Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (8/134)

And he said to al-Barā’ ibn ‘Āzib: “My son al-Husayn will be killed, and you will not come to his aid.” It happened as he had said, and he informed him (1) of the place where al-Husayn would be killed.

He also foretold the rule of the Abbasids and the Turks’ seizure of power from them, saying:

“The rule of the Abbasids will be easy (2), without hardship. Even if the Turks, the Daylamites, the Indians (3), the Berbers, and al-Taylasān united against them to overthrow their rule, they would be unable to do so until their clients and the leading men of their state break away from them (4), and a Turkish king is given power (5) over them. He will attack them from the region where their rule began (6). He will pass no city without conquering it, and no banner will be raised against him without his bringing it down. Woe, then (7) woe, to anyone who opposes him! He will continue in this way until he prevails over them (8), then hand over the fruits of his victory to a man from my family who speaks the truth and acts upon it (9).”

Indeed, this is (10) what happened, for Hulagu emerged from the direction of (11) Khurāsān.

(1) S, B: wa-akhbara (“and he informed”). (2) K: yusr (“ease”). (3) K: wa-l-Sind wa-l-Hind (“and Sind and India”). (4) N, S, B: tashudda ‘alayhim (“attack them”); M: tashtadda ‘anhum (“grow severe away from them”). The adopted reading is from K. (5) K: tusallatu (“is given power”). (6) K: hādhā (“this”). (7) Thumma (“then”) is omitted from K. (8) Bihim (“over them”) is omitted from K. (9) M: wa-ya‘tamidu bihi (“and relies on it”). (10) K: wa-kāna al-amru (“and the matter was …”). (11) M: nahwi (“toward”).

وَقَالَ لِلْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ: إِنَّ ابْنِي الْحُسَيْنَ يُقْتَلُ وَلَا تَنْصُرُهُ، فَكَانَ كَمَا قَالَ، وَأَخْبَرَهُ (١) بِمَوْضِعِ قَتْلِهِ. وَأَخْبَرَ بِمُلْكِ بَنِي الْعَبَّاسِ، وَأَخْذِ التُّرْكِ الْمُلْكَ مِنْهُمْ، فَقَالَ: مُلْكُ بَنِي الْعَبَّاسِ يَسِيرٌ (٢) لَا عُسْرَ فِيهِ، لَوِ اجْتَمَعَ عَلَيْهِمُ التُّرْكُ وَالدَّيْلَمُ وَالْهِنْدُ (٣) وَالْبَرْبَرُ وَالطَّيْلَسَانُ عَلَى أَنْ يُزِيلُوا مُلْكَهُمْ مَا قَدَرُوا أَنْ يُزِيلُوهُ، حَتَّى يَشِذَّ عَنْهُمْ (٤) مَوَالِيهِمْ وَأَرْبَابُ دَوْلَتِهِمْ، وَيُسَلَّطُ (٥) . عَلَيْهِمْ مَلِكٌ مِنَ التُّرْكِ يَأْتِي عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ بَدَأَ (٦) . مُلْكُهُمْ، لَا يَمُرُّ بِمَدِينَةٍ إِلَّا فَتَحَهَا، وَلَا يُرْفَعُ لَهُ رَايَةٌ إِلَّا نَكَّسَهَا، الْوَيْلُ ثُمَّ (٧) الْوَيْلُ لِمَنْ نَاوَأَهُ، فَلَا يَزَالُ كَذَلِكَ حَتَّى يَظْفَرَ بِهِمْ (٨) ، ثُمَّ يَدْفَعُ ظَفَرَهُ إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ عِتْرَتِي، يَقُولُ بِالْحَقِّ وَيَعْمَلُ بِهِ (٩) .، أَلَا وَإِنَّ الْأَمْرَ (١٠) كَذَلِكَ ; حَيْثُ ظَهَرَ هُولَاكُو مِنْ نَاحِيَةِ (١١) . خُرَاسَانَ.

(١) س، ب: وَأَخْبَرَ (٢) ك: يُسْرٌ (٣) ك: وَالسِّنْدُ وَالْهِنْدُ (٤) ن، س، ب: تَشُدَّ عَلَيْهِمْ، م: تَشْتَدَّ عَنْهُمْ، وَالْمُثْبَتُ مِنْ (ك) (٥) ك: تُسَلَّطُ (٦) ك: هَذَا (٧) ثُمَّ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ك) (٨) بِهِمْ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ك) (٩) م: وَيَعْتَمِدُ بِهِ (١٠) ك: وَكَانَ الْأَمْرُ. . . . (١١) م: نَحْوِ