Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (7/63)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

we know for certain is that the hadiths they transmit (1) contain much that is false (2), by the unanimous agreement of the scholars, including reports that people before them had already declared false. They—and others like them—may relate such things without knowing that they are false, and they may relate them while knowing that they are false. I therefore do not know whether they were among those who knew that this was false or among those who did not.

Shaykh (3) Abu al-Faraj cited this hadith in The Fabricated Hadiths (4), but in a different recension (5), as a report of Muhammad ibn Marwān, from al-Kalbī, from Abu Sālih, from Ibn Abbās, who said:

“When the Prophet (6)—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—was taken up to the seventh heaven and Allah showed him wonders in every heaven, then morning came (7), he began telling the people about the wonders of his Lord (8). Some of the people of Mecca disbelieved him, while others believed him. At that moment, a star fell from heaven, and the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said: ‘The one in whose (9) house [this star] (10) has fallen is my successor after me.’ They therefore looked for (11) that star (12) and found it in the house of Ali ibn Abī Tālib [- may Allah be pleased with him -] (13). The people of Mecca then said:

(1) M: “he transmits them.” (2) “Much” is omitted from M. (3) “Shaykh” is omitted from M. (4) Vol. 1, pp. 372–373. (5) Ibn al-Jawzī gives a lengthy recension beginning: “I was told on the authority of Abd Allah ibn al-Husayn,” etc. (6) M: “When the Prophet went out”; S, B: “When the Prophet ascended.” The adopted reading is from N and *al-Mawduāt* (*The Fabricated Hadiths*). (7) S, B: “then morning came.” (8) N, S, B: “about the wonders”; *al-Mawduāt*: “some of the wonders of his Lord.” (9) B only: “See in whose house.” (10) “This star” is supplied from *al-Mawduāt*; M reads: “this.” (11) *Al-Mawduāt*: “He said: ‘Then they searched.’” (12) “The star” is omitted from M. (13) “May Allah be pleased with him” occurs only in M and *al-Mawduāt*.

تَيَقَّنَاهُ أَنَّ الْأَحَادِيثَ الَّتِي يَرْوُونَهَا (١) فِيهَا مَا هُوَ كَذِبٌ كَثِيرٌ (٢) بِاتِّفَاقِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ، وَمَا قَدْ كَذَّبَهُ النَّاسُ قَبْلَهُمْ، وَهُمَا - وَأَمْثَالُهُمَا - قَدْ يَرْوُونَ ذَلِكَ وَلَا يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ كَذِبٌ، وَقَدْ يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ كَذِبٌ. فَلَا أَدْرِي هَلْ كَانَا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ بِأَنَّ هَذَا كَذِبٌ؟ أَوْ كَانَا مِمَّا لَا يَعْلَمَانِ ذَلِكَ؟ . وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ ذَكَرَهُ الشَّيْخُ (٣) أَبُو الْفَرَجِ فِي " الْمَوْضُوعَاتِ " (٤) لَكِنْ بِسِيَاقٍ آخَرَ (٥) ، مِنْ حَدِيثِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ، عَنِ الْكَلْبِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: «لَمَّا عُرِجَ بِالنَّبِيِّ (٦) - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - إِلَى السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَةِ، وَأَرَاهُ اللَّهُ مِنَ الْعَجَائِبِ فِي كُلِّ سَمَاءٍ، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ (٧) جَعَلَ يُحَدِّثُ النَّاسَ عَنْ عَجَائِبِ رَبِّهِ (٨) ، فَكَذَّبَهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ مَنْ كَذَّبَهُ، وَصَدَّقَهُ مَنْ صَدَّقَهُ، فَعِنْدَ ذَلِكَ انْقَضَّ نَجْمٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -: فِي دَارِ مَنْ (٩) وَقَعَ [هَذَا النَّجْمُ] (١٠) فَهُوَ خَلِيفَتِي مِنْ بَعْدِي، فَطَلَبُوا (١١) ذَلِكَ النَّجْمَ (١٢) فَوَجَدُوهُ فِي دَارِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ [- رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ -] (١٣) فَقَالَ أَهْلُ مَكَّةَ:

(١) م: يَرْوِيهَا. (٢) كَثِيرٌ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (م) . (٣) الشَّيْخُ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (م) . (٤) ١/٣٧٢ - ٣٧٣. (٥) ذَكَرَ ابْنُ الْجَوْزِيِّ سِيَاقًا طَوِيلًا يَبْدَأُ بِقَوْلِهِ: حُدِّثْتُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ إِلَخْ. (٦) م: لَمَّا خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ، س، ب: لَمَّا عُرِجَ النَّبِيُّ، وَالْمُثْبَتُ مِنْ (ن) ، كِتَابُ الْمَوْضُوعَاتِ. (٧) س، ب: فَأَصْبَحَ. (٨) ن، س، ب: عَنِ الْعَجَائِبِ، الْمَوْضُوعَاتِ: مِنْ عَجَائِبِ رَبِّهِ. (٩) ب فَقَطْ: انْظُرُوا فِي دَارِ مَنْ. (١٠)) هَذَا النَّجْمُ: زِيَادَةٌ مِنَ الْمَوْضُوعَاتِ، وَفِي (م) : هَذَا. (١١) ١١) الْمَوْضُوعَاتِ: قَالَ: فَطَلَبُوا. (١٢) ١٢) النَّجْمَ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (م) . (١٣) ١٣) رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: فِي (م) الْمَوْضُوعَاتِ فَقَطْ.