Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (7/110)

below (1) the likes of al-Ashtar al-Nakhaʿī (2) and others like him who fought alongside him. Thus, their ignorance and wrongdoing are too immense to describe. They cling to fabricated reports, ambiguous expressions, and faulty analogies, while abandoning authentic reports—indeed (3), mass-transmitted reports—clear texts, and unequivocal rational proofs.

[Section: The Eighth Proof—“Among the people is one who sells himself, seeking Allah’s pleasure”—and the Response to It]

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The Rāfidi said:

(4) “The eighth proof is the words of the Exalted: ‘Among the people is one who sells himself, seeking Allah’s pleasure’ [Surah al-Baqarah: 2:207].

Al-Thaʿlabī said: When Allah’s Messenger—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—intended to migrate, he left Ali ibn Abī Tālib (5) behind to settle his debts and return the deposits entrusted to him. On the night he departed for the cave, when the polytheists had surrounded the house, he instructed him (6) to sleep in his bed. He said to him: ‘Ali, wrap yourself in my green Hadrami cloak (7) and sleep in my bed. No harm from them will reach (8) you—if Allah wills

(1) (N) and (S) read: “than him,” which is a corruption. (2) (S) and (B) read: “al-Nakhafī,” which is a corruption. A similar expression appeared earlier at 2/55. (3) “Indeed” is omitted from (S) and (B). (4) In (K), p. 153 (M), 154 (M). (5) (K) and (M) read: “ibn Abī Tālib—peace be upon him.” (6) (M) reads: “and he commanded.” (7) (S) and (B) read: “the green Hadrami [cloak].” (8) (K) reads: “does not reach.”

أَقَلُّ مِنْ (١) مِثْلِ الْأَشْتَرِ النَّخَعِيِّ (٢) وَأَمْثَالِهِ الَّذِينَ قَاتَلُوا مَعَهُ. وَلِهَذَا كَانَ جَهْلُهُمْ وَظُلْمُهُمْ أَعْظَمَ مِنْ أَنْ يُوصَفَ: وَيَتَمَسَّكُونَ بِالْمَنْقُولَاتِ الْمَكْذُوبَةِ، وَالْأَلْفَاظِ الْمُتَشَابِهَةِ، وَالْأَقْيِسَةِ الْفَاسِدَةِ، وَيَدَعُونَ الْمَنْقُولَاتِ الصَّادِقَةَ بَلْ (٣) الْمُتَوَاتِرَةَ، وَالنُّصُوصَ الْبَيِّنَةَ، وَالْمَعْقُولَاتِ الصَّرِيحَةَ. [فصل البرهان الثامن " وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَشْرِي نَفْسَهُ ابْتِغَاءَ مَرْضَاتِ اللَّهِ " والجواب عليه] فَصْلٌ قَالَ الرَّافِضِيُّ: (٤) " الْبُرْهَانُ الثَّامِنُ: قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَشْرِي نَفْسَهُ ابْتِغَاءَ مَرْضَاتِ اللَّهِ} [سُورَةُ الْبَقَرَةِ: ٧ - ٢] . قَالَ الثَّعْلَبِيُّ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - لَمَّا أَرَادَ الْهِجْرَةَ خَلَّفَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ (٥) لِقَضَاءِ دُيُونِهِ وَرَدِّ الْوَدَائِعِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ عِنْدَهُ، وَأَمَرَهُ (٦) لَيْلَةَ خَرَجَ إِلَى الْغَارِ، وَقَدْ أَحَاطَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ بِالدَّارِ، أَنْ يَنَامَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: «يَا عَلِيُّ، اتَّشِحْ بِبُرْدِي الْحَضْرَمِيِّ الْأَخْضَرِ (٧) ، وَنَمْ عَلَى فِرَاشِي، فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَخْلُصَ (٨) إِلَيْكَ مِنْهُمْ مَكْرُوهٌ - إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ

(١) ن، س: مِنْهُ، وَهُوَ تَحْرِيفٌ. (٢) س، ب: النَّخَفِيِّ، وَهُوَ تَحْرِيفٌ، وَسَبَقَتْ عِبَارَةٌ مُمَاثِلَةٌ فِيمَا مَضَى ٢/٥٥ (٣) بَلْ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (س) ، (ب) . (٤) فِي (ك) ص ١٥٣ (م) ، ١٥٤ (م) . (٥) ك، م: بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ. (٦) م: وَأَمَرَ. (٧) س، ب: الْأَخْضَرِ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ. (٨) ك: لَا يَصِلُ.