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Fifth: If someone were to claim that they will be questioned about their love for Abū Bakr and Umar, there would be no way (1) to refute that claim without the notion that they will be questioned about their love for Alī being refuted even more forcefully and clearly.

[Section: The Fifteenth Proof—“And You Will Surely Recognize Them by the Tone of Their Speech”—and the Response to It]

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The Rāfidī (2) said:

“The fifteenth proof is the saying of Allah Most High: ‘And you will surely recognize them by the tone of their speech’ [Surah Muhammad: 30]. Abū Nuʿaym (3) narrated through his chain of transmission from (4) Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī, concerning the saying of Allah Most High, ‘And you will surely recognize them by the tone of their speech,’ that he said: ‘By their hatred of Alī.’ No such distinction has been established for any other Companion; he must therefore be superior to them and thus be the Imam.”

The response is as follows:

First, the authenticity of the report must be established.

Second: According to those knowledgeable in hadith, this is a lie attributed to Abū Saʿīd (5).

Third: Even if it were established that he said this, the mere statement of Abū Saʿīd is only the statement of one Companion; and when one Companion’s statement is contradicted by another Companion, it is not authoritative, according to the consensus of

(1) N, S, and B: “it would not be possible.” (2) In K, p. 156 (M). (3) K: “Abū Nuaym al-Hāfiz.” (4) K: “to.” (5) I could not locate this fabricated hadith. Ibn Kathīr said in his commentary on the verse, “And you will surely recognize them by the tone of their speech”: “That is, by what becomes apparent in their speech and indicates their intentions. The meanings and import of a speaker’s words reveal which of the two parties he belongs to. This is what is meant by ‘the tone of speech.’ As the Commander of the Faithful Uthmān ibn Affān (may Allah be pleased with him) said: ‘No one conceals anything within himself without Allah revealing it through his facial expressions and slips of the tongue.’” See also *Zād al-Masīr*, 7/411.

الْخَامِسُ: أَنَّهُ لَوِ ادَّعَى مُدَّعٍ أَنَّهُمْ مَسْئُولُونَ عَنْ حُبِّ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ، لَمْ يَكُنْ (١) إِبْطَالُ ذَلِكَ بِوَجْهٍ إِلَّا وَإِبْطَالُ السُّؤَالِ عَنْ حُبِّ عَلِيٍّ أَقْوَى وَأَظْهَرُ. [فصل البرهان الخامس عشر " وَلَتَعْرِفَنَّهُمْ فِي لَحْنِ الْقَوْلِ " والجواب عليه] فَصْلٌ قَالَ الرَّافِضِيُّ (٢) : " الْبُرْهَانُ الْخَامِسَ عَشَرَ: قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {وَلَتَعْرِفَنَّهُمْ فِي لَحْنِ الْقَوْلِ} [سُورَةُ مُحَمَّدٍ: ٣٠] . رَوَى أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ (٣) بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ (٤) أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: {وَلَتَعْرِفَنَّهُمْ فِي لَحْنِ الْقَوْلِ} قَالَ: بِبُغْضِهِمْ عَلِيًّا. وَلَمْ يَثْبُتْ لِغَيْرِهِ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ ذَلِكَ، فَيَكُونَ أَفْضَلَ مِنْهُمْ، فَيَكُونَ هُوَ الْإِمَامَ " . وَالْجَوَابُ: الْمُطَالَبَةُ بِصِحَّةِ النَّقْلِ أَوَّلًا. وَالثَّانِي: أَنَّ هَذَا مِنَ الْكَذِبِ عَلَى أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْمَعْرِفَةِ بِالْحَدِيثِ (٥) . الثَّالِثُ: أَنْ يُقَالَ: لَوْ ثَبَتَ أَنَّهُ قَالَهُ، فَمُجَرَّدُ قَوْلِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَوْلُ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ، وَقَوْلُ الصَّاحِبِ إِذَا خَالَفَهُ صَاحِبٌ آخَرُ لَيْسَ بِحُجَّةٍ بِاتِّفَاقِ

(١) ن، س، ب: لَمْ يُمْكِنْ. (٢) فِي (ك) ص ١٥٦ (م) . (٣) ك: أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ الْحَافِظُ. (٤) ك: إِلَى. (٥) لَمْ أَجِدْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ الْمَوْضُوعَ، وَقَالَ ابْنُ كَثِيرٍ فِي تَفْسِيرِهِ لِلْآيَةِ: " وَلَتَعْرِفَنَّهُمْ فِي لَحْنِ الْقَوْلِ ": أَيْ فِيمَا يَبْدُو مِنْ كَلَامِهِمُ الدَّالِّ عَلَى مَقَاصِدِهِمْ، يَفْهَمُ الْمُتَكَلِّمَ مِنْ أَيِّ الْحِزْبَيْنِ هُوَ بِمَعَانِي كَلَامِهِ وَفَحْوَاهُ، وَهُوَ الْمُرَادُ مِنْ لَحْنِ الْقَوْلِ، كَمَا قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: مَا أَسَرَّ أَحَدٌ سَرِيرَةً إِلَّا أَبْدَاهَا اللَّهُ عَلَى صَفَحَاتِ وَجْهِهِ وَفَلَتَاتِ لِسَانِهِ. وَانْظُرْ: زَادَ الْمَسِيرِ ٧/٤١١