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Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

the Muslims as the Samaritans are among the Jews. Likewise, their practice of taqiyya (dissimulation) (1) and their outward display of the opposite of what they conceal (2) [of enmity] (3) are in imitation of the Jews, [and there are many other such parallels] (4).

[Some Shiite Follies]

As for their other follies, they are exceedingly numerous. For example, some of them will not drink from a river (5 dug by Yazīd, even though the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—and those with him (5) used to drink from wells and rivers 5) (6) dug by disbelievers. Some of them will not eat Syrian mulberries, although it is well known that the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—and those with him used to eat (7) cheese brought from the lands of the disbelievers and to wear fabrics woven by disbelievers. Indeed, most of their garments were woven by disbelievers.

Another example is their aversion to uttering the word “ten” or doing anything numbering ten. Even in (8) construction, they will not build upon ten pillars (9), nor use ten beams, and the like,

(1) Ibn Taymiyya will discuss *taqiyya* (dissimulation) in detail below (Būlāq ed., 1:159–160). See also Ahmad Amīn, *Duhā al-Islām*, 3:246–249; Goldziher, *al-Aqīda wa-l-Sharīa*, pp. 180–181; and *Dāirat al-Maārif al-Islāmiyya*, 5:419–424. (2) N, M, and A read: “what he conceals.” The adopted reading is from B. (3) “Of enmity” is omitted from N and M. (4) The passage in brackets is an addition in A and B. (5) B reads: “and those who were with him.” (6) The passage between markers 5–5 is omitted from A. (7) N and M read: *mā* (“what”). (8) *Fī* (“in”) is omitted from N and M. (9) N reads: “They do not set [a structure] upon ten pillars”; M reads: “They do not build upon ten pillars.”

الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَالسَّامِرَةِ فِي الْيَهُودِ، وَمِثْلُ اسْتِعْمَالِهِمُ التَّقِيَّةَ (١) ، وَإِظْهَارِ خِلَافِ مَا يُبْطِنُونَ (٢) [مِنَ الْعَدَاوَةِ] (٣) مُشَابَهَةً لِلْيَهُودِ، [وَنَظَائِرُ ذَلِكَ كَثِيرٌ] (٤) . [بعض حماقات الشيعة] وَأَمَّا سَائِرُ حَمَاقَاتِهِمْ فَكَثِيرَةٌ جِدًّا: مِثْلَ كَوْنِ بَعْضِهِمْ لَا يَشْرَبُ مِنْ نَهْرٍ (٥ حَفَرَهُ يَزِيدُ مَعَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَالَّذِينَ مَعَهُ (٥) كَانُوا يَشْرَبُونَ مِنْ آبَارٍ، وَأَنْهَارٍ ٥) (٦) حَفَرَهَا الْكُفَّارُ، وَبَعْضُهُمْ لَا يَأْكُلُ مِنَ التُّوتِ الشَّامِيِّ، وَمَعْلُومٌ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -، وَمَنْ مَعَهُ كَانُوا يَأْكُلُونَ (٧) مِمَّا يُجْلَبُ مِنْ بِلَادِ الْكُفَّارِ مِنَ الْجُبْنِ، وَيَلْبَسُونَ مَا تَنْسِجُهُ الْكُفَّارُ، بَلْ غَالِبُ ثِيَابِهِمْ كَانَتْ مِنْ نَسْجِ الْكُفَّارِ. وَمِثْلُ كَوْنِهِمْ يَكْرَهُونَ التَّكَلُّمَ بِلَفْظِ الْعَشَرَةِ، أَوْ فِعْلِ شَيْءٍ يَكُونُ عَشَرَةً حَتَّى فِي (٨) الْبِنَاءِ لَا يَبْنُونَ عَلَى عَشَرَةِ أَعْمِدَةٍ (٩) ، وَلَا بِعَشَرَةِ جُذُوعٍ، وَنَحْوِ ذَلِكَ

(١) سَيَتَكَلَّمُ ابْنُ تَيْمِيَّةَ فِيمَا يَلِي بِالتَّفْصِيلِ عَنِ التَّقِيَّةِ (١/١٥٩ - ١٦٠) بُولَاقَ) . وَانْظُرْ عَنْهَا أَيْضًا: أَحْمَد أَمِين، ضُحَى الْإِسْلَامِ، ٣/٢٤٦ - ٢٤٩؛ جُولْدِتْسِيهَر، الْعَقِيدَةَ وَالشَّرِيعَةَ، ص ١٨٠ - ١٨١؛ دَائِرَةَ الْمَعَارِفِ الْإِسْلَامِيَّةِ، ٥/٤١٩ - ٤٢٤. (٢) ن، م، أ: مَا يُبْطِنُ. وَالْمُثْبَتُ مِنْ (ب) . (٣) مِنَ الْعَدَاوَةِ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . (٤) مَا بَيْنَ الْمَعْقُوفَتَيْنِ زِيَادَةٌ فِي (أ) ، (ب) . (٥) ب: وَالَّذِينَ كَانُوا مَعَهُ. (٦) (٥ - ٥) : سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (أ) . (٧) ن، م: مَا. (٨) فِي: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . (٩) ن: لَا يُثْبِتُونَ عَلَى عَشَرَةِ عَوَامِيدَ؛ م: لَا يَبْنُونَ عَلَى عَشَرَةِ عَوَامِيدَ.