Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (6/353)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

divorce, and other matters was sounder and more beneficial, for disagreement over these matters is established and well attested among [the scholars] (1), and people benefit from its being mentioned and debated. It is a disagreement over a general matter that properly admits of debate.

By contrast, these matters amount at most to particular cases and should not be made into disputed questions for people to debate.

Moreover, there are many falsehoods in what he has mentioned (2), including his claims concerning al-Hakam: that the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—expelled him; that he was known as “the man banished by the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace”; that he petitioned Abū Bakr and Umar during their caliphates but neither granted his request; and that Umar banished him forty parasangs from his residence in Yemen. Who transmitted any of this? Where is its chain of transmission? When did this man go to Yemen? What grounds were there for banishing him to Yemen when the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—had, by their own account, allowed him to remain at al-Tā’if, which is closer to Mecca and Medina than Yemen? If the Messenger allowed him to remain near him, what grounds were there for banishing him to Yemen after he had settled there (3)?

More than one scholar has stated that the claim that al-Hakam was banished is false: the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—did not banish him to al-Tā’if; rather, he went there of his own accord. Some people have stated that he did banish him, but they cited no sound chain of transmission establishing the circumstances of the incident and its cause.

Even assuming that he did, no one whom Islamic law requires to be banished deserves

(1) The word *ahl* (people) is omitted from N. (2) N reads: “Despite this, much of what he mentioned is false”; M reads: “This is despite the fact that much of what he mentioned is false.” (3) N: “The word is unpointed”; M reads: “after his death,” which is a textual corruption.

وَالطَّلَاقِ وَغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ أَصَحَّ وَأَنْفَعَ، فَإِنَّ الْخِلَافَ فِي ذَلِكَ ثَابِتٌ مَنْقُولٌ عِنْدَ [أَهْلِ] (١) الْعِلْمِ، يَنْتَفِعُ النَّاسُ بِذِكْرِهِ وَالْمُنَاظَرَةِ فِيهِ. وَهُوَ خِلَافٌ فِي أَمْرٍ كُلِّيٍّ يَصْلُحُ أَنْ تَقَعَ فِيهِ الْمُنَاظَرَةُ. وَأَمَّا هَذِهِ الْأُمُورُ فَغَايَتُهَا جُزْئِيَّةٌ، وَلَا تُجْعَلُ مَسَائِلَ خِلَافٍ يَتَنَاظَرُ فِيهَا النَّاسُ. هَذَا مَعَ أَنَّ فِيمَا ذَكَرَهُ كَذِبًا كَثِيرًا (٢) ، مِنْهُ مَا ذَكَرَهُ مِنْ أَمْرِ الْحَكَمِ، وَأَنَّهُ طَرَدَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -، وَكَانَ يُسَمَّى طَرِيدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -، وَأَنَّهُ اسْتَشْفَعَ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ أَيَّامَ خِلَافَتِهِمَا فَمَا أَجَابَاهُ إِلَى ذَلِكَ، وَأَنَّ عُمَرَ نَفَاهُ مِنْ مُقَامِهِ بِالْيَمَنِ أَرْبَعِينَ فَرْسَخًا. فَمَنِ الَّذِي نَقَلَ ذَلِكَ؟ وَأَيْنَ إِسْنَادُهُ؟ وَمَتَى ذَهَبَ هَذَا إِلَى الْيَمَنِ؟ وَمَا الْمُوجِبُ لِنَفْيِهِ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ، وَقَدْ أَقَرَّهُ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - عَلَى مَا يَدْعُونَهُ بِالطَّائِفِ، وَهِيَ أَقْرَبُ إِلَى مَكَّةَ وَالْمَدِينَةِ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ؟ فَإِذَا كَانَ الرَّسُولُ أَقَرَّهُ قَرِيبًا مِنْهُ، فَمَا الْمُوجِبُ لِنَفْيِهِ بَعْدَ ثُبُوتِهِ (٣) إِلَى الْيَمَنِ؟ . وَقَدْ ذَكَرَ غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَنَّ نَفْيَ الْحَكَمِ بَاطِلٌ، فَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - لَمْ يَنْفِهِ إِلَى الطَّائِفِ، بَلْ هُوَ ذَهَبَ بِنَفْسِهِ. وَذَكَرَ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ أَنَّهُ نَفَاهُ، وَلَمْ يَذْكُرُوا إِسْنَادًا صَحِيحًا بِكَيْفِيَّةِ الْقِصَّةِ وَسَبَبِهَا. وَعَلَى هَذَا التَّقْدِيرِ فَلَيْسَ فِيمَنْ يَجِبُ نَفْيُهُ فِي الشَّرِيعَةِ مَنْ يَسْتَحِقُّ

(١) أَهْلِ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) . (٢) ن: مَعَ هَذَا أَنَّ فِيمَا ذَكَرَهُ كَذِبٌ كَثِيرٌ، م: هَذَا مَعَ أَنَّ فِيمَا ذَكَرَهُ كَذِبٌ كَثِيرٌ. (٣) ن: الْكَلِمَةُ غَيْرُ مَنْقُوطَةٍ، م: بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِ، وَهُوَ تَحْرِيفٌ.