابَهُ وَطَعَنَ عَلَيْهِ. (١٢) ب: تَتَجَاوَزُ؛ أ، ل: يَتَجَاوَزُ؛ م: يُجَاوِزُ.