Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (7/323)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

The believers, in turn, show loyalty to Allah and His Messenger—the loyalty (1) that stands opposed to enmity. This is true of every believer. Alī—may Allah be pleased with him—is therefore among those believers who are loyal to the believers and to whom the believers are loyal in return.

This hadith affirms Alī’s inward faith and attests that he deserves loyalty both inwardly and outwardly. This refutes (2) what (3) his enemies among the Kharijites and Nasibis say about him. It does not, however, state that the believers have no mawlā other than him. How could that be, when the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—has mawālī (4), namely the righteous believers? It follows with even greater force that Alī likewise has mawālī: the believers who are loyal to him.

The Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—also said:

“Indeed, Aslam, Ghifār, Muzaynah, Juhaynah, Quraysh, and the Ansār have no mawlā other than Allah and His Messenger.” (5) He thereby made them mawālī of the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—* (6), just as the righteous believers were made his mawālī; they, in turn, have Allah and His Messenger as their mawlā.

(1) N, M, and S read: “and the loyalty.” (2) S and B read: “and outwardly, and it refutes.” (3) M reads: “what they said.” (4) S and B read: *mawālin* (“allies”). (5) This hadith—with some variation in wording—is narrated from Abū Hurayrah and Abū Ayyūb—may Allah be pleased with them both—in *Sahīh al-Bukhārī*, 4:179–180, 181 (Book of Virtues, chapters “The Virtues of Quraysh” and “The Account of Aslam, Ghifār, Muzaynah, Juhaynah, and Ashja”); *Sahīh Muslim*, 4:1954–1955 (Book of the Virtues of the Companions, chapter “Some Virtues of Ghifār and Aslam”); *Sunan al-Tirmidhī*, 5:385 (Book of Virtues, chapter “Ghifār, Aslam, Juhaynah, and Muzaynah”); and Ahmad’s *al-Musnad*, 15:28 (al-Ma'ārif ed.) and 2:388, 467–468, 481, 5:194 (al-Halabī ed.). The report at 5:194 is narrated from Zayd ibn Khālid al-Juhanī—may Allah be pleased with him. (6) The passage between the asterisks is omitted from M.

وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ يَتَوَلَّوْنَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ الْمُوَالَاةَ (١) الْمُضَادَّةَ لِلْمُعَادَاةِ، وَهَذَا حُكْمٌ ثَابِتٌ لِكُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ فَعَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الَّذِينَ يَتَوَلَّوْنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَيَتَوَلَّوْنَهُ. وَفِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ إِثْبَاتُ إِيمَانِ عَلِيٍّ فِي الْبَاطِنِ، وَالشَّهَادَةُ لَهُ بِأَنَّهُ يَسْتَحِقُّ الْمُوَالَاةَ بَاطِنًا وَظَاهِرًا، وَذَلِكَ يَرُدُّ (٢) مَا يَقُولُهُ (٣) فِيهِ أَعْدَاؤُهُ مِنَ الْخَوَارِجِ وَالنَّوَاصِبِ، لَكِنْ لَيْسَ فِيهِ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَوْلًى غَيْرُهُ فَكَيْفَ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَهُ مَوَالِي (٤) ، وَهُمْ صَالِحُو الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَعَلِيٌّ أَيْضًا لَهُ مَوْلًى بِطَرِيقِ الْأَوْلَى وَالْأَحْرَى، وَهُمُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ يَتَوَلَّوْنَهُ. وَقَدْ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: * " «إِنَّ أَسْلَمَ، وَغِفَارًا، وَمُزَيْنَةَ، وَجُهَيْنَةَ، وَقُرَيْشًا، وَالْأَنْصَارَ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ مَوْلًى دُونَ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ» " (٥) ، وَجَعَلَهُمْ مَوَالِيَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ * (٦) كَمَا جَعَلَ صَالِحَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَوَالِيَهُ، وَاللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ مَوْلَاهُمْ.

(١) ن، م، س: وَالْمُوَالَاةُ. (٢) س، ب: وَظَاهِرًا وَيَرُدُّ. (٣) م: مَا قَالَهُ. (٤) س، ب: مَوَالٍ. (٥) الْحَدِيثُ - مَعَ اخْتِلَافٍ فِي الْأَلْفَاظِ - عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَأَبِي أَيُّوبَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا فِي: الْبُخَارِيِّ ٤/١٧٩ - ١٨٠، ١٨١، (كِتَابُ الْمَنَاقِبِ، بَابُ مَنَاقِبِ قُرَيْشٍ، بَابُ ذِكْرِ أَسْلَمَ وَغِفَارَ وَمُزَيْنَةَ وَجُهَيْنَةَ وَأَشْجَعَ) ، مُسْلِمٍ ٤/١٩٥٤ - ١٩٥٥ (كِتَابُ فَضَائِلِ الصَّحَابَةِ، بَابٌ مِنْ فَضَائِلِ غِفَارَ وَأَسْلَمَ) ، سُنَنِ التِّرْمِذِيِّ ٥/٣٨٥ (كِتَابُ الْمَنَاقِبِ، بَابٌ فِي غِفَارَ وَأَسْلَمَ وَجُهَيْنَةَ وَمُزَيْنَةَ) ، (ط. الْمَعَارِفِ) ١٥/٢٨ (ط. الْحَلَبِيِّ) ٢/٣٨٨، ٤٦٧ - ٤٦٨، ٤٨١، ٥/١٩٤ (عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ) . (٦) مَا بَيْنَ النَّجْمَتَيْنِ سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (م) .