Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (7/65)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

I said:

“If this hadith is not found in al-Kalbī’s well-known Tafsīr, then it was fabricated after his time. This is the more likely explanation.”

Abū al-Faraj (1) said: “Some people stole this very hadith, altered its chain of transmission, and narrated it (2) through a singular chain (3): by way of Abū Bakr al-Attār, from Sulaymān ibn Ahmad al-Misrī; and by way of Abū Qudāah Rabīah ibn Muhammad: Thawbān ibn Ibrāhīm narrated to us; Mālik ibn Ghassān al-Nahshalī narrated to us, from Anas (4), who said: ‘A star fell during the lifetime of the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace. The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said, “Look at this star. Whoever’s house it falls into will be the caliph (5) after me.”

‘So we looked, and behold, it had (6) fallen into the home of Alī (7). A group (8) then said, “Muhammad has erred in his love for Alī (9).” Allah Most High then revealed:

“By the star when it descends—your companion has neither strayed nor erred.”’”—and the ensuing verses (10) [Surah

(1) Immediately after his preceding words. (2) N, M, S: “and they narrated.” (3) In place of the phrase “and they narrated it with an unusual chain of transmission,” *al-Mawduāt* gives the chain from Hamd ibn Nasr ibn Ahmad until it reaches Abū al-Fadl Nasr ibn Muhammad ibn Yaqub al-Attār, after which it continues listing the chain of transmission. (4) *Al-Mawduāt*: “He said: Sulaymān ibn Ahmad ibn Yahyā ibn Uthmān al-Misrī narrated to us, saying: Abū Qudāa Rabīa ibn Muhammad al-Tā’ī narrated to us, saying: Thawbān ibn Ibrāhīm al-Misrī narrated to us, saying: Mālik ibn Ghassān al-Nahshalī narrated to us, saying: Thābit narrated to us from Anas ibn Mālik.” (5) *Al-Mawduāt*: “the caliph.” (6) The word “indeed” does not appear in *al-Mawduāt*. (7) *Al-Mawduāt*: “Alī ibn Abī Tālib.” (8) *Al-Mawduāt*: “a group of people.” (9) *Al-Mawduāt*: “Alī ibn Abī Tālib.” (10) *Al-Mawduāt*: “By the star when it descends,” through His words, “a revelation revealed.”

قُلْتُ: إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ فِي تَفْسِيرِ الْكَلْبِيِّ الْمَعْرُوفِ عَنْهُ، فَهُوَ مِمَّا وُضِعَ بَعْدَهُ. وَهَذَا هُوَ الْأَقْرَبُ. قَالَ أَبُو الْفَرَجِ (١) : وَقَدْ سَرَقَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ بِعَيْنِهِ قَوْمٌ وَغَيَّرُوا إِسْنَادَهُ، وَرَوَوْهُ (٢) بِإِسْنَادٍ غَرِيبٍ (٣) مِنْ طَرِيقِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْعَطَّارِ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الْمِصْرِيِّ، وَمِنْ طَرِيقِ أَبِي قُضَاعَةَ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ثَوْبَانُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ غَسَّانَ النَّهْشَلِيُّ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ (٤) قَالَ: " «انْقَضَّ كَوْكَبٌ عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -: انْظُرُوا إِلَى هَذَا الْكَوْكَبِ فَمَنِ انْقَضَّ فِي دَارِهِ فَهُوَ خَلِيفَةٌ (٥) مِنْ بَعْدِي. قَالَ: فَنَظَرْنَا، فَإِذَا هُوَ قَدْ (٦) انْقَضَّ فِي مَنْزِلِ عَلِيٍّ (٧) ، فَقَالَ جَمَاعَةٌ (٨) : قَدْ غَوَى مُحَمَّدٌ فِي حُبِّ عَلِيٍّ (٩) . فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: {وَالنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَى - مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَى} » الْآيَاتِ (١٠) [سُورَةُ

(١) بَعْدَ كَلَامِهِ السَّابِقِ مُبَاشَرَةً. (٢) ن، م، س: وَرَوَوْا. (٣) بَدَلًا مِنْ عِبَارَةِ " وَرَوَوْهُ بِإِسْنَادٍ غَرِيبٍ " ذُكِرَ فِي الْمَوْضُوعَاتِ الْإِسْنَادُ عَنْ حَمْدِ بْنِ نَصْرِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ إِلَى أَنْ وَصَلَ إِلَى: أَبُو الْفَضْلِ نَصْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ الْعَطَّارُ ثُمَّ اسْتَمَرَّ فِي ذِكْرِ السَّنَدِ. (٤) الْمَوْضُوعَاتِ: قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ عُثْمَانَ الْمِصْرِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو قُضَاعَةَ رَبِيعَةُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الطَّائِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ثَوْبَانُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْمِصْرِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ غَسَّانَ النَّهْشَلِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ. (٥) الْمَوْضُوعَاتُ: الْخَلِيفَةُ. (٦) قَدْ: لَيْسَتْ فِي الْمَوْضُوعَاتِ. (٧) الْمَوْضُوعَاتُ: عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ. (٨) الْمَوْضُوعَاتُ: جَمَاعَةٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ. (٩) الْمَوْضُوعَاتُ: عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ. (١٠)) الْمَوْضُوعَاتِ: وَالنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَى، إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: وَحْيٌ يُوحَى.