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Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

“This is disbelief. Renounce it, or I will strike off your heads.” They repeated this before him on the second and third days, so he deferred action against them (1) for three days, since an apostate is given three days to repent. When they still did not recant, he ordered trenches of fire to be dug (2) near the Gate of Kindah and cast them into the fire.

It is related that he said:

“When I saw the affair was foul and dire,
I summoned Qanbar and kindled my fire.” (3)

The Muslims unanimously agree that these people were to be put to death; but (4) there is disagreement over whether it was permissible to burn them alive. Alī [may Allah be pleased with him] (5) deemed that they should be burned, whereas Ibn Abbās and other [jurists] (6) disagreed with him.

Ibn Abbās said, “Had it been me, I would not have burned them, because the Prophet—may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him—forbade punishing anyone with the punishment of Allah. Instead, I would have struck off their heads, in accordance with the Prophet’s words—may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him: ‘Whoever changes his religion, put him to death.’” This hadith is recorded in Sahih al-Bukhari. (7)

As for the revilers (8), who revile Abū Bakr and Umar, when news of this reached Alī

(1) M, A, and B read: “and he deferred action against them.” (2) B and M read: “the trenches were marked out.” (3) See our earlier discussion of these *rajaz* lines (p. 30, n. 6). Al-Maqrīzī also cites them in *al-Khitat*, 2/356, Cairo, 1270, and gives an abridged account of the event. (4) A and B read: “is obligatory by consensus, but.” (5) “May Allah be pleased with him” is added in A and B. (6) “Among the jurists” is added in A and B. (7) The hadith from Ikrimah—may Allah be pleased with him—is recorded in al-Bukhārī, 9/15 (Book of Seeking the Repentance of Apostates, chapter “The Ruling on Male and Female Apostates”). (8) They are those among the Rāfidah who revile the Companions. It is also said that the term denotes those who trace their affiliation to a man named Abd Allah ibn Sibāb, mentioned previously (p. 18, n. [0–9]). See also Dr. Muhammad Jābir Abd al-Āl, *Harakāt al-Shīa al-Mutatarrafīn* (Movements of the Extremist Shīa), pp. [0–9]9–61, al-Sunna al-Muhammadiyya Press, Cairo, 1373/1954.

هَذَا كُفْرٌ، ارْجِعُوا عَنْهُ وَإِلَّا ضَرَبْتُ أَعْنَاقَكُمْ، فَصَنَعُوا بِهِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّانِي وَالثَّالِثِ كَذَلِكَ فَأَخَّرَهُمْ (١) ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ؛ لِأَنَّ الْمُرْتَدَّ يُسْتَتَابُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ، فَلَمَّا لَمْ يَرْجِعُوا أَمَرَ بِأَخَادِيدَ مِنْ نَارٍ فَخُدَّتْ (٢) عِنْدَ بَابِ كِنْدَةَ، وَقَذَفَهُمْ فِي تِلْكَ النَّارِ، وَرُوِيَ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: لَمَّا رَأَيْتُ الْأَمْرَ أَمْرًا مُنْكَرَا أَجَّجْتُ نَارِي وَدَعَوْتُ قَنْبَرَا (٣) وَقَتْلُ هَؤُلَاءِ وَاجِبٌ بِاتِّفَاقِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، لَكِنْ (٤) فِي جَوَازِ تَحْرِيقِهِمْ نِزَاعٌ: فِعْلِيٌّ [رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ] (٥) رَأَى تَحْرِيقَهُمْ، وَخَالَفَهُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ وَغَيْرُهُ [مِنَ الْفُقَهَاءِ] (٦) قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَوْ كُنْتُ لَمْ أُحْرِقْهُمْ؛ لِنَهْيِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - أَنْ يُعَذَّبَ بِعَذَابِ اللَّهِ، وَلَضَرَبْتُ أَعْنَاقَهُمْ؛ لِقَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -: " «مَنْ بَدَّلَ دِينَهُ فَاقْتُلُوهُ» " ، وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ فِي صَحِيحِ الْبُخَارِيِّ. (٧) وَأَمَّا السَّبَّابَةُ (٨) الَّذِينَ يَسُبُّونَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ فَإِنَّ عَلِيًّا لَمَّا بَلَغَهُ ذَلِكَ

(١) م، ا، ب: وَأَخَّرَهُمْ. (٢) ب، م: فَحُدَّتْ. (٣) انْظُرْ مَا سَبَقَ أَنْ ذَكَرْنَاهُ عَنْ هَذَا الرَّجَزِ (ص ٣٠ ت ٦) ، وَقَدْ ذَكَرَهُ أَيْضًا الْمَقْرِيزِيُّ فِي الْخُطَطِ ٢/٣٥٦، الْقَاهِرَةَ ١٢٧٠، وَذَكَرَ الْخَبَرَ مُخْتَصَرًا. (٤) ا، ب: وَاجِبٌ بِالِاتِّفَاقِ لَكِنْ. (٥) رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: زِيَادَةٌ فِي (ا) ، (ب) . (٦) مِنَ الْفُقَهَاءِ: زِيَادَةٌ فِي (ا) ، (ب) . (٧) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - فِي: الْبُخَارِيِّ ٩/١٥ (كِتَابُ اسْتِتَابَةِ الْمُرْتَدِّينَ، بَابُ حُكْمِ الْمُرْتَدِّ وَالْمُرْتَدَّةِ) . (٨) هُمُ الَّذِينَ يَسُبُّونَ الصَّحَابَةَ مِنَ الرَّافِضَةِ، وَقِيلَ: إِنَّهُمُ الَّذِينَ يَنْتَسِبُونَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ اسْمُهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سِبَابٍ - وَسَبَقَتِ الْإِشَارَةُ إِلَيْهِ (ص ١٨ ت [٠ - ٩] ) - وَانْظُرْ: الدُّكْتُورْ مُحَمَّدْ جَابِرْ عَبْدِ الْعَالْ: حَرَكَاتُ الشِّيعَةِ الْمُتَطَرِّفِينَ، ص [٠ - ٩] ٩ - ٦١، مَطْبَعَةُ السُّنَّةِ الْمُحَمَّدِيَّةِ، الْقَاهِرَةَ، ١٣٧٣/١٩٥٤.