Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (7/157)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

[Chapter: The Seventeenth Proof—“Those Who Believed, Emigrated, and Strove in Allah’s Cause with Their Wealth and Their Lives”—and the Response to It]

Chapter

The Rāfidi (1) said:

“The seventeenth proof is the saying of Allah Most High:

‘Those who believed, emigrated, and strove in Allah’s cause with their wealth and their lives are greater in rank in the sight of Allah,’

and the verses that follow [Sūrat al-Tawbah: 20].

Razīn ibn Muāwiya (2) narrated in The Compilation of the Six Authentic Collections that this verse was revealed concerning Alī when Talha ibn Shayba and al-Abbās boasted. This distinction has not been established (3) for any other Companion. He would therefore be superior (4), and hence he would be the Imam.”

The response is given from several angles:

First: The authenticity of the report must be established. Razīn (5) included in his book material that is not found in the authentic collections.

Second: What is recorded in the Sahih is not as he related it from Razīn. Rather, it contains the following report (6): “Al-Numān ibn Bashīr said: I was beside the pulpit of the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—when a man said, ‘I would not mind if, after embracing Islam, I performed no deed other than providing water for the pilgrims.’ Another said, ‘I would not mind if, after embracing Islam, I performed no deed other than to

(1) In K, p. 157 (M). (2) K: “Zayd ibn Muāwiya.” (3) K: “And this is a distinction that was not attained.” (4) N, S, and B: “Thus, he would be the superior one.” (5) Abū al-Hasan Razīn ibn Muāwiya ibn Ammār al-Abdarī al-Saraqustī al-Andalusī died in 535 AH. He was a hadith scholar, and among his works was *al-Tajrīd lil-Sihāh al-Sitta*. For his biography, see *Shadharāt al-Dhahab*, 4/106; *Rawdāt al-Jannāt*, p. 286; *Mu‘jam al-Mu’allifīn*, 4/155–156; and *al-A‘lām*, 3/46. (6) N, S, and B: “what he narrated.”

[فصل البرهان السابع عشر " الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَهَاجَرُوا وَجَاهَدُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِأَمْوَالِهِمْ وَأَنْفُسِهِمْ " والجواب عليه] فَصْلٌ قَالَ الرَّافِضِيُّ (١) : " الْبُرْهَانُ السَّابِعَ عَشَرَ: قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَهَاجَرُوا وَجَاهَدُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِأَمْوَالِهِمْ وَأَنْفُسِهِمْ أَعْظَمُ دَرَجَةً عِنْدَ اللَّهِ} الْآيَاتِ [سُورَةُ التَّوْبَةِ: ٢٠] . رَوَى رَزِينُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ (٢) فِي " الْجَمْعِ بَيْنَ الصِّحَاحِ السِّتَّةِ " أَنَّهَا نَزَلَتْ فِي عَلِيٍّ لَمَّا افْتَخَرَ طَلْحَةُ بْنُ شَيْبَةَ وَالْعَبَّاسُ. وَهَذِهِ لَمْ تَثْبُتْ (٣) لِغَيْرِهِ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ، فَيَكُونُ أَفْضَلَ (٤) ، فَيَكُونُ هُوَ الْإِمَامَ " . وَالْجَوَابُ مِنْ وُجُوهٍ: أَحَدُهَا: الْمُطَالَبَةُ بِصِحَّةِ النَّقْلِ. وَرَزِينٌ (٥) قَدْ ذَكَرَ فِي كِتَابِهِ أَشْيَاءَ لَيْسَتْ فِي الصِّحَاحِ. الثَّانِي: أَنَّ الَّذِي فِي الصَّحِيحِ لَيْسَ كَمَا ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ رَزِينٍ، بَلِ الَّذِي فِي الصَّحِيحِ مَا رَوَاهُ (٦) «النُّعْمَانُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ مِنْبَرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: لَا أُبَالِي أَنْ لَا أَعْمَلَ عَمَلًا بَعْدَ الْإِسْلَامِ إِلَّا أَنْ أَسْقِيَ الْحَاجَّ. وَقَالَ آخَرُ لَا أُبَالِي أَنْ لَا أَعْمَلَ عَمَلًا بَعْدَ الْإِسْلَامِ إِلَّا أَنْ

(١) فِي (ك) ، ص ١٥٧ (م) . (٢) ك: زَيْدُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ. (٣) ك: وَهَذِهِ فَضِيلَةٌ لَمْ تَحْصُلْ. (٤) ن، س، ب: فَيَكُونُ هُوَ أَفْضَلَ. (٥) أَبُو الْحَسَنِ رَزِينُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ الْعَبْدَرِيُّ السَّرَقُسْطِيُّ الْأَنْدَلُسِيُّ، تُوُفِّيَ سَنَةَ ٥٣٥ وَكَانَ مِنَ الْمُحَدِّثِينَ وَمِنْ تَصَانِيفِهِ " التَّجْرِيدُ لِلصِّحَاحِ السِّتَّةِ " انْظُرْ تَرْجَمَتَهُ فِي شَذَرَاتِ الذَّهَبِ ٤/١٠٦ رَوْضَاتِ الْجَنَّاتِ، ص ٢٨٦، مُعْجَمِ الْمُؤَلِّفِينَ ٤/١٥٥ - ١٥٦، الْأَعْلَامِ ٣/٤٦ (٦) ن، س، ب: مَا رَوَى.