Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (6/426)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

A believer, by contrast, possesses the dignity of faith (1), for all dignity belongs to Allah, His Messenger, and the believers. Yet they claim faith exclusively for themselves, while abasement is more prevalent among them than among all other Muslim groups.

Allah Most High says:

“Indeed, We shall surely support Our messengers and those who believe in the life of this world and on the Day when the witnesses arise.”

[Surah Ghāfir: 51]

Yet of all the groups affiliated with Islam, they are the furthest from receiving support and the most deserving of being forsaken. It is thus known that they are the closest (2) of the sects of [the people of] (3) Islam to hypocrisy and the furthest from faith.

A sign of this is that the true hypocrites—namely, those heretics who possess no faith—incline toward the Rāfidīs, while the Rāfidīs incline toward them more than any other group does.

The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said:

“Souls are troops assembled: those that recognize one another become harmonious, while those that do not recognize one another diverge” (4).

Ibn Masʿūd—may Allah be pleased with him—said: “Judge people by their close companions.”

It is thus known that there is complete affinity (5) between the souls of the Rāfidīs and those of the hypocrites—a shared element and resemblance. This is because of the hypocrisy found among the Rāfidīs, for hypocrisy has branches.

As reported in the two Sahih collections, the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said: “There are four traits—

(1) B reads: “the protective jealousy of faith.” (2) N reads: “the furthest,” which is erroneous. (3) The word “people” is omitted from N and M. (4) The hadith narrated from ‘Ā’isha and Abū Hurayra—may Allah be pleased with them both—is found in Sahīh al-Bukhārī, 4/133–134, Book of the Prophets, chapter “Souls Are Troops Assembled”; Sahīh Muslim, 4/2031, Book of Virtue, Maintaining Ties, and Manners, chapter “Souls Are Troops Assembled”; Sunan Abī Dāwūd, 4/359, Book of Manners, chapter “Those Whose Company One Is Instructed to Keep”; and al-Musnad, al-Ma‘ārif ed., 15/77, and al-Halabī ed., 2/527, 539. (5) M reads: “hypocrisy,” which is a textual corruption.

وَالْمُؤْمِنُ مَعَهُ عِزَّةُ الْإِيمَانِ (١) ، فَإِنَّ الْعِزَّةَ لِلَّهِ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ. ثُمَّ هُمْ يَدَّعُونَ الْإِيمَانَ دُونَ النَّاسِ، وَالذِّلَّةُ فِيهِمْ أَكْثَرُ مِنْهَا فِي سَائِرِ الطَّوَائِفِ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ. وَقَدْ قَالَ تَعَالَى: {إِنَّا لَنَنْصُرُ رُسُلَنَا وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَيَوْمَ يَقُومُ الْأَشْهَادُ} [سُورَةُ غَافِرٍ: ٥١] . وَهُمْ أَبْعَدُ طَوَائِفِ أَهْلِ الْإِسْلَامِ عَنِ النُّصْرَةِ، وَأَوْلَاهُمْ بِالْخِذْلَانِ. فَعُلِمَ أَنَّهُمْ أَقْرَبُ (٢) طَوَائِفُ [أَهْلِ] (٣) الْإِسْلَامِ إِلَى النِّفَاقِ، وَأَبْعَدُهُمْ عَنِ الْإِيمَانِ. وَآيَةُ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ حَقِيقَةً، الَّذِينَ لَيْسَ فِيهِمْ إِيمَانٌ مِنَ الْمَلَاحِدَةِ، يَمِيلُونَ إِلَى الرَّافِضَةِ، وَالرَّافِضَةُ تَمِيلُ إِلَيْهِمْ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ سَائِرِ الطَّوَائِفِ. وَقَدْ قَالَ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -: «الْأَرْوَاحُ جُنُودٌ مُجَنَّدَةٌ، مَا تَعَارَفَ مِنْهَا ائْتَلَفَ، وَمَا تَنَاكَرَ مِنْهَا اخْتَلَفَ» (٤) . وَقَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ -: اعْتَبِرُوا النَّاسَ بِأَخَدَانِهِمْ. فَعُلِمَ أَنَّ بَيْنَ أَرْوَاحِ الرَّافِضَةِ وَأَرْوَاحِ الْمُنَافِقِينَ اتِّفَاقًا (٥) مَحْضًا: قَدْرًا مُشْتَرَكًا وَتَشَابُهًا، وَهَذَا لِمَا فِي الرَّافِضَةِ مِنَ النِّفَاقِ، فَإِنَّ النِّفَاقَ شُعَبٌ. كَمَا فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «أَرْبَعٌ

(١) ب: غَيْرَةُ الْإِيمَانِ. (٢) ن: أَبْعَدُ، وَهُوَ خَطَأٌ. (٣) أَهْلِ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . (٤) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا: فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ ٤/١٣٣ - ١٣٤ كِتَابُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ، بَابُ: الْأَرْوَاحُ جُنُودٌ مُجَنَّدَةٌ، مُسْلِمٍ ٤/٢٠٣١ كِتَابُ الْبَرِّ وَالصِّلَةِ وَالْآدَابِ، بَابُ الْأَرْوَاحُ جُنُودٌ مُجَنَّدَةٌ، سُنَنِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ ٤/٣٥٩ كِتَابُ الْأَدَبِ، بَابُ مَنْ يُؤْمَرُ أَنْ يُجَالِسَ، الْمُسْنَدِ ط. الْمَعَارِفِ ١٥/٧٧ ط. الْحَلَبِيِّ ٢/٥٢٧، ٥٣٩ (٥) م: نِفَاقًا، وَهُوَ تَحْرِيفٌ.