Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (6/345)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

and grant him peace—and by the agreement of his Companions that they are misguided innovators who are in error. What, then, of the Rāfidis, who are even farther removed than they are from reason, knowledge, religion, honesty, courage, scrupulousness, and virtuous qualities generally?!

No sect has ever been known to wield a mightier sword than the Khārijites. Yet despite this, they did not fight over the caliphates of Abū Bakr and Umar; rather, they unanimously affirm the imamate of both and remain loyal to them.

[The Rāfidi said: The fifth disagreement concerns Fadak and inheritance]

As for his statement (1): “The fifth disagreement (2) concerns Fadak and inheritance. They relate from the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—the words: ‘We prophets (3) leave no inheritance; whatever we leave is charity’ (4).”

The response is that this, too, is a disagreement over a matter of Islamic law, and the disagreement concerning it has already ceased. Moreover, this disagreement is less significant than the disagreement over the inheritance of brothers in the presence of a grandfather (5), a grandmother inheriting in the presence of her son, the reduction of a mother’s share because of two brothers (6), treating a grandfather inheriting alongside the mother as one would the father, and similar questions concerning prescribed inheritance shares over which they disagreed.

The disagreement over these issues is more serious for several reasons. The first is that they disagreed over them and then

(1) That is, Ibn al-Mutahhar the Rāfidi; in K (p. 143), M. (2) “disagreement” is absent from K. (3) K: “and inheritance from the Prophet—may Allah bless him and his family—and Abū Bakr rejected it on the authority of the Prophet—may Allah bless him and his family: ‘We, the company of…’” (4) This hadith was cited previously at 4/195–196. (5) N: “the brothers with the grandfather and the female slave”; M: “the brothers, the two paternal kinships, and the female slave.” (6) N: “and the imām’s exclusion on account of two brothers”; M: “and the mother’s exclusion on account of two brothers.”

وَسَلَّمَ - وَاتِّفَاقِ أَصْحَابِهِ أَنَّهُمْ مُبْتَدِعُونَ مُخْطِئُونَ ضُلَّالٌ، فَكَيْفَ بِالرَّافِضَةِ، الَّذِينَ هُمْ أَبْعَدُ مِنْهُمْ عَنِ الْعَقْلِ وَالْعِلْمِ وَالدِّينِ وَالصِّدْقِ وَالشَّجَاعَةِ وَالْوَرَعِ وَعَامَّةِ خِصَالِ الْخَيْرِ؟ ! . وَلَمْ يُعْرَفْ فِي الطَّوَائِفِ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ سَيْفِ الْخَوَارِجِ، وَمَعَ هَذَا فَلَمْ يُقَاتِلِ الْقَوْمُ عَلَى خِلَافَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ، بَلْ هُمْ مُتَّفِقُونَ عَلَى إِمَامَتِهِمَا وَمُوَالَاتِهِمَا. [قال الرافضي الخلاف الخامس في فدك والتوارث] وَقَوْلُهُ (١) : " الْخِلَافُ (٢) الْخَامِسُ: فِي فَدَكٍ وَالتَّوَارُثِ. رَوَوْا عَنِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -: " «نَحْنُ مَعَاشِرَ (٣) الْأَنْبِيَاءِ لَا نُورَثُ، مَا تَرَكْنَاهُ صَدَقَةٌ» (٤) ". فَيُقَالُ: هَذَا أَيْضًا اخْتِلَافٌ فِي مَسْأَلَةٍ شَرْعِيَّةٍ، وَقَدْ زَالَ الْخِلَافُ فِيهَا وَالْخِلَافُ فِي هَذِهِ دُونَ الْخِلَافِ فِي مِيرَاثِ الْإِخْوَةِ مَعَ الْجَدِّ (٥) ، وَمِيرَاثُ الْجَدَّةِ مَعَ ابْنِهَا، وَحَجْبُ الْأُمِّ الْأَخَوَيْنِ (٦) ، وَجَعْلُ الْجَدِّ مَعَ الْأُمِّ كَالْأَبِ، وَأَمْثَالُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ مَسَائِلِ الْفَرَائِضِ الَّتِي تَنَازَعُوا فِيهَا. فَالْخِلَافُ فِي هَذَا أَعْظَمُ لِوُجُوهٍ: أَحَدُهَا: أَنَّهُمْ تَنَازَعُوا فِي ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ

(١) أَيِ ابْنِ الْمُطَهَّرَ الرَّافِضِيِّ فِي (ك) (ص ١٤٣) (م) . (٢) الْخِلَافُ: لَيْسَتْ فِي ك. (٣) ك: وَالتَّوَارُثُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ -، وَدَفَعَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ -: نَحْنُ مَعَاشِرَ. (٤) سَبَقَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ فِيمَا مَضَى ٤/١٩٥ - ١٩٦ (٥) ن: الْإِخْوَةِ مَعَ الْجَدِّ وَالْجَارِيَةِ، م: الْإِخْوَةُ وَالْعُمُومَتَيْنِ وَالْجَارِيَةُ. (٦) ن: وَحَجْبُ الْإِمَامِ لِأَخَوَيْنِ، م: وَحَجْبُ الْأُمِّ بِالْأَخَوَيْنِ.