Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (7/299)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

my brother and minister, my legatee(1), my heir, and my successor after me. None of them responded to him.

The Commander of the Faithful said:

‘I, O Messenger of Allah, shall support you(2) in this matter.’

He said:

‘Sit down.’

He then repeated his words to the gathering a second time(3), but they remained silent.

Alī said:

‘I stood up(4) and repeated what I had said the first time.’

He said:

‘Sit down.’

He then repeated his words a third time(5), but not one of them uttered a single word. I therefore stood up and said:

‘I shall support you, O Messenger of Allah, in this matter.’

He said:

‘Sit down, for you are my brother and minister, my legatee(6), my heir, and my successor after me.’

The gathering then rose, saying to Abū Tālib:

‘May you rejoice(7) today at having entered the religion of your nephew, for he has made your son commander(8) over you.’”

The response may be given from several angles:

First, the authenticity of the report must be established. His claim that it was transmitted by everyone is one of the most blatant falsehoods according to those versed in hadith(9). This hadith does not appear in any of the Muslims’ works from which knowledge of transmitted reports is derived: neither in the Sahīh collections nor in the musnad compilations(10), the Sunan works, works on the Prophet’s campaigns, or Quran commentaries that

(1) K reads: “shall be my brother, my legatee, and my minister.” (2) K reads: “Then the Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, said: ‘O Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and his family—I shall support you.’” (3) S and B read: “a second time.” (4) K reads: “Then Alī, peace be upon him, said: ‘And I stood up.’” (5) K (p. 168 M) reads: “He then repeated his statement to the gathering a third time.” (6) K reads: “for you are my brother, my legatee, and my minister.” (7) K reads: “to Abū Tālib, peace be upon him: ‘May it bring you joy.’” N and S read: bika li-yahnika (“with you; may it bring you joy”). (8) S and B read: “a minister.” (9) M reads: “in transmission.” (10) M reads: “the musnad compilations.”

أَخِي وَوَزِيرِي، وَوَصِيِّي (١) . وَوَارِثِي، وَخَلِيفَتِي مِنْ بَعْدِي. فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ. فَقَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ: أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أُؤَازِرُكَ (٢) . عَلَى هَذَا الْأَمْرِ. فَقَالَ: اجْلِسْ. ثُمَّ أَعَادَ الْقَوْلَ عَلَى الْقَوْمِ ثَانِيَةً (٣) . فَصَمَتُوا. فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: فَقُمْتُ (٤) . فَقُلْتُ مِثْلَ مَقَالَتِي الْأُولَى، فَقَالَ: اجْلِسْ، ثُمَّ أَعَادَ الْقَوْلَ ثَالِثَةً (٥) .، فَلَمْ يَنْطِقْ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ بِحَرْفٍ، فَقُمْتُ فَقُلْتُ: أَنَا أُؤَازِرُكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَلَى هَذَا الْأَمْرِ. فَقَالَ: اجْلِسْ فَأَنْتَ أَخِي وَوَزِيرِي. وَوَصِيِّي (٦) . وَوَارِثِي، وَخَلِيفَتِي مِنْ بَعْدِي. فَنَهَضَ الْقَوْمُ وَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ لِأَبِي طَالِبٍ: لِيَهْنِئْكَ (٧) . الْيَوْمَ أَنْ دَخَلْتَ فِي دِينِ ابْنِ أَخِيكَ، فَقَدْ جَعَلَ ابْنَكَ أَمِيرًا (٨) . عَلَيْكَ» . وَالْجَوَابُ مِنْ وُجُوهٍ: الْأَوَّلُ: الْمُطَالَبَةُ بِصِحَّةِ النَّقْلِ. وَمَا ادَّعَاهُ مِنْ نَقْلِ النَّاسِ كَافَّةَ مِنْ أَظْهَرِ الْكَذِبِ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ بِالْحَدِيثِ (٩) .، فَإِنَّ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ لَيْسَ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ كُتُبِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ الَّتِي يَسْتَفِيدُونَ مِنْهَا عِلْمَ النَّقْلِ: لَا فِي الصِّحَاحِ وَلَا فِي الْمَسَانِدِ) (١٠) . وَالسُّنَنِ وَالْمَغَازِي وَالتَّفْسِيرِ الَّتِي

(١) ك: يَكُنْ أَخِي وَصِيِّي وَوَزِيرِي (٢) ك: فَقَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ أُؤَازِرُكَ (٣) س، ب: ثَانِيًا (٤) ك: فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَقُمْتُ (٥) ك: (ص ١٦٨ م) : ثُمَّ أَعَادَ عَلَى الْقَوْمِ مَقَالَتَهُ ثَالِثَةً (٦) ك: فَأَنْتَ أَخِي وَصِيِّي وَوَزِيرِي (٧) ك: لِأَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ لِيَهْنِئْكَ فِي (ن، س، بِكَ لِيَهْنِكَ) (٨) س، ب: وَزِيرًا (٩) م: بِالنَّقْلِ (١٠) م: الْمَسَانِيدِ