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to the ground when I heard him recite it. I knew that the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—had died.” (1)
[The Rāfidī said: The fourth dispute concerns the imamate]
As for his statement (2), “The fourth dispute concerns the imamate. The greatest dispute within the Muslim community is the dispute (3) over the imamate, for no sword has ever been drawn in Islam over a religious principle as it has been drawn over the imamate in every age” (4), the response (5) is:
This is one of the gravest errors. Praise be to Allah, no sword was drawn over the caliphate of Abū Bakr, Umar, or Uthmān. Nor was there any dispute among the Muslims during their times concerning the imamate, much less armed conflict. No sword was drawn among them over any matter of religion. Some of the Ansar made a statement that was repudiated by
(1) The hadith narrated by Abū Salama from Ibn Abbās—may Allah be pleased with them—is found in *al-Bukhārī*, 2/71–72 (Book of Funerals, chapter “Entering upon the Deceased after Death”). A version with the same meaning, narrated from Ā'isha—may Allah be pleased with them both—is also found in *al-Bukhārī*, 5/6–7, 7 (Book of the Merits of the Prophet’s Companions, chapter “Al-Humaydī Narrated to Us”); *Sunan Ibn Mājah*, 2/520 (Book of Funerals, chapter “Mention of His Death and Burial—may Allah bless him and grant him peace”); and *al-Musnad* (al-Halabī ed.), 6/219–220.
(2) That is, Ibn al-Mutahhar al-Rāfidī, in K; p. 143 (M).
(3) K reads: “disputes.”
(4) Ibn Taymiyya abridges Ibn al-Mutahhar’s statement in K, p. 143 (M). The remainder of his statement reads: “The Muhājirūn (Emigrants) and Ansār (Helpers) disagreed. The Ansār said, ‘Let there be a leader from us and a leader from you,’ and agreed upon their chief, Sa'd ibn Ubāda al-Ansārī. Abū Bakr and Umar then intervened by going to the Saqīfa of Banī Sā'ida. Umar extended his hand to Abū Bakr and pledged allegiance to him, whereupon the people pledged allegiance to him. Umar said, ‘It was a sudden, unplanned act whose evil Allah averted; whoever does the like of it again, kill him.’ Meanwhile, the Commander of the Faithful—peace be upon him—was occupied with what the Prophet—may Allah bless him and his family—had instructed him to do: burying him, preparing his body for burial, and remaining by his grave. He and a group of others refrained from pledging allegiance.”
(5) N and M read: “and the response.”
إِلَى الْأَرْضِ حِينَ سَمِعْتُهُ تَلَاهَا، عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَدْ مَاتَ
"
(١)
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[قال الرافضي الخلاف الرابع في الإمامة]
وَأَمَّا قَوْلُهُ
(٢)
: " الْخِلَافُ الرَّابِعُ: فِي الْإِمَامَةِ. وَأَعْظَمُ خِلَافٍ بَيْنِ الْأُمَّةِ خِلَافُ
(٣)
الْإِمَامَةِ، إِذْ مَا سُلَّ سَيْفٌ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ عَلَى قَاعِدَةٍ دِينِيَّةٍ مِثْلُ مَا سُلَّ عَلَى الْإِمَامَةِ فِي كُلِّ زَمَانٍ "
(٤)
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فَالْجَوَابُ
(٥)
: أَنَّ هَذَا مِنْ أَعْظَمِ الْغَلَطِ، فَإِنَّهُ - وَلِلَّهِ الْحَمْدُ - لَمْ يُسَلَّ سَيْفٌ عَلَى خِلَافَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، وَلَا عُمَرَ وَلَا عُثْمَانَ، وَلَا كَانَ بَيْنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي زَمَنِهِمْ نِزَاعٌ فِي الْإِمَامَةِ، فَضْلًا عَنِ السَّيْفِ، وَلَا كَانَ بَيْنَهُمْ سَيْفٌ مَسْلُولٌ عَلَى شَيْءٍ مِنَ الدِّينِ. وَالْأَنْصَارُ تَكَلَّمَ بَعْضُهُمْ بِكَلَامٍ أَنْكَرَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ.
(١) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ - فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ ٢/٧١ - ٧٢ (كِتَابِ الْجَنَائِزِ، بَابِ الدُّخُولِ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ، وَهُوَ بِمَعْنَاهُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا - فِي: الْبُخَارِيِّ ٥/٦ - ٧، ٧ (كِتَابِ فَضَائِلِ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ، بَابِ حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ) ، سُنَنِ ابْنِ مَاجَهْ ٢/٥٢٠ (كِتَابِ الْجَنَائِزِ، بَابِ ذِكْرِ وَفَاتِهِ وَدَفْنِهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -، الْمُسْنَدِ (ط. الْحَلَبِيِّ) ٦/٢١٩ - ٢٢٠
(٢) أَيِ ابْنِ الْمُطَهَّرِ الرَّافِضِيِّ فِي (ك) (ص ١٤٣) (م)
(٣) ك: خِلَافَاتُ.
(٤) اخْتَصَرَ ابْنُ تَيْمِيَةَ كَلَامَ ابْنِ الْمُطَهَّرِ فِي (ك) (ص ١٤٣) (م) وَبَاقِي كَلَامِهِ هُوَ: وَاخْتَلَفَ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ وَالْأَنْصَارُ، فَقَالَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ: مِنَّا أَمِيرٌ وَمِنْكُمْ أَمِيرٌ، وَاتَّفَقُوا عَلَى رَئِيسِهِمْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ، فَاسْتَدْرَكَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ بِأَنْ حَضَرَا سَقِيفَةَ بَنِي سَاعِدَةَ، وَمَدَّ عُمَرُ يَدَهُ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَبَايَعَهُ، فَبَايَعَهُ النَّاسُ، قَالَ عُمَرُ: إِنَّهَا كَانَتْ فَلْتَةٌ وَقَى اللَّهُ شَرَّهَا، فَمَنْ عَادَ إِلَى مِثْلِهَا فَاقْتُلُوهُ، وَأَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ - عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ - مَشْغُولٌ بِمَا أَمَرَهُ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ - مِنْ دَفْنِهِ وَتَجْهِيزِهِ وَمُلَازَمَةِ قَبْرِهِ، وَتَخَلَّفَ هُوَ وَجَمَاعَةٌ عَنِ الْبَيْعَةِ.
(٥) ن، م: وَالْجَوَابُ.