Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (1/39)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

because they hate the finest of the Companions—namely, the ten who were promised Paradise: Abū Bakr, Umar, Uthmān, Alī, Talha, al-Zubayr, Sa‘d ibn Abī Waqqās, Sa‘īd ibn Zayd [ibn Amr ibn Nufayl] (1), Abd al-Rahmān ibn Awf, and Abū Ubayda ibn al-Jarrāh—may Allah be pleased with them—(2). They hate all of them except Alī ibn Abī Tālib [may Allah be pleased with him] (3). They also hate all the other Emigrants and the Helpers among the earliest forerunners (4) who pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—beneath the tree. They numbered fourteen hundred, and Allah has declared that He was pleased with them.

It is also authentically reported in Sahīh Muslim and elsewhere, on the authority of Jābir (5), that a slave of Hātib ibn Abī Balta‘a said, “O Messenger of Allah, by Allah, Hātib will certainly enter the Fire.” The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—replied, “You have lied. He was present at Badr and al-Hudaybiyya.” (6)

They dissociate themselves from the majority of these men; indeed, [they dissociate themselves] from all (7) the Companions of the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—except for a small number, roughly a dozen or so.

It is well known that, even if there were ten of the most hardened disbelievers in the world, it would not be necessary to shun this

(1) “Ibn Amr ibn Nufayl” is an addition in B. A reads: “Ibn Zayd ibn Nufayl.” (2) A and B read: “may Allah be pleased with them all.” (3) “May Allah be pleased with him” is an addition in A and B. (4) B alone reads: “And they hate the earliest forerunners among the Emigrants and the Helpers.” (5) N and M read: “In Sahīh Muslim, on the authority of Jābir, it is reported that...” (6) This hadith—with slight differences in wording—is related from Jābir ibn Abd Allāh, may Allah be pleased with him, in Muslim, 4:1942 (Book of the Virtues of the Companions, chapter “The Virtues of the Companions,” chapter “The Virtues of the People of Badr—may Allah be pleased with them—and the Account of Hātib ibn Abī Baltaa”); and *al-Musnad* (al-Halabī ed.), 6:362. (7) N and M read: “from the majority of them—indeed, from all...”

لِكَوْنِهِمْ يُبْغِضُونَ خِيَارَ الصَّحَابَةِ، وَهُمُ الْعَشْرَةُ الْمَشْهُودُ لَهُمْ بِالْجَنَّةِ - أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَعُمَرُ، وَعُثْمَانُ، وَعَلِيٌّ، وَطَلْحَةُ، وَالزُّبَيْرُ، وَسَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ، وَسَعِيدُ بْنُ زَيْدِ [بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ] (١) ، وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ، وَأَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ - (٢) - يُبْغِضُونَ هَؤُلَاءِ إِلَّا عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ [رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ] (٣) ، وَيُبْغِضُونَ سَائِرَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ، وَالْأَنْصَارَ مِنَ السَّابِقِينَ الْأَوَّلِينَ (٤) الَّذِينَ بَايَعُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ - وَكَانُوا أَلْفًا وَأَرْبَعَمِائَةٍ - وَقَدْ أَخْبَرَ اللَّهُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ رَضِيَ عَنْهُمْ. وَثَبَتَ فِي صَحِيحِ مُسْلِمٍ، وَغَيْرِهِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ أَيْضًا (٥) «أَنَّ غُلَامَ حَاطِبِ بْنِ أَبِي بَلْتَعَةَ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، وَاللَّهِ لَيَدْخُلَّنَ حَاطِبٌ النَّارَ، فَقَالَ. النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -: (كَذَبْتَ إِنَّهُ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا وَالْحُدَيْبِيَةَ» .) (٦) . وَهُمْ يَتَبَرَّأُونَ مِنْ جُمْهُورِ هَؤُلَاءِ، بَلْ [يَتَبَرَّأُونَ] مِنْ سَائِرِ (٧) أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - إِلَّا نَفَرًا قَلِيلًا نَحْوَ بِضْعَةَ عَشَرَ. وَمَعْلُومٌ أَنَّهُ لَوْ فُرِضَ فِي الْعَالَمِ عَشَرَةٌ مِنْ أَكْفَرِ النَّاسِ لَمْ يَجِبْ هَجْرُ هَذَا

(١) بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ: زِيَادَةٌ فِي (ب) . وَفِي (أ) : بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ. (٢) أ، ب: عَنْهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ. (٣) رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: زِيَادَةٌ فِي (أ) ، (ب) . (٤) ب (فَقَطْ) : وَيُبْغِضُونَ السَّابِقِينَ الْأَوَّلِينَ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنْصَارِ. (٥) ن، م: وَفِي صَحِيحِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ أَنَّ. (٦) الْحَدِيثَ - مَعَ اخْتِلَافٍ يَسِيرٍ فِي الْأَلْفَاظِ - عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - فِي: مُسْلِمٍ ٤/١٩٤٢ (كِتَابُ فَضَائِلِ الصَّحَابَةِ، بَابُ مِنْ فَضَائِلِ الصَّحَابَةِ، بَابُ مِنْ فَضَائِلِ أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ - وَقِصَّةُ حَاطِبِ بْنِ أَبِي بَلْتَعَةَ) ؛ الْمُسْنَدَ (ط. الْحَلَبِيِّ) ٦/٣٦٢. (٧) ن، م: مِنْ جُمْهُورِهِمْ بَلْ مِنْ سَائِرِ.