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was absent. Given the presence of both ability and motive and the absence of any countervailing deterrent(1), the act must then(2) occur.

The fifth point:

There was no commendable service that ‘Alī rendered to Islam without another Companion rendering its equal; indeed, some of them made contributions greater than his. This is well known to anyone familiar with the authentic and reliably transmitted account of the Prophet’s life. As for anyone who relies on the reports of liars and the tales circulated by Sufi orders, the door to fabrication lies wide open. Such fabrication(3) involves lying against Allah:

“Who could be more unjust than one who fabricates a lie against Allah or denies the truth when it comes to him?”

[Surah al-‘Ankabūt: 68].

The Prophet’s campaigns—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—that involved actual fighting numbered nine, while all his campaigns numbered twenty-odd(4). As for the detachments, it is said that they numbered seventy(5).

The disbelievers killed during the Messenger’s campaigns—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—numbered a thousand, or somewhat more or less. Yet [‘Alī](6) did not kill one-tenth of them—not even one-twentieth. Moreover, he did not take part in most of the detachments. As for the period after the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—he participated in none of the conquests: neither he, nor ‘Uthmān, nor Talhah,

(1) S reads *al-sidq* (“truthfulness”), which is a corruption; B reads *al-didd* (“the opposite”). (2) *Ma'ahu* (“with it”) is omitted from B. (3) M reads *al-mukadhdhib* (“the denier”). (4) M reads *ghaziyyatan*. (5) M reads “ninety,” which is an error. For the number of the Messenger’s military campaigns—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—his detachments, and his missions, see *Zād al-Ma'ād*, vol. 1, pp. 129–130; *Jawāmi' al-Sīra*, pp. 16–21; and *Sahīh Muslim*, vol. 3, pp. 1447–1448 (*Kitāb al-Jihād wa-l-Sīra* [“Book of Jihad and the Prophetic Biography”], chapter “The Number of the Prophet’s Campaigns—may Allah bless him and grant him peace”). (6) *Alī* is omitted from N and S.

مُنْتَفٍ، وَمَعَ وُجُودِ الْقُدْرَةِ وَالدَّاعِي وَانْتِفَاءِ الصَّارِفِ (١) يَجِبُ مَعَهُ (٢) وُجُودُ الْفِعْلِ. الْوَجْهُ الْخَامِسُ: أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِعَلِيٍّ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ أَثَرٌ حَسَنٌ، إِلَّا وَلِغَيْرِهِ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ مِثْلُهُ، وَلِبَعْضِهِمْ آثَارٌ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ آثَارِهِ. وَهَذَا مَعْلُومٌ لِمَنْ عَرَفَ السِّيرَةَ الصَّحِيحَةَ الثَّابِتَةَ بِالنَّقْلِ. وَأَمَّا مَنْ يَأْخُذُ بِنَقْلِ الْكَذَّابِينَ وَأَحَادِيثِ الطُّرُقِيَّةِ، فَبَابُ الْكَذِبِ مَفْتُوحٌ، وَهَذَا الْكَذِبُ (٣) يَتَعَلَّقُ بِالْكَذِبِ عَلَى اللَّهِ، {وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرَى عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَوْ كَذَّبَ بِالْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَاءَهُ} [سُورَةُ الْعَنْكَبُوتِ: ٦٨] . وَمَجْمُوعُ الْمَغَازِي الَّتِي كَانَ فِيهَا الْقِتَالُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - تِسْعُ مَغَازٍ، وَالْمَغَازِي كُلُّهَا بِضْعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ غَزَاةً (٤) ، وَأَمَّا السَّرَايَا فَقَدْ قِيلَ: إِنَّهَا تَبْلُغُ سَبْعِينَ (٥) . وَمَجْمُوعُ مَنْ قُتِلَ مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ فِي غَزَوَاتِ الرَّسُولِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يَبْلُغُونَ أَلْفًا أَوْ أَكْثَرَ أَوْ أَقَلَّ، وَلَمْ يَقْتُلْ [عَلِيٌّ] (٦) مِنْهُمْ عُشْرَهُمْ وَلَا نِصْفَ عُشْرِهِمِ، وَأَكْثَرُ السَّرَايَا لَمْ يَكُنْ يَخْرُجُ فِيهَا. وَأَمَّا بَعْدَ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَلَمْ يَشْهَدْ شَيْئًا مِنَ الْفُتُوحَاتِ: لَا هُوَ وَلَا عُثْمَانُ وَلَا طَلْحَةُ،

(١) س: الصِّدْقِ، وَهُوَ تَحْرِيفٌ، ب: الضِّدِّ. (٢) مَعَهُ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ب) . (٣) م: الْمُكَذِّبُ. (٤) م: غَزِيَّةً. (٥) م: تِسْعِينَ، وَهُوَ خَطَأٌ، وَانْظُرْ عَنْ عَدَدِ غَزَوَاتِ الرَّسُولِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَسَرَايَاهُ وَبُعُوثَهُ، زَادَ الْمَعَادِ ١/١٢٩ - ١٣٠، جَوَامِعَ السِّيرَةِ، ص ١٦ - ٢١، صَحِيحَ مُسْلِمٍ ٣/١٤٤٧ - ١٤٤٨ (كِتَابُ الْجِهَادِ وَالسِّيرَةِ، بَابُ عَدَدِ غَزَوَاتِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ) . (٦) عَلِيٌّ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (س)