Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (6/194)

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is—may Allah bless the Prophet and grant him peace—clearer to every rational person than the claim that the caliphate was vested, by explicit designation, in one particular member of Banū Hāshim; for the latter claim is false by the consensus of those learned in transmitted reports, [whereas the former is true by the consensus of those learned in transmitted reports] (1).

As for Banū Hāshim, the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—appointed none of them except Alī ibn Abī Tālib—may Allah be pleased with him—over Yemen. He also appointed Muādh ibn Jabal and Abū Mūsā al-Asharī over Yemen. He appointed Jafar ibn Abī Tālib to lead the fighting at Muta, and before Jafar he appointed Zayd ibn Hāritha (2) [his freedman] (3); Abd Allah ibn Rawāha is also mentioned. Here, then, is Allah’s Messenger—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—giving precedence in command to his freedman Zayd ibn Hāritha, who belonged to Kalb, over Jafar ibn Abī Tālib. It is also reported that al-Abbās asked him for an appointment, but he did not grant him one.

Among Banū Hāshim, apart from Alī, none were better than Hamza and Jafar [and Ubayda ibn al-Hārith ibn al-Muttalib, who was killed on the day of Badr] (4). Hamza (5) held no office, for he was martyred at Uhud—may Allah be pleased with him.

As for the stories about Hamza’s life transmitted by some Turks—even by their shaykhs—and circulated among themselves, in which they ascribe to him wars, sieges, and other such things, all of it (6) is false. It is of the same kind as the fabricated campaigns that storytellers (7) ascribe to Alī ibn Abī

(1) The passage in square brackets is omitted in (N) and (M). (2) (H) reads: “Zayd ibn Hāritha was appointed after him”; (R) reads: “and he appointed him after Zayd ibn Hāritha.” (3) “His freedman” is added only in (B). (4) The passage in square brackets is omitted in (N) and (M). (5) (N) and (M) read: “and Hamza.” (6) (N) reads: “for it is.” (7) (N) and (M) read: “the liars.”

النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - أَظْهَرَ عِنْدَ كُلِّ عَاقِلٍ مِنْ دَعْوَى كَوْنِ الْخِلَافَةِ فِي وَاحِدٍ مُعَيَّنٍ مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ بِالنَّصِّ؛ لِأَنَّ هَذَا كَذِبٌ بِاتِّفَاقِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ بِالنَّقْلِ، [وَذَاكَ صِدْقٌ بِاتِّفَاقِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ بِالنَّقْلِ (١) . وَأَمَّا بَنُو هَاشِمٍ فَلَمْ يَسْتَعْمِلِ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - عَلَى الْيَمَنِ. وَوَلَّى أَيْضًا عَلَى الْيَمَنِ مُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ وَأَبَا مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيَّ، وَوَلَّى جَعْفَرَ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَى قِتَالِ مُؤْتَةَ، وَوَلَّى قَبْلَ جَعْفَرٍ زَيْدَ بْنَ حَارِثَةَ (٢) [مَوْلَاهُ] (٣) ، وَقِيلَ: عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَوَاحَةَ. فَهَذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يُقَدِّمُ فِي الْوِلَايَةِ زَيْدَ بْنَ حَارِثَةَ مَوْلَاهُ، وَهُوَ مِنْ كَلْبٍ، عَلَى جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ. وَقَدْ رُوِيَ أَنَّ الْعَبَّاسَ سَأَلَهُ وِلَايَةً فَلَمْ يُولِّهِ إِيَّاهَا. وَلَيْسَ فِي بَنِي هَاشِمٍ بَعْدَ عَلِيٍّ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ حَمْزَةَ وَجَعْفَرٍ [وَعُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْمُطَّلِبِ الَّذِي قُتِلَ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ] (٤) ، فَحَمْزَةُ (٥) لَمْ يَتَوَلَّ شَيْئًا، فَإِنَّهُ قُتِلَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ شَهِيدًا - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ -. وَمَا يَنْقُلُهُ بَعْضُ التُّرْكِ، بَلْ وَشُيُوخُهُمْ، مِنْ سِيرَةِ حَمْزَةَ وَيَتَدَاوَلُونَهَا بَيْنَهُمْ، وَيَذْكُرُونَ لَهُ حُرُوبًا وَحِصَارَاتٍ وَغَيْرَ ذَلِكَ، فَكُلُّهُ (٦) كَذِبٌ، مِنْ جِنْسِ مَا يَذْكُرُهُ الذَّاكِرُونَ (٧) مِنَ الْغَزَوَاتِ الْمَكْذُوبَةِ عَلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي

(١) مَا بَيْنَ الْمَعْقُوفَتَيْنِ سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . (٢) ح: وَوُلِّيَ بَعْدَهُ زَيْدُ بْنُ حَارِثَةَ، ر: وَوَلَّاهُ بَعْدَ زَيْدِ بْنِ حَارِثَةَ. (٣) مَوْلَاهُ: زِيَادَةٌ فِي (ب) فَقَطْ. (٤) مَا بَيْنَ الْمَعْقُوفَتَيْنِ سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . (٥) ن، م: وَحَمْزَةُ. (٦) ن: فَإِنَّهُ. (٧) ن، م: الْكَذَّابُونَ.