Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (5/401)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

entails will. Whoever loves something must, through his love for it, will some of the things connected with it.

For this reason, Allah Most High created His creatures for a wise purpose (1), and that wise purpose is both willed and loved. Thus, as stated earlier, He created what He created for an end that He wills and loves. Glorified is He, He loves His believing servants and therefore wills to show them kindness; they love Him and therefore desire to worship Him (2) [and obey Him].

And [it is established] in the two Sahih collections (3) that the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said:

“None of you believes until I am more beloved to him than his child, his father, and all mankind.” (4)

Every believer finds in his heart a love for the Messenger that he does not find (5) for anyone else. Thus, if he were to hear someone he loves—one of his relatives or friends (6)—reviling the Messenger, it would become easy for him to show enmity toward that person, shun him, and even kill him, out of love for the Messenger. If he did not do so, he would not be a believer.

Allah Most High says:

“You will not find any people who believe in Allah and the Last Day loving those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, even if they are their fathers, their sons, their brothers, or their kindred. Those are the ones in whose hearts He has inscribed faith and whom He has strengthened with a spirit from Him.”

[Surah al-Mujādilah: 22], [Indeed,]

(1) Manuscripts *hāʾ*, *rāʾ*, *yāʾ*, and *bāʾ* read: “with wisdom”; manuscript *wāw* reads: “with His wisdom.” (2) Manuscripts *nūn* and *mīm* read: “and they wish to worship Him” (with “and obey Him” omitted). (3) Manuscripts *nūn* and *mīm* read: “And in the two Sahih collections.” (4) This hadith was cited previously, 2/447. (5) “That which he does not find”: thus in manuscripts *rāʾ* and *bāʾ*. All other manuscripts read: “that which does not exist.” (6) Manuscript *bāʾ* alone adds: “or his friends.”

مُسْتَلْزِمَةٌ لِلْإِرَادَةِ، فَمَنْ أَحَبَّ شَيْئًا فَلَا بُدَّ أَنْ يَتَضَمَّنَ حُبُّهُ إِيَّاهُ، إِرَادَةً لِبَعْضِ مُتَعَلِّقَاتِهِ. وَلِهَذَا كَانَ خَلْقُهُ تَعَالَى لِمَخْلُوقَاتِهِ لِحِكْمَةٍ (١) ، وَالْحِكْمَةُ مُرَادَةٌ مَحْبُوبَةٌ. فَهُوَ خَلَقَ مَا خَلَقَ لِمُرَادٍ مَحْبُوبٍ كَمَا تَقَدَّمَ، وَهُوَ سُبْحَانُهُ يُحِبُّ عِبَادَهُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، فَيُرِيدُ الْإِحْسَانَ إِلَيْهِمْ، وَهُمْ يُحِبُّونَهُ فَيُرِيدُونَ عِبَادَتَهُ (٢) [وَطَاعَتَهُ] . وَ [قَدْ ثَبَتَ] فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ (٣) عَنِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - أَنَّهُ قَالَ: " «لَا يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى أَكُونَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ وَلَدِهِ وَوَالِدِهِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ» " (٤) وَمَا مِنْ مُؤْمِنٍ إِلَّا وَهُوَ يَجِدُ فِي قَلْبِهِ لِلرَّسُولِ مِنَ الْمَحَبَّةِ مَا لَا يَجِدُ (٥) لِغَيْرِهِ، حَتَّى أَنَّهُ إِذَا سَمِعَ مَحْبُوبًا لَهُ - مِنْ أَقَارِبِهِ وَأَصْدِقَائِهِ (٦) - يَسُبُّ الرَّسُولَ، هَانَ عَلَيْهِ عَدَاوَتُهُ وَمُهَاجَرَتُهُ، بَلْ وَقَتْلُهُ لِحُبِّ الرَّسُولِ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ مُؤْمِنًا. قَالَ تَعَالَى: {لَا تَجِدُ قَوْمًا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ يُوَادُّونَ مَنْ حَادَّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَلَوْ كَانُوا آبَاءَهُمْ أَوْ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ أَوْ إِخْوَانَهُمْ أَوْ عَشِيرَتَهُمْ أُولَئِكَ كَتَبَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ الْإِيمَانَ وَأَيَّدَهُمْ بِرُوحٍ مِنْهُ} [سُورَةُ الْمُجَادَلَةِ: ٢٢] ، [بَلْ قَدْ] .

(١) ح، ر، ي، ب: بِحِكْمَةٍ، وَ: بِحِكْمَتِهِ. (٢) ن، م: وَيُرِيدُونَ عِبَادَتَهُ (وَسَقَطَتْ: وَطَاعَتَهُ) . (٣) ن، م: وَفِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ. (٤) سَبَقَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ فِيمَا مَضَى ٢/٤٤٧ (٥) مَا لَا يَجِدُ: كَذَا فِي (ر) ، (ب) وَفِي سَائِرِ النُّسَخِ: مَا لَا يُوجَدُ. (٦) ب (فَقَطْ) : أَوْ أَصْدِقَائِهِ.