Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (7/59)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

The forces that fought alongside Muāwiyah were never forsaken—not even in their battle against Ali. How, then, could the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—have said:

“O Allah, forsake whoever forsakes him, and grant victory to whoever supports him”?

[Those who fought alongside Ali were not granted victory over them. Indeed, the Shia whom you claim are exclusively devoted to Ali have always remained forsaken and subjugated, attaining victory only alongside others—whether Muslims or unbelievers—even though they claim to be his supporters](1). Where, then, is Allah’s victory for those who support him? This and other evidence demonstrates the falsity of this hadith.

[Section: The Fourth Proof—“By the Star When It Descends; Your Companion Has Neither Strayed nor Erred”—and the Response to It]

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The Rāfidī (2) said:

“The fourth proof is Allah Most High’s statement:

‘By the star when it descends: your companion has neither strayed nor erred.’

[Surah al-Najm: 1–2]

The Shāfiī jurist Ali ibn al-Maghāzilī (3) narrated with his chain of transmission from Ibn Abbās, who said:

‘I was sitting with some young men from the Banū Hāshim in the presence of the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—when a star streaked downward. The Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said, “The one into whose house this star falls will be my successor after me.” The young men from the Banū Hāshim arose and looked, and the star had fallen into Ali’s house (4). They said, “O Messenger of Allah, you have (5) erred in your love for Ali.” Then Allah Most High revealed: “

(1) The text between square brackets appears only in (M) and is omitted from (N), (S), and (B). (2) In (K), p. 150 (M); p. 151 (M). (3) (B) reads: “Ibn Alī al-Maghāzī”; (S) reads: “Ibn Alī al-Maghāzilī.” (4) (K): p. 151. (M) reads: “in the house of Alī ibn Abī Tālib—peace be upon him.” (5) (K) reads: *la-qad* (“indeed”).

وَالْعَسْكَرُ الَّذِينَ قَاتَلُوا مَعَ مُعَاوِيَةَ مَا خُذِلُوا قَطُّ، بَلْ وَلَا فِي قِتَالِ عَلِيٍّ. فَكَيْفَ يَكُونُ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ: " «اللَّهُمَّ اخْذُلْ مَنْ خَذَلَهُ وَانْصُرْ مَنْ نَصَرَهُ» " [وَالَّذِينَ قَاتَلُوا مَعَهُ لَمْ يُنْصَرُوا عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ، بَلِ الشِّيعَةُ الَّذِينَ تَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُمْ مُخْتَصُّونَ بِعَلِيٍّ مَا زَالُوا مَخْذُولِينَ مَقْهُورِينَ لَا يُنْصَرُونَ إِلَّا مَعَ غَيْرِهِمْ: إِمَّا مُسْلِمِينَ وَإِمَّا كُفَّارٍ، وَهُمْ يَدَّعُونَ أَنَّهُمْ أَنْصَارُهُ] (١) ، فَأَيْنَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ لِمَنْ نَصَرَهُ؟ ! وَهَذَا وَغَيْرُهُ مِمَّا يُبَيِّنُ كَذِبَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ. [فصل البرهان الرابع " وَالنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَى مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَى " والجواب عليه] فَصْلٌ. قَالَ الرَّافِضِيُّ (٢) : " الْبُرْهَانُ الرَّابِعُ: قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: (وَالنَّجْمِ {إِذَا هَوَى - مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَى} [سُورَةُ النَّجْمِ: ١ - ٢] رَوَى الْفَقِيهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَغَازِلِيِّ (٣) الشَّافِعِيُّ بِإِسْنَادِهِ «عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ جَالِسًا مَعَ فِتْيَةٍ مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - إِذِ انْقَضَّ كَوْكَبٌ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -: " مَنِ انْقَضَّ هَذَا النَّجْمُ فِي مَنْزِلِهِ، فَهُوَ الْوَصِيُّ مِنْ بَعْدِي " فَقَامَ فِتْيَةٌ مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ، فَنَظَرُوا، فَإِذَا الْكَوْكَبُ قَدِ انْقَضَّ فِي مَنْزِلِ عَلِيٍّ (٤) ، قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ (٥) غَوَيْتَ فِي حُبِّ عَلِيٍّ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: (

(١) مَا بَيْنَ الْمَعْقُوفَتَيْنِ فِي (م) فَقَطْ، وَسَقَطَ مِنْ (ن) ، (س) ، (ب) (٢) فِي (ك) ص ١٥٠ (م) ، ص ١٥١ (م) . (٣) ب: ابْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْمُغَازِيُّ، س: ابْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْمَغَازِلِيٌّ. (٤) ك: ص ١٥١ م: فِي مَنْزِلِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ. (٥) ك: لَقَدْ.