Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (7/103)

[love for] (1) his household a reward to him that they themselves pay him has made a grievous error. If it were a reward to him, we ourselves would receive no reward for it, since we would merely have given him the reward he deserves for conveying the message. Could any Muslim say such a thing?!

The eighth point:

The word “kinship” is definite, so it must have referred to something known to those whom he was commanded to address by saying:

“Say, ‘I ask you no reward for it.’”

We have already mentioned (2) that when this verse was revealed, neither Hasan nor Husayn (3) had yet been born, nor had Ali married Fatimah. The kinship known to those being addressed therefore could not have been this kinship, unlike the kinship between him and them, which was well known to them.

It is like saying, “I ask nothing of you except that you show affection because of the kinship between us,” or saying, “I ask nothing of you except justice between us and you (4), and I ask nothing of you except that you fear Allah regarding this matter.”

The ninth point:

We concede (5) that loving Ali and showing loyalty to him are obligatory even without

(1) *Mahabbata* (“love”) is omitted from (N), (M), and (S). (2) (S) and (B) read: *wa-qad dhakara* (“and he mentioned”). (3) (B) reads: *wa-l-Husayn* (“and al-Husayn”). (4) (M) reads: *wa-baynaka* (“and between you”). (5) (M) reads: *annā lā nusallimu* (“that we do not concede”), which is an error.

[مَحَبَّةَ] (١) أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ أَجْرًا لَهُ يُوَفِّيهِ إِيَّاهُ فَقَدَ أَخْطَأَ خَطَأً عَظِيمًا، وَلَوْ كَانَ أَجْرًا لَهُ لَمْ نُثَبْ عَلَيْهِ نَحْنُ، لِأَنَّا أَعْطَيْنَاهُ أَجْرَهُ الَّذِي يَسْتَحِقُّهُ بِالرِّسَالَةِ، فَهَلْ يَقُولُ مُسْلِمٌ مِثْلَ هَذَا؟ ! . الْوَجْهُ الثَّامِنُ: أَنَّ الْقُرْبَى مُعَرَّفَةُ بِاللَّامِ، فَلَا بُدَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ مَعْرُوفًا عِنْدَ الْمُخَاطَبِينَ الَّذِينَ أُمِرَ أَنْ يَقُولَ لَهُمْ: {قُلْ لَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا} وَقَدْ ذَكَرْنَا (٢) أَنَّهَا لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ خُلِقَ الْحَسَنُ وَلَا الْحُسَيْنُ (٣) ، وَلَا تَزَوَّجَ عَلِيٌّ بِفَاطِمَةَ. فَالْقُرْبَى الَّتِي كَانَ الْمُخَاطَبُونَ يَعْرِفُونَهَا يَمْتَنِعُ أَنْ تَكُونَ هَذِهِ، بِخِلَافِ الْقُرْبَى الَّتِي بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهُمْ، فَإِنَّهَا مَعْرُوفَةٌ عِنْدَهُمْ. كَمَا تَقُولُ: لَا أَسْأَلُكَ إِلَّا الْمَوَدَّةَ فِي الرَّحِمِ الَّتِي بَيْنَنَا، وَكَمَا تَقُولُ: لَا أَسْأَلُكَ إِلَّا الْعَدْلَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ (٤) ، وَلَا أَسْأَلُكَ إِلَّا أَنْ تَتَّقِيَ اللَّهَ فِي هَذَا الْأَمْرِ. الْوَجْهُ التَّاسِعُ: أَنَّا نُسَلِّمُ (٥) أَنَّ عَلِيًّا تَجِبُ مَوَدَّتُهُ وَمُوَالَاتُهُ بِدُونِ

(١) مَحَبَّةَ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) ، (س) (٢) س، ب: وَقَدْ ذَكَرَ. (٣) ب: وَالْحُسَيْنُ. (٤) م: وَبَيْنَكَ. (٥) م: أَنَّا لَا نُسَلِّمُ، وَهُوَ خَطَأٌ.