Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (7/498)

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As for his statement:

“The supplications transmitted from him would fill all one’s time.”

Most of them are fabrications falsely attributed to him. He was of far too high a standing to offer such supplications, which were not befitting his circumstances or those of the Companions. None of them has any chain of transmission. The supplications authentically transmitted from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, are the finest supplications anyone can offer, and they are used by the best members of this nation, from the earliest generations to the latest.

Likewise, his statement:

“He would perform a thousand rak'ahs every day and night.”

This too is a falsehood, and there would be nothing praiseworthy about it. The Prophet’s prayers, peace and blessings be upon him, over the course of a day and night totalled forty rak'ahs, both obligatory and voluntary. Someone charged with governing the Muslims and managing the affairs of the people and his family would not have enough time for a thousand rak'ahs, unless his prayer consisted of pecking like a crow. That is the prayer of the hypocrites, from which Allah preserved Alī.

As for the nights of Siffīn, what is authentically established is that he recited the words of remembrance that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, had taught Fātimah. He said, “I have never omitted them since I heard them from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him.”

He was asked, “Not even on the night (1) of Siffīn?”

He replied, “Not even on the night of Siffīn. I remembered them during the hours before dawn and recited them.” (2)

What he related about iron being removed from Alī’s body is also a lie, for Alī was never known to have

(1) In (S): “nights.” (2) In (S): “so I said.” The hadith narrated from Alī, may Allah be pleased with him, appears in several places in the *Musnad* (al-Maārif edition), in both full and abridged forms: nos. 838, 1228, and 1249. The supplication that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, taught Alī and Fātimah consists of glorifying Allah thirty-three times, praising Him thirty-three times, and proclaiming His greatness thirty-four times when they retire to bed. A hadith with the same meaning is narrated from Abd Allāh ibn Amr ibn al-Ās, may Allah be pleased with them both, in the *Musnad* (al-Maārif edition), no. 6554.

وَأَمَّا قَوْلُهُ: " الْأَدْعِيَةُ الْمَأْثُورَةُ عَنْهُ تَسْتَوْعِبُ الْوَقْتَ " . فَعَامَّتُهَا كَذِبٌ عَلَيْهِ، وَهُوَ كَانَ أَجَلَّ قَدْرًا مِنْ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ بِهَذِهِ الْأَدْعِيَةِ الَّتِي لَا تَلِيقُ بِحَالِهِ وَحَالِ الصَّحَابَةِ، وَلَيْسَ لِشَيْءٍ مِنْ هَذِهِ إِسْنَادٌ، وَالْأَدْعِيَةُ الثَّابِتَةُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هِيَ أَفْضَلُ مَا دَعَا بِهِ أَحَدٌ، وَبِهَا يَدْعُو خِيَارُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَالْآخِرِينَ. وَكَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ: " إِنَّهُ كَانَ يُصَلِّي فِي الْيَوْمِ وَاللَّيْلَةِ أَلْفَ رَكْعَةٍ " . مِنَ الْكَذِبِ الَّذِي لَا مَدْحَ فِيهِ، فَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ مَجْمُوعُ صَلَاتِهِ فِي الْيَوْمِ وَاللَّيْلَةِ أَرْبَعِينَ رَكْعَةً: فَرْضًا وَنَفْلًا، وَالزَّمَانُ لَا يَتَّسِعُ لِأَلْفِ رَكْعَةٍ لِمَنْ وَلِيَ أَمْرَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مَعَ سِيَاسَةِ النَّاسِ وَأَهْلِهِ، إِلَّا أَنْ تَكُونَ صَلَاتُهُ نَقْرًا كَنَقْرِ الْغُرَابِ، وَهِيَ صَلَاةُ الْمُنَافِقِينَ الَّتِي نَزَّهَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا عَلِيًّا. وَأَمَّا لَيَالِي صِفِّينَ، فَالَّذِي ثَبَتَ فِي الصَّحِيحِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ الذِّكْرَ الَّذِي عَلَّمَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِفَاطِمَةَ: قَالَ: مَا تَرَكْتُهُ مُنْذُ سَمِعْتُهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قِيلَ: وَلَا لَيْلَةَ (١) صِفِّينَ؟ قَالَ: وَلَا لَيْلَةَ صِفِّينَ، ذَكَرْتُهُ مِنَ السِّحْرِ فَقُلْتُهُ (٢) . وَمَا ذَكَرَ مِنْ إِخْرَاجِ الْحَدِيدِ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ فَكَذِبٌ، فَإِنَّ عَلِيًّا لَمْ يُعْرَفْ أَنَّهُ

(١) س: لَيَالِيَ (٢) س: فَقُلْتُ، وَالْحَدِيثُ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي عِدَّةِ مَوَاضِعَ مِنَ الْمُسْنَدِ (ط. الْمَعَارِفِ) مُطَوَّلًا وَمُخْتَصَرًا الْأَرْقَامُ ٨٣٨، ١٢٢٨، ١٢٤٩ وَالدُّعَاءُ الَّذِي عَلَّمَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِعَلِيٍّ وَفَاطِمَةَ هُوَ تَسْبِيحُ اللَّهِ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ وَحَمْدُ اللَّهِ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ وَتَكْبِيرُهُ أَرْبَعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ عِنْدَمَا يَأْوِيَانِ إِلَى فِرَاشِهِمَا. وَجَاءَ الْحَدِيثُ بِمَعْنَاهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا فِي الْمُسْنَدِ (ط. الْمَعَارِفِ) رَقْمُ ٦٥٥٤