Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (7/68)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

is a disbeliever. The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—did not command disbelievers to observe the subsidiary ordinances before they professed the two testimonies of faith and entered Islam.

The eighth point:

If this star was a thunderbolt, then a thunderbolt descending into someone’s house would not constitute a divinely bestowed honor for him. If it was one of the stars of the heavens, they do not leave the celestial sphere; and if it was one of the meteors, these (1) are hurled as missiles against the devils and do not descend to earth. Even if one were to suppose that the devil at whom it was hurled reached Alī’s house and was burned by it there, this would not constitute a divinely bestowed honor for him—although this did not (2) ever occur.

[Section: The Fifth Proof—“Allah only intends to remove defilement from you, O People of the Household, and to purify you completely”—and the response to it]

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The Rāfidī said (3): “The fifth proof is the statement of Allah Most High:

‘Allah only intends to remove defilement from you, O People of the Household, and to purify you completely.’

[Surah al-Ahzāb: 33]

It was narrated (4) by Ahmad ibn Hanbal (5) in his Musnad from Wāthila ibn al-Asqa, who said: ‘I sought Alī at (6) his house, and Fātimah [—may Allah be pleased with her—] (7) said, “He has gone to the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace.”

He said:

‘They both came together and entered, and she entered with them. He seated Alī on his left, Fātimah on his right, and Hasan and Husayn before him. He then wrapped them (8) in his garment,

(1) M: “then it is”; S: “then this is.” (2) M: “does not.” (3) In K, p. 151 (M), 152 (M). (4) K: “narrated.” (5) Ahmad ibn Hanbal. (6) M: “to.” (7) “May Allah be pleased with her” appears only in M; K has “peace be upon her.” (8) M: “both of them.”

، فَهُوَ كَافِرٌ، وَالْكُفَّارُ لَمْ يَكُنِ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يَأْمُرُهُمْ بِالْفُرُوعِ قَبْلَ الشَّهَادَتَيْنِ وَالدُّخُولِ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ. الْوَجْهُ الثَّامِنُ: أَنَّ هَذَا النَّجْمَ إِنْ كَانَ صَاعِقَةً، فَلَيْسَ نُزُولُ الصَّاعِقَةِ فِي بَيْتِ شَخْصٍ كَرَامَةً لَهُ، وَإِنْ كَانَ مِنْ نُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ فَهَذِهِ لَا تُفَارِقُ الْفَلَكَ، وَإِنْ كَانَ مِنَ الشُّهُبِ فَهَذِهِ (١) يُرْمَى بِهَا رُجُومًا لِلشَّيَاطِينِ، وَهِيَ لَا تَنْزِلُ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ. وَلَوْ قُدِّرَ أَنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ الَّذِي رُمِيَ بِهَا وَصَلَ إِلَى بَيْتِ عَلِيٍّ حَتَّى احْتَرَقَ بِهَا، فَلَيْسَ هَذَا كَرَامَةً لَهُ، مَعَ أَنَّ هَذَا لَمْ (٢) يَقَعْ قَطُّ. [فصل البرهان الخامس " إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًا " والجواب عليه] فَصْلٌ قَالَ الرَّافِضِيُّ (٣) : " الْبُرْهَانُ الْخَامِسُ: قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًا} [سُورَةُ الْأَحْزَابِ: ٣٣] . فَرَوَى (٤) . (٥) فِي مُسْنَدِهِ عَنْ وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْقَعِ قَالَ: «طَلَبْتُ عَلِيًّا فِي (٦) مَنْزِلِهِ، فَقَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ [- رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا -] (٧) : ذَهَبَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -. قَالَ: فَجَاءَا جَمِيعًا فَدَخَلَا وَدَخَلَتْ مَعَهُمَا، فَأَجْلَسَ عَلِيًّا عَنْ يَسَارِهِ، وَفَاطِمَةَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ، وَالْحَسَنَ وَالْحُسَيْنَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، ثُمَّ الْتَفَعَ عَلَيْهِمْ (٨) بِثَوْبِهِ،

(١) م: فَهُوَ، س: فَهَذَا. (٢) م: لَا. (٣) فِي (ك) ص ١٥١ (م) ١٥٢ (م) . (٤) ك: رَوَى (٥) أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ (٦) م: إِلَى. (٧) رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا، فِي (م) فَقَطْ، وَفِي (ك) عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ. (٨) م: عَلَيْهِمَا.