Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (5/490)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

The response is that this is one of the most blatant lies. It is a matter known through mass transmission among scholars of Quranic exegesis, the Prophetic campaigns, biography, hadith, jurisprudence, and other disciplines that the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—appointed Abū Bakr to lead the Hajj in the ninth year. This was the first Hajj in Islam to depart from the city of the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace. Before it, no Hajj had taken place in Islam apart from the pilgrimage that Attāb ibn Usayd ibn Abī al-Ās ibn Umayya conducted from Mecca. Mecca had been conquered in the eighth year, and the Hajj that year was conducted by Attāb ibn Usayd, whom the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—had appointed over the people of Mecca. Then, after returning from the campaign of Tabūk, the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—appointed Abū Bakr to lead the Hajj in the ninth year.

During that pilgrimage, he instructed Abū Bakr to have the following proclamation made during the pilgrimage season:

“After this year, no polytheist shall perform Hajj, and no naked person shall circumambulate the House.”

The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—never placed anyone other than Abū Bakr in charge of an office of this kind. Thus, this office was a distinction unique to Abū Bakr: the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—never appointed anyone to lead the Hajj as he appointed Abū Bakr, nor did he ever appoint anyone to lead the prayer in his stead as he appointed Abū Bakr. Ali was among those under his command during this Hajj. When Ali caught up with him, Abū Bakr asked:

“Are you in command, or (1) under command?”

Ali replied:

“Rather, I am under command.”

Throughout this assignment, Ali prayed behind Abū Bakr together with the rest of the Muslims and complied with Abū Bakr’s orders, just as all the others accompanying him did. Ali also joined the others (2) in making the proclamation during this Hajj, at Abū Bakr’s command.

As for appointments held by people other than Abū Bakr, they were of a kind in which others shared, such as Ali’s appointment

(1) (B) alone reads *am* (“or”). (2) At the bottom of manuscript (Y), after the word *al-nās* (“the people”), the following is written: “Note that this folio, beginning with the words ‘during this Hajj,’ is to be joined at the fifth folio preceding this one.” I found the passage that follows on p. 244.

وَالْجَوَابُ: أَنَّ هَذَا مِنْ أَبْيَنِ الْكَذِبِ ; فَإِنَّهُ مِنَ الْمَعْلُومِ الْمُتَوَاتِرِ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ التَّفْسِيرِ وَالْمَغَازِي وَالسِّيَرِ وَالْحَدِيثِ وَالْفِقْهِ وَغَيْرِهِمْ: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - اسْتَعْمَلَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ عَلَى الْحَجِّ عَامَ تِسْعٍ، وَهُوَ أَوَّلُ حَجٍّ كَانَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ قَبْلَهُ حَجٌّ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ، إِلَّا الْحَجَّةَ الَّتِي أَقَامَهَا عَتَّابُ بْنُ أَسِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَاصِ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ مِنْ مَكَّةَ، فَإِنَّ مَكَّةَ فُتِحَتَ سَنَةَ ثَمَانِ، أَقَامَ الْحَجَّ ذَلِكَ الْعَامَ عَتَّابُ بْنُ أُسَيْدٍ، الَّذِي اسْتَعْمَلَهُ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - عَلَى أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ، ثُمَّ أَمَّرَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ سَنَةَ تِسْعٍ لِلْحَجِّ، بَعْدَ رُجُوعِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - مِنْ غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ، وَفِيهَا أَمَرَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ بِالْمُنَادَاةِ فِي الْمَوْسِمِ: «أَنْ لَا يَحُجَّ بَعْدَ الْعَامِ مُشْرِكٌ، وَلَا يَطُوفَ بِالْبَيْتِ عُرْيَانُ» ، وَلَمْ يُؤَمِّرِ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - غَيْرَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَلَى مِثْلِ هَذِهِ الْوِلَايَةِ، فَوَلَايَةُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ كَانَتْ مِنْ خَصَائِصِهِ ; فَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - لَمْ يُؤَمِّرْ عَلَى الْحَجِّ أَحَدًا كَتَأْمِيرِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، وَلَمْ يَسْتَخْلِفْ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ أَحَدًا كَاسْتِخْلَافِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، وَكَانَ عَلِيٌّ مِنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ فِي هَذِهِ الْحِجَّةِ، فَإِنَّهُ لَحِقَهُ فَقَالَ: أَمِيرٌ أَوْ (١) مَأْمُورٌ؟ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: بَلْ مَأْمُورٌ، وَكَانَ عَلِيٌّ يُصَلِّي خَلْفَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ مَعَ سَائِرِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي هَذِهِ الْوِلَايَةِ، وَيَأْتَمِرُ لِأَمْرِهِ كَمَا يَأْتَمِرُ لَهُ سَائِرُ مَنْ مَعَهُ، وَنَادَى عَلِيٌّ مَعَ النَّاسِ (٢) فِي هَذِهِ الْحِجَّةِ بِأَمْرِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ. وَأَمَّا وَلَايَةُ غَيْرِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَكَانَتْ مِمَّا يُشَارِكُهُ فِيهَا غَيْرُهُ، كَوَلَايَةِ عَلِيٍّ

(١) ب فَقَطْ: أَمْ. (٢) بَعْدَ كَلِمَةِ النَّاسِ فِي أَسْفَلِ نُسْخَةِ (ي) كُتِبَ مَا يَلِي: " اعْلَمْ أَنَّ رَبْطَ هَذِهِ الْوَرَقَةِ وَهُوَ قَوْلُهُ فِي هَذِهِ الْحِجَّةِ، فِي الْوَرَقَةِ الْخَامِسَةِ قَبْلَ هَذِهِ الْوَرَقَةِ " وَوَجَدْتُ الْكَلَامَ التَّالِيَ فِي ص ٢٤٤