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Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

many weak and fabricated hadiths, as may be found in works of heart-softening exhortation, reasoned opinion, and other genres.

[The Second: The Hadith of Ghadīr]

Chapter

Al-Rāfidī said (1):

The second is the mass-transmitted report from the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—that when the words of Allah Most High were revealed:

“O Messenger, convey what has been revealed to you from your Lord.”

(Surah al-Māidah: 67)

“He addressed the people at Ghadīr Khumm and said to the entire gathering, ‘O (2) people! Do I not have a greater claim over you than you have over yourselves?’ They replied, ‘Indeed.’ He said, ‘Whoever has me as his patron has Alī as his patron (3). O Allah, befriend whoever befriends him, be an enemy to whoever is his enemy, support whoever supports him, and forsake whoever forsakes him.’”

Umar then said, “Excellent! Excellent! (4) You have become my patron and the patron of every believing man and woman.” Here, “patron” means the person with the greatest right to exercise authority, because the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—had first elicited their acknowledgment (5) by asking (6), “Do I not have a greater claim over you than you have over yourselves (7)?”

The response concerning this verse and the aforementioned hadith has already been given (8), and we explained that this

(1) In K, p. 168 (M). (2) “O” is absent from K. (3) K reads: “Thus, this Alī is his patron.” (4) K reads: “Umar said to him, ‘Congratulations! Congratulations, O Alī!’” (5) S and B read: “piety,” which is a textual corruption. (6) K reads: “from him—peace be upon him—in his words.” (7) M reads: “Do I not have a greater claim over you than you have over yourselves?” (8) See above, 1/501 (T [0 - 9]

أَحَادِيثَ كَثِيرَةً ضَعِيفَةً وَمَوْضُوعَةً، كَمَا يُوجَدُ ذَلِكَ فِي كُتُبِ الرَّقَائِقِ وَالرَّأْيِ وَغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ. [الثاني حديث الغدير] فَصْلٌ قَالَ الرَّافِضِيُّ: (١) : الثَّانِي الْخَبَرُ الْمُتَوَاتِرُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: أَنَّهُ لَمَّا نَزَلَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {يَاأَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ بَلِّغْ مَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ} (سُورَةُ الْمَائِدَةِ: ٦٧) «خَطَبَ النَّاسَ فِي غَدِيرِ خُمٍّ، وَقَالَ لِلْجَمْعِ كُلِّهِ: يَا (٢) أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَلَسْتُ أَوْلَى مِنْكُمْ بِأَنْفُسِكُمْ؟ قَالُوا: بَلَى، قَالَ: مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَعَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ (٣) ، اللَّهُمَّ وَالِ مَنْ وَالَاهُ، وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ، وَانْصُرْ مَنْ نَصَرَهُ، وَاخْذُلْ مَنْ خَذَلَهُ» ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: بَخٍ بَخٍ (٤) ، أَصْبَحْتَ مَوْلَايَ وَمَوْلَى كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ وَمُؤْمِنَةٍ، وَالْمُرَادُ بِالْمَوْلَى هُنَا الْأَوْلَى بِالتَّصَرُّفِ لِتَقَدُّمِ التَّقْرِيرِ (٥) مِنْهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِقَوْلِهِ (٦) : أَلَسْتُ أَوْلَى مِنْكُمْ بِأَنْفُسِكُمْ (٧) ؟ وَالْجَوَابُ عَنْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ وَالْحَدِيثِ الْمَذْكُورِ قَدْ تَقَدَّمَ (٨) ، وَبَيَّنَّا أَنَّ هَذَا

(١) فِي (ك) ص ١٦٨ (م) . (٢) يَا: لَيْسَتْ فِي (ك) . (٣) ك: فَهَذَا عَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ. (٤) ك: فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ: بَخٍ بَخٍ لَكَ يَا عَلِيُّ. (٥) س، ب: التَّقْوَى، وَهُوَ تَحْرِيفٌ. (٦) ك: مِنْهُ عَلَيْهِ بِقَوْلِهِ. (٧) م: أَلَسْتُ أَوْلَى بِكُمْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ. (٨) انْظُرْ مَا سَبَقَ ١/٥٠١ (ت [٠ - ٩]