Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (7/241)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

such as al-Ashtar al-Nakha'ī and others like him among the men of civil strife; al-Mukhtār ibn Abī Ubayd (1) and others like him among the liars and fabricators; and al-Hajjāj ibn Yūsuf and others like him among the people of injustice and evil.

Alī is not the best member of the household. Rather, the best member of the household is the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—for he is himself included among its members. Thus, he said to al-Hasan:

“Did you not know that we are a household that does not eat from charity?” (2)

This statement includes both the speaker and those with him.

Likewise, the angels said:

“May Allah’s mercy and blessings be upon you, O people of the household.” [Surah Hūd: 73]

Abraham was among them.

Similarly, he said:

“O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, as You sent blessings upon Abraham and the family of Abraham,”

and [Abraham] (3) is included among them.

The same applies to the statement of the Most High:

“Except the family of Lot—We saved them.” [Surah al-Qamar: 34]

Lot himself was included among them.

Likewise, He said:

“Indeed, Allah chose Adam and Noah and the family of Abraham and the family of Imrān above all peoples.” [Surah Āl Imrān: 33]

Thus, Abraham was himself among those chosen (4).

(1) (S) and (B): “ibn Ubayd,” which is an error. (2) I have not found this hadith with this wording. The wording in al-Bukhārī, 4/74 (*Book of Jihad*, chapter “Speaking Persian and Other Foreign Languages”), narrated from Abū Hurayra—may Allah be pleased with him—is: “Al-Hasan ibn Alī took a date from the dates given in charity and put it in his mouth. The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said in Persian, ‘Kakh, kakh! Do you not know that we do not eat from charity?’” The hadith also appears in Muslim, 2/751 (*Book of Zakāt*, chapter “The Prohibition of Zakāt for the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—and His Family”). Another chain has the wording: “Charity is not lawful for us.” Muslim contains other hadiths to the same effect in this chapter, as do *Sunan Abī Dāwūd*, 2/83–84, and *Sunan al-Tirmidhī*, 2/165–167. (3) “And Abraham” is absent from (N) and (S). (4) (S) and (B): “fī al-istifāiyya.”

كَالْأَشْتَرِ النَّخَعِيِّ وَأَمْثَالِهِ مِنْ رِجَالِ الْفِتَنِ، وَكَالْمُخْتَارِ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ (١) وَأَمْثَالِهِ مِنَ الْكَذَّابِينَ وَالْمُفْتَرِينَ ; وَالْحَجَّاجِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ وَأَمْثَالِهِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الظُّلْمِ وَالشَّرِّ. وَلَيْسَ عَلِيٌّ أَفْضَلَ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ، بَلْ أَفْضَلُ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -، فَإِنَّهُ دَاخِلٌ فِي أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ. كَمَا قَالَ لِلْحَسَنِ: " «أَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّا أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ لَا نَأْكُلُ الصَّدَقَةَ» " (٢) وَهَذَا الْكَلَامُ يَتَنَاوَلُ الْمُتَكَلِّمَ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ. وَكَمَا قَالَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ: {رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ} [سُورَةُ هُودٍ: ٧٣] وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ فِيهِمْ. وَكَمَا قَالَ: " «اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ; كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَآلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ» " ، [وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ] (٣) دَاخِلٌ فِيهِمْ. وَكَمَا فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: {إِلَّا آلَ لُوطٍ نَجَّيْنَاهُمْ} [سُورَةُ الْقَمَرِ: ٣٤] ، فَإِنَّ لُوطًا دَخَلَ فِيهِمْ. وَكَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ: {إِنَّ اللَّهَ اصْطَفَى آدَمَ وَنُوحًا وَآلَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَآلَ عِمْرَانَ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ} [سُورَةُ آلِ عِمْرَانَ: ٣٣] ، فَقَدْ دَخَلَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ فِي الِاصْطِفَاءِ (٤) .

(١) س، ب: بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ، وَهُوَ خَطَأٌ. (٢) لَمْ أَجِدْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ بِهَذَا اللَّفْظِ، وَلَكِنْ لَفْظُ الْحَدِيثِ فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ ٤ ٧٤ (كِتَابُ الْجِهَادِ، بَابُ مَنْ تَكَلَّمَ بِالْفَارِسِيَّةِ وَالرَّطَانَةِ) ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ أَخَذَ تَمْرَةً مِنْ تَمْرِ الصَّدَقَةِ فَجَعَلَهَا فِي فِيهِ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِالْفَارِسِيَّةِ: (كَخْ كَخْ أَمَا تَعْرِفُ أَنَّا لَا نَأْكُلُ الصَّدَقَةَ)) وَالْحَدِيثُ فِي مُسْلِمٍ ٢/٧٥١ (كِتَابُ الزَّكَاةِ بَابُ تَحْرِيمِ الزَّكَاةِ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَعَلَى آلِهِ) ، وَجَاءَ مِنْ طَرِيقٍ آخَرَ بِلَفْظِ: ((أَنَّا لَا تَحِلُّ لَنَا الصَّدَقَةُ)) وَجَاءَتْ أَحَادِيثُ أُخْرَى فِي مُسْلِمٍ بِهَذَا الْمَعْنَى فِي هَذَا الْبَابِ وَمِثْلُهَا فِي سُنَنِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ ٢ ٨٣ - ٨٤ وَسُنَنِ التِّرْمِذِيِّ ٢ ١٦٥ - ١٦٧ (٣) وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (س) . (٤) س، ب: فِي الِاصْطِفَائِيَّةِ.