Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (7/273)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

Sixth: The verse is unrestricted and does not apply specifically to any particular person. Rather, every believing man is commanded to pray with those who pray. It has also been said that what is meant is congregational prayer (1), because one catches a unit of prayer only by joining the bowing.

Seventh: If what were meant were bowing (2) with the two of them, the verse’s ruling would have ceased upon their deaths (3), with the result that no one would be commanded to bow with those who bow.

Eighth: The assertion that [Alī] (4) was the first person to pray with the Prophet (5)—peace and blessings be upon him—is not conceded. Rather, most people maintain the contrary, namely that Abū Bakr prayed before him (6).

Ninth: Even if it were a command to bow with him, that would not establish that the person with whom one bows is thereby the imam. For when Alī was with the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—Alī was not the imam, although he bowed with him.

[Section on the Thirty-Seventh Proof, “And Appoint for Me a Minister from My Family,” and the Response to It]

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The Rāfidī (7) said: “The thirty-seventh proof is the saying of Allah Most High: ‘And appoint for me a minister from my family’ [Surah Tā Hā: 29], transmitted through Abū Nuaym from

(1) S and B read: “with the congregation.” (2) M reads: “What is meant is bowing.” (3) M reads: “The ruling concerning the two of them in congregational prayer would have ceased upon their deaths,” which is erroneous. (4) “Alī” is added in B. (5) M reads: “with the Messenger of Allah.” (6) S and B read: “behind him.” (7) In (K), p. 165 (M).

السَّادِسُ: أَنَّ الْآيَةَ مُطْلَقَةٌ لَا تَخُصُّ شَخْصًا بِعَيْنِهِ، بَلْ أُمِرَ الرَّجُلُ الْمُؤْمِنُ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ مَعَ الْمُصَلِّينَ. وَقِيلَ: الْمُرَادُ بِهِ الصَّلَاةُ فِي الْجَمَاعَةِ (١) ; لِأَنَّ الرَّكْعَةَ لَا تُدْرَكَ إِلَّا بِإِدْرَاكِ الرُّكُوعِ. السَّابِعُ: أَنَّهُ لَوْ كَانَ الْمُرَادُ الرُّكُوعَ (٢) مَعَهُمَا لَا نَقْطَعُ حُكْمَهَا بِمَوْتِهِمَا (٣) ، فَلَا يَكُونُ أَحَدٌ مَأْمُورًا أَنْ يَرْكَعَ مَعَ الرَّاكِعِينَ. الثَّامِنُ: أَنَّ قَوْلَ الْقَائِلِ: [عَلِيٌّ] (٤) أَوَّلُ مَنْ صَلَّى مَعَ النَّبِيِّ (٥) - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - مَمْنُوعٌ. بَلْ أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ عَلَى خِلَافِ ذَلِكَ، وَإِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ صَلَّى قَبْلَهُ (٦) . التَّاسِعُ: أَنَّهُ لَوْ كَانَ أَمْرًا بِالرُّكُوعِ مَعَهُ، لَمْ يَدُلَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى أَنَّ مَنْ رَكَعَ مَعَهُ يَكُونُ هُوَ الْإِمَامَ، فَإِنَّ عَلِيًّا لَمْ يَكُنْ إِمَامًا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَكَانَ يَرْكَعُ مَعَهُ. [فصل البرهان السابع والثلاثون " وَاجْعَلْ لِي وَزِيرًا مِنْ أَهْلِي " والجواب عليه] فَصْلٌ قَالَ الرَّافِضِيُّ (٧) : " الْبُرْهَانُ السَّابِعُ وَالثَّلَاثُونَ: قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {وَاجْعَلْ لِي وَزِيرًا مِنْ أَهْلِي} [سُورَةُ طه: ٢٩] مِنْ طَرِيقِ أَبِي نُعَيْمٍ عَنِ

(١) س، ب: مَعَ الْجَمَاعَةِ. (٢) م: الْمُرَادُ بِهِ الرُّكُوعَ. (٣) م: حُكْمَهُمَا فِي الْجَمَاعَةِ بِمَوْتِهِمَا، وَهُوَ خَطَأٌ. (٤) عَلِيٌّ: زِيَادَةٌ فِي (ب) . (٥) م: مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ. (٦) س، ب: خَلْفَهُ. (٧) فِي (ك) ص ١٦٥ (م) .