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Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

Most jurists also impose the prescribed punishment on one who drinks the type of nabīdh whose ruling is disputed (1), even if he acted on an interpretive judgment. Likewise, they order that a rebellious party acting on an interpretive judgment be fought in order to repel its rebellion, even though they do not regard him as a flagrant sinner because of that interpretation.

It is established in the Sahīh that when Alī sent Ammār ibn Yāsir and al-Hasan to Kūfa to assist him against Āisha (2), Ammār ibn Yāsir said:

“We know that she is your Prophet’s wife in this world and the Hereafter. Yet Allah has tested you through her to see whether you will obey Him or her.” (3)

Thus, Ammār testified that she was destined for Paradise and would be the wife of the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—in the Hereafter. Despite this, he called upon the people to repel her by whatever means they could, whether through fighting or otherwise.

If Ammār testified that she was destined for Paradise yet fought her, why could Uthmān not testify that Ammār was destined for Paradise yet strike him?

The most that [can be said is that what] occurred was that this one and that one [and this one] were sinful in the matter (4). We have already established the general principle that these people are attested to be destined for Paradise, despite having sins.

[Response to a fabricated hadith cited by the Rāfidī concerning Ammār, may Allah be pleased with him]

As for his statement:

“And the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said concerning him:

‘Ammār is the apple of my eye. He will be killed by the rebellious faction. May Allah not grant them my intercession on the Day of Resurrection.’”

(1) N reads: “the disputed [nabīdh].” (2) N and M read: “to assist Ali.” (3) The hadith is narrated from Ammār ibn Yāsir—may Allah be pleased with him—with variations in wording in: al-Bukhārī, 5/29, Book of the Virtues of the Prophet’s Companions, chapter “The Virtue of Aisha”; 9/55–56, Book of Tribulations, chapter beginning, “Uthmān ibn al-Haytham narrated to us”; and *al-Musnad*, Aleppo ed., 4/265. (4) N and M read: “The most that may be said about what occurred is that this one and that one were sinful in the matter.”

وَأَكْثَرُ الْفُقَهَاءِ يَحِدُّونَ مِنْ شُرْبِ النَّبِيذِ الْمُتَنَازَعِ (١) فِيهِ، وَإِنْ كَانَ مُتَأَوِّلًا. وَكَذَلِكَ يَأْمُرُونَ بِقِتَالِ الْبَاغِي الْمُتَأَوِّلِ لِدَفْعِ بَغْيِهِ، وَإِنْ كَانُوا مَعَ ذَلِكَ لَا يُفَسِّقُونَهُ لِتَأْوِيلِهِ. وَقَدْ ثَبَتَ فِي الصَّحِيحِ أَنَّ عَمَّارَ بْنَ يَاسِرٍ لَمَّا أَرْسَلَهُ عَلِيٌّ إِلَى الْكُوفَةِ هُوَ وَالْحَسَنَ؛ لِيُعِينُوا عَلَى عَائِشَةَ (٢) ، قَالَ عَمَّارُ بْنُ يَاسِرٍ: إِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّهَا زَوْجَةُ نَبِيِّكُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ، وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ ابْتَلَاكُمْ بِهَا لِيَنْظُرَ: إِيَّاهُ تُطِيعُونَ أَمْ إِيَّاهَا؟ (٣) فَقَدْ شَهِدَ لَهَا عَمَّارٌ بِأَنَّهَا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ، وَزَوْجَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فِي الْآخِرَةِ، وَمَعَ هَذَا دَعَا النَّاسَ إِلَى دَفْعِهَا بِمَا يُمْكِنُ مِنْ قِتَالٍ وَغَيْرِهِ. فَإِذَا كَانَ عَمَّارٌ يَشْهَدُ لَهَا بِالْجَنَّةِ وَيُقَاتِلُهَا، فَكَيْفَ لَا يَشْهَدُ لَهُ عُثْمَانُ بِالْجَنَّةِ وَيَضْرِبُهُ؟ وَغَايَةُ مَا [يُقَالُ: إِنَّ مَا] وَقَعَ كَانَ هَذَا وَهَذَا [وَهَذَا] مُذْنِبِينَ فِيهِ (٤) . وَقَدْ قَدَّمْنَا الْقَاعِدَةَ الْكُلِّيَّةَ أَنَّ الْقَوْمَ مَشْهُودٌ لَهُمْ بِالْجَنَّةِ وَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُمْ ذُنُوبٌ. [الرد على حديث مكذوب يذكره الرافضي عن عمار رضي الله عنه] وَأَمَّا قَوْلُهُ: " وَقَالَ فِيهِ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -: " «عَمَّارٌ جِلْدَةٌ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيَّ، تَقْتُلُهُ الْفِئَةُ الْبَاغِيَةُ، لَا أَنَالَهُمُ اللَّهُ شَفَاعَتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ» ".

(١) ن: الْمُنَازَعِ. (٢) ن، م: لِيُعِينُوا عَلِيًّا. (٣) الْحَدِيثُ مَعَ اخْتِلَافٍ فِي الْأَلْفَاظِ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ يَاسِرٍ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - فِي: الْبُخَارِيِّ ٥/٢٩ كِتَابِ فَضَائِلِ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ. . . .، بَابِ فَضْلِ عَائِشَةَ. . .، ٩/٥٥ - ٥٦ (كِتَابِ الْفِتَنِ، بَابِ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ الْهَيْثَمِ، الْمُسْنَدِ ط. الْحَلَبِيِّ) ٤/٢٦٥ (٤) ن، م: وَغَايَةُ مَا وَقَعَ: يُقَالُ إِنَّمَا كَانَ هَذَا وَهَذَا مُذْنِبِينَ فِيهِ.