Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (7/486)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

Ubayd Allāh and Sa'īd ibn Zayd, is undoubtedly more complete in his renunciation and more utterly detached(1) from every worldly concern at heart(2) than one who takes what he is permitted to take(3).

Thus, incontrovertible proof establishes that Abū Bakr—may Allah be pleased with him—was the most ascetic of all the Companions, followed by Umar—may Allah be pleased with him(4).”

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The Rāfidī(5) said: Alī had(6) pronounced a threefold divorce upon this world. His staple fare was coarsely ground barley, which he kept under seal lest the two Imams add any relish to it(7). He wore rough, short garments and patched his woolen robe until he became ashamed(8) of patching it(9). The straps of his sword were made of palm fiber(10), as were his sandals.

The foremost preacher of Khwārazm narrated: “Ammār said that he heard the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—say: ‘O Alī, Allah has adorned you with an adornment more beloved(11) to Him than any adornment with which He has adorned His servants: your renunciation of this world and your aversion to it,

(1) In *al-Fisal*, 4/218: *aw a‘zab* (“or unmarried”); this is an error. (2) In *al-Fisal*: “with certainty.” (3) In *al-Fisal*: “than one who took from it (or: ‘from what’) that which he was permitted to take.” (4) In (S) and (B): “may Allah be pleased with him; and Allah knows best.” (5) In (K), p. 174 (M)–p. 176 (M). (6) The phrase “Alī had…” is absent from (K). (7) In (K): “the two Imams—peace be upon them—[put] *idām* (relish) in it.” (8) In (N), *istahyā* (“became ashamed”) is spelled with a final *alif maqsūra*; in (K), with a final *alif*. (9) In (K): “of the person who patched it.” (10) In (M): *līfun* (“palm fiber”); in (L): *al-līfa* (“the palm fiber”). (11) In (K): “and it is more beloved.”

عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ وَسَعِيدِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، فَلَا شَكَّ أَنَّهُ أَتَمُّ زُهْدًا وَأَعْزَفُ (١) عَنْ جَمِيعِ مَعَانِي الدُّنْيَا نَفْسًا (٢) مِمَّنْ يَأْخُذُ مَا أُبِيحَ لَهُ أَخْذُهُ (٣) . فَصَحَّ بِالْبُرْهَانِ الضَّرُورِيِّ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَزْهَدُ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الصَّحَابَةِ، ثُمَّ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ (٤) ". فَصْلٌ قَالَ الرَّافِضِيُّ (٥) : عَلِيٌّ قَدْ (٦) طَلَّقَ الدُّنْيَا ثَلَاثًا، وَكَانَ قُوتُهُ جَرِيشَ الشَّعِيرِ، وَكَانَ يَخْتِمُهُ لِئَلَّا يَضَعَ الْإِمَامَانِ فِيهِ أُدْمًا (٧) ، وَكَانَ يَلْبَسُ خَشِنَ الثِّيَابِ وَقَصِيرَهَا، وَرَقَّعَ مِدْرَعَتَهُ حَتَّى اسْتَحَى (٨) مِنْ رَقْعِهَا (٩) ، وَكَانَ حَمَائِلُ سَيْفِهِ لِيفًا (١٠) ، وَكَذَا نَعْلُهُ. وَرَوَى أَخْطَبُ خُوَارَزْمَ، «عَنْ عَمَّارٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: يَا عَلِيُّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ زَيَّنَكَ بِزِينَةٍ لَمْ يُزَيِّنِ الْعِبَادَ بِزِينَةٍ أَحَبَّ (١١) إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْهَا: زُهْدُكَ فِي الدُّنْيَا، وَبُغْضُهَا إِلَيْكَ،

(١) الْفِصَلِ ٤/٢١٨: أَوْ أَعْزَبُ: وَهُوَ خَطَأٌ (٢) الْفِصَلِ: يَقِينًا (٣) الْفَصْلِ: مِمَّنْ أَخَذَ مِنْهَا (مِمَّا) أُبِيحَ لَهُ أَخْذُهُ (٤) س، ب: عَنْهُ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ (٥) فِي (ك) ص ١٧٤ (م) ١٧٦ (م) (٦) عِبَارَةُ: " عَلِيٌّ قَدْ. . " لَيْسَتْ فِي (ك) (٧) ك: الْإِمَامَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ فِيهِ إِدَامًا (٨) ن: اسْتَحْيَى ; ك: اسْتَحْيَا (٩) ك: مِنْ رَاقِعِهَا (١٠)) م: لِيفٌ ; ل: اللِّيفَ (١١) ١١) ك: وَهِيَ أَحَبُّ