Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (7/243)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

In Sahīh Muslim, the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—is reported to have said:

“Indeed, Allah chose Kinānah from the descendants (1) of Ishmael, chose Quraysh from Kinānah, chose Banū Hāshim (2) from Quraysh, and chose me from Banū Hāshim” (3).

Thus, if Quraysh as a whole is superior to others (4), it does not follow that every one of its members is superior to those outside it. Rather, among the other Arabs and among believers from other peoples are individuals superior to most members of Quraysh. The earliest forerunners from Quraysh were only a handful (5), while most of Quraysh embraced Islam only in the year of the Conquest (6) and were freed captives.

Not all the Emigrants were from Quraysh. Rather, they included members of Quraysh and others (7), such as Ibn Masūd al-Hudhalī (8), Imrān ibn Husayn al-Khuzāī, and al-Miqdād ibn al-Aswad al-Kindī. These men and other participants in Badr were superior to most of Banū Hāshim.

The forerunners from Banū Hāshim were four men: Hamzah, Alī, Jafar, and Ubaydah ibn al-Hārith. The participants in Badr numbered 313; three of them were from Banū Hāshim, while the rest were superior to the remaining members of Banū Hāshim.

All of this rests on the premise that invoking blessings and peace upon the family of Muhammad (9) and his household entails

(1) (B): “from the progeny of [Ishmael].” (2) (N) and (M): “and He chose Hāshim from Quraysh.” (3) This hadith was cited earlier at 4/599. (4) (N) and (M): “than those outside their ranks.” (5) “A handful”: omitted from (S) and (B); (M): “a united group.” (6) (M): “on the day of the Conquest.” (7) (M): “and those not from Quraysh.” (8) (B): “such as Abū Masūd al-Hudhalī,” which is incorrect; (M): “such as Abū Masūd and al-Hudhalī,” which is also incorrect. The correct name is Abd Allah ibn Masūd—may Allah be pleased with him. (9) (M): “upon Muhammad,” which is incorrect.

وَفِي صَحِيحِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - أَنَّهُ قَالَ: " «إِنَّ اللَّهَ اصْطَفَى كِنَانَةَ مِنْ بَنِي (١) إِسْمَاعِيلَ، وَاصْطَفَى قُرَيْشًا مِنْ كِنَانَةَ، وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ (٢) ، وَاصْطَفَانِي مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ» " (٣) . فَإِذَا كَانَ جُمْلَةُ قُرَيْشٍ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ غَيْرِهَا (٤) لَمْ يَلْزَمْ أَنْ يَكُونَ كُلٌّ مِنْهُمْ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ غَيْرِهِمْ، بَلْ فِي سَائِرِ الْعَرَبِ وَغَيْرِهِمْ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَنْ هُوَ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ أَكْثَرِ قُرَيْشٍ، وَالسَّابِقُونَ الْأَوَّلُونَ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ نَفَرٌ مَعْدُودُونَ (٥) ، وَغَالِبُهُمْ إِنَّمَا أَسْلَمُوا عَامَ الْفَتْحِ (٦) ، وَهُمُ الطُّلَقَاءُ. وَلَيْسَ كُلُّ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، بَلِ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَغَيْرِهِمْ (٧) - كَابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ الْهُذَلِيِّ (٨) ، وَعِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ الْخُزَاعِيِّ، وَالْمِقْدَادِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ الْكِنْدِيِّ - وَهَؤُلَاءِ وَغَيْرُهُمْ مِنَ الْبَدْرِيِّينَ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ أَكْثَرِ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ، فَالسَّابِقُونَ مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ: حَمْزَةُ وَعَلِيٌّ وَجَعْفَرٌ وَعُبَيْدَةُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ أَرْبَعَةُ أَنْفُسٍ. وَأَهْلُ بَدْرٍ ثَلَاثُمِائَةٍ وَثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ، فَمِنْهُمْ مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ ثَلَاثَةٌ، وَسَائِرُهُمْ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ سَائِرِ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ. وَهَذَا كُلُّهُ بِنَاءً عَلَى أَنَّ الصَّلَاةَ وَالسَّلَامَ عَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ (٩) وَأَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ تَقْتَضِي

(١) ب: مِنْ وَلَدِ. (٢) ن، م: وَاصْطَفَى هَاشِمًا مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ. (٣) سَبَقَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ فِيمَا مَضَى ٤/٥٩٩ (٤) ن، م: مِنْ غَيْرِهِمْ. (٥) نَفَرٌ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (س) ، (ب) وَفِي (م) نَفَرٌ مُتَّحِدُونَ. (٦) م: يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ. (٧) م: وَغَيْرِ قُرَيْشٍ. (٨) ب: كَأَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْهُذَلِيِّ، وَهُوَ خَطَأٌ، م: كَأَبِي مَسْعُودٍ وَالْهُذَلِيِّ، وَهُوَ خَطَأٌ، وَهُوَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ. (٩) م: عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ، وَهُوَ خَطَأٌ.