Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (6/238)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

[The Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Causes: The Ordeal of the Grave, the Horrors of the Day of Resurrection, and Their Settling of Accounts with One Another]

The Eighth Cause:

The compression of the grave and the trial posed by the two angels to which the believer is subjected in his grave.

The Ninth Cause:

The anguish he will experience in the Hereafter amid the horrors of the Day of Resurrection.

The Tenth Cause:

What is established in the two Sahīh collections: “After the believers cross the Sirāt, they will be detained on a bridge between Paradise and Hell, where redress will be exacted for some of them from others (1). Once they have been purified and cleansed, they will be permitted to enter Paradise” (2).

Only a few believers escape all these causes. How much more, then, may this be expected for the Companions (3)—may Allah be pleased with them—who are the best generation (4) of this ummah? This concerns sins that are actually established; what, then, of charges falsely ascribed to them [without basis] (5)? And what of deeds counted among their misdeeds (6) when they are actually among their good deeds?

This is like the report authentically established concerning a man who sought to disparage Uthmān in the presence of Ibn Umar. He said:

“He fled on the day of Uhud, did not attend Badr, and was not present at the Pledge of al-Ridwān (7).”

Ibn Umar replied:

“As for the day of Uhud, Allah has pardoned him. [Another wording states: ‘He fled on the day of Uhud, and Allah pardoned him. Yet in your estimation he committed a sin, and you have not pardoned him’] (8). As for the day of

(1) N and M read: “some of them from others.” (2) This hadith was cited earlier at 5/314. Its opening words are: “When the believers have been delivered…” (3) N and M read: “the Companions.” (4) N and M read: “sects,” which is a textual corruption. (5) The word “what” is omitted from N and M. (6) N reads: “their governance,” which is a textual corruption. (7) N reads: “al-Aqaba”; R reads: “al-Hudaybiya.” (8) The passage within square brackets is omitted from N and M.

[السبب الثامن والتاسع والعاشر من بلاء القبر وأَهْوَالِ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ واقتصاصهم من بعض] السَّبَبُ الثَّامِنُ: مَا يُبْتَلَى بِهِ الْمُؤْمِنُ فِي قَبْرِهِ مِنَ الضَّغْطَةِ وَفِتْنَةِ الْمَلَكَيْنِ. السَّبَبُ التَّاسِعُ: مَا يَحْصُلُ لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنْ كَرْبِ أَهْوَالِ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ. السَّبَبُ الْعَاشِرُ: مَا ثَبَتَ فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ «أَنَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذَا عَبَرُوا الصِّرَاطَ، وَقَفُوا عَلَى قَنْطَرَةٍ بَيْنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ، فَيُقْتَصُّ لِبَعْضِهِمْ مِنْ بَعْضٍ (١) ، فَإِذَا هُذِّبُوا وَنُقُّوا أُذِنَ لَهُمْ فِي دُخُولِ الْجَنَّةِ» (٢) . فَهَذِهِ الْأَسْبَابُ لَا تَفُوتُ كُلُّهَا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِلَّا الْقَلِيلَ، فَكَيْفَ بِالصَّحَابَةِ (٣) - رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمُ - الَّذِينَ هُمْ خَيْرُ قُرُونِ (٤) الْأُمَّةِ؟ وَهَذَا فِي الذُّنُوبِ الْمُحَقَّقَةِ، فَكَيْفَ [بِمَا] (٥) يُكْذَبُ عَلَيْهِمْ؟ فَكَيْفَ بِمَا يُجْعَلُ مِنْ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ (٦) وَهُوَ مِنْ حَسَنَاتِهِمْ؟ وَهَذَا كَمَا ثَبَتَ فِي الصَّحِيحِ أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَطْعَنَ فِي عُثْمَانَ عِنْدَ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّهُ قَدْ فَرَّ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ، وَلَمْ يَشْهَدْ بَدْرًا، وَلَمْ يَشْهَدْ بَيْعَةَ الرِّضْوَانِ (٧) . فَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ: أَمَّا يَوْمُ أُحُدٍ فَقَدْ عَفَا اللَّهُ عَنْهُ. [وَفِي لَفْظٍ: فَرَّ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ فَعَفَا اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، وَأَذْنَبَ عِنْدَكُمْ ذَنْبًا، فَلَمْ تَعْفُوا عَنْهُ] (٨) . وَأَمَّا يَوْمُ

(١) ن، م: بَعْضُهُمْ مِنْ بَعْضٍ. (٢) سَبَقَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ فِيمَا مَضَى ٥/٣١٤ وَأَوَّلُهُ: إِذَا خَلَصَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ. . الْحَدِيثَ. (٣) ن، م: الصَّحَابَةُ. (٤) ن، م: فِرَقِ وَهُوَ تَحْرِيفٌ. (٥) بِمَا: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . (٦) ن: سِيَاسَتِهِمْ وَهُوَ تَحْرِيفٌ. (٧) ن: الْعَقَبَةَ، ر: الْحُدَيْبِيَةَ. (٨) مَا بَيْنَ الْمَعْقُوفَتَيْنِ سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) .