Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (7/176)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

and spent three days and nights (1) without tasting anything but plain water.

When the fourth day came, and they had fulfilled their vows (2), Ali took hold of Hasan with his right hand (3) and Husayn with his left hand (4), and proceeded to the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—while they trembled like chicks from the severity of their hunger. When the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—saw them both (5), he said:

“O Abū al-Hasan, how deeply I am pained (6) by what I see in you! Come, let us go to the home (7) of my daughter Fātimah.”

They went to her, and she was in her room (8). Her stomach had (9) become pressed against her back (10) from the severity of her hunger, and her eyes were sunken. When the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—saw her, he said:

“Help! By Allah (11), the household of Muhammad is dying of hunger!”

Then Gabriel (12) descended upon Muhammad—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—and said:

“O Muhammad, take

(1) K reads: “and their nights.” (2) N, M, and S read: “Wa-qad fānadahum” (a corrupt reading); B reads: “and what they had was depleted,” which is erroneous. (3) N and S read: “Alī took Hasan by the hand with his right hand”; B reads: “Alī took Hasan’s hand with his right hand”; K reads: “Alī—peace be upon him—took Hasan—peace be upon him—by the right hand.” (4) K reads: “by the hand.” (5) S reads: “When he saw them both”; B reads: “When he caught sight of them both”; K reads: “When he caught sight of him.” (6) B reads: “it distresses me”; S reads: “they distress me.” (7) “Home” is absent from K. (8) K reads: “her mihrāb (private chamber).” (9) K reads: “and had.” (10) K reads: “her back had become pressed against her stomach.” (11) N and S read: “Yā Allah”; B reads: “Yā la-llāh”—both meaning “O Allah!” (12) K (p. 260) and M read: “Gabriel—peace be upon him.”

وَمَكَثُوا ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ بِلَيَالِيهَا (١) لَمْ يَذُوقُوا شَيْئًا إِلَّا الْمَاءَ الْقَرَاحَ. فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْيَوْمُ الرَّابِعُ ; وَقَدْ وَفَّوْا نُذُورَهُمْ (٢) ، أَخَذَ عَلِيٌّ الْحَسَنَ بِيَدِهِ الْيُمْنَى (٣) ، وَالْحُسَيْنَ بِيَدِهِ (٤) الْيُسْرَى، وَأَقْبَلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -، وَهُمْ يَرْتَعِشُونَ كَالْفِرَاخِ مِنْ شِدَّةِ الْجُوعِ، فَلَمَّا بَصَرَهُمَا (٥) النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ: يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ، مَا أَشَدَّ مَا يَسُوءُنِي (٦) مَا أَرَى بِكُمْ، انْطَلِقْ بِنَا إِلَى مَنْزِلِ (٧) ابْنَتِي فَاطِمَةَ، فَانْطَلَقُوا إِلَيْهَا، وَهِيَ فِي حُجْرَتِهَا (٨) ، قَدْ (٩) لَصَقَ بَطْنُهَا بِظَهْرِهَا (١٠) مِنْ شِدَّةِ الْجُوعِ، وَغَارَتْ عَيْنَاهَا، فَلَمَّا رَآهَا النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ: وَاغَوْثَاهُ، بِاللَّهِ (١١) أَهْلُ بَيْتِ مُحَمَّدٍ يَمُوتُونَ جُوعًا! فَهَبَطَ جِبْرِيلُ (١٢) عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -، فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، خُذْ

(١) ك: وَلَيَالِيهَا. (٢) ن، م، س: وَقَدْ فَانَدَهُمْ (وَهُوَ تَحْرِيفٌ) ، ب: وَنَفَدَ مَا عِنْدَهُمْ، وَهُوَ خَطَأٌ. (٣) ن، س: أَخَذَ عَلِيٌّ بِيَدِ الْحَسَنِ بِيَدِهِ الْيُمْنَى، ب: أَخَذَ عَلِيٌّ يَدَ الْحَسَنِ بِيَدِهِ الْيُمْنَى، ك: أَخَذَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ الْحَسَنَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ بِالْيَدِ الْيُمْنَى. (٤) ك: بِالْيَدِ. (٥) س: فَلَمَّا بَصَرَهُمَا، ب: فَلَمَّا أَبْصَرَهُمَا، ك: فَلَمَّا بَصَرَ بِهِ. (٦) ب: يُسِيئُنِي، س: يُسِيئُونِي. (٧) مَنْزِلِ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ك) . (٨) ك: مِحْرَابِهَا. (٩) ك: وَقَدْ. (١٠)) ك: ظَهْرُهَا بِبَطْنِهَا. (١١) ١١) ن، س: يَا اللَّهُ، ب: يَا لَلَّهِ. (١٢) ١٢) ك ص ٢٦٠ م: جِبْرَئِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ.