Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (8/185)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

the hadith was not transmitted by any truthful and accurate narrator. Rather, it was in fact invented by someone and fashioned by his own hands; another then imitated him and fabricated something resembling his report, although the incident was one and the same.

This version states that ‘Alī was occupied only with dividing the spoils, not with the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace. Yet ‘Alī did not divide the spoils of Khaybar, and it is not permissible to neglect prayer while dividing them. Khaybar took place after the Battle of the Trench, in the seventh year (1), and after al-Hudaybiyah, which took place in the sixth year. This is established among the scholars through mass transmission.

The Battle of the Trench occurred earlier, either in the fifth or the fourth year. During it, Allah Most High revealed:

“Guard strictly your prayers, especially the middle prayer.”
[Surah al-Baqarah: 238]

Through this verse, postponing prayer was abrogated (2) on the day of the Battle of the Trench, even though the postponement had been due to fighting, according to most scholars (3). Even among those who hold that it was not abrogated and that postponement remains permissible because of fighting—such as Abū Hanīfah, and Ahmad according to one of the two positions reported from him—the scholars have not disputed that it is impermissible to let the time for prayer lapse because of dividing the spoils. Dividing them can wait, whereas the time for prayer can expire.

This version also states that the sun reached the middle of the mosque. This is an obvious falsehood, for such a thing would be among the greatest wonders of the world: had it occurred, vast numbers of people would have reported it. It also states that when the sun set, it was heard making a screeching sound like that of a saw. This, too, is an obvious falsehood, for there is likewise nothing to cause such a sound. When the sun sets, it does not encounter any physical bodies that would produce this tremendous sound, reaching from the fourth celestial sphere to

(1) n: “in the year …” (2) n, s: “and postponement was abrogated by it”; m: “and what was delayed was abrogated by it.” (3) “Even though it was due to fighting, according to most scholars”: this is the reading in (b), and it is correct. All the other manuscripts read: “Even though fighting was more frequent among scholars.”

الْحَدِيثَ لَمْ يَرْوِهِ صَادِقٌ ضَابِطٌ، بَلْ هُوَ فِي نَفْسِ الْأَمْرِ مِمَّا اخْتَلَقَهُ وَاحِدٌ وَعَمِلَتْهُ يَدَاهُ، فَتَشَبَّهَ بِهِ آخَرُ، فَاخْتَلَقَ مَا يُشْبِهُ حَدِيثَ ذَلِكَ. وَالْقِصَّةُ وَاحِدَةٌ. وَفِي هَذَا أَنَّ عَلِيًّا إِنَّمَا اشْتَغَلَ بِقَسْمِ الْمَغَانِمِ لَا بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَعَلِيٌّ لَمْ يُقَسِّمْ مَغَانِمَ خَيْبَرَ، وَلَا يَجُوزُ الِاشْتِغَالُ بِقِسْمَتِهَا عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ ; فَإِنَّ خَيْبَرَ بَعْدَ الْخَنْدَقِ، سَنَةَ (١) سَبْعٍ، وَبَعْدَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ، سَنَةَ سِتٍّ. وَهَذَا مِنَ الْمُتَوَاتِرِ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ. وَالْخَنْدَقُ كَانَتْ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ، إِمَّا سَنَةَ خَمْسٍ أَوْ أَرْبَعٍ، وَفِيهَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: {حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى} [سُورَةُ الْبَقَرَةِ: ٢٣٨] ، وَنُسِخَ التَّأْخِيرُ بِهَا (٢) يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ، مَعَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ لِلْقِتَالِ عِنْدَ أَكْثَرِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ (٣) . وَمَنْ قَالَ: إِنَّهُ لَمْ يُنْسَخْ، بَلْ يَجُوزُ التَّأْخِيرُ لِلْقِتَالِ، كَأَبِي حَنِيفَةَ، وَأَحْمَدَ - فِي إِحْدَى الرِّوَايَتَيْنِ - فَلَمْ يَتَنَازَعِ الْعُلَمَاءُ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَجُزْ تَفْوِيتُ الصَّلَاةِ لِأَجْلِ قَسْمِ الْغَنَائِمِ ; فَإِنَّ هَذَا لَا يَفُوتُ، وَالصَّلَاةُ تَفُوتُ. وَفِي هَذَا أَنَّهَا تَوَسَّطَتِ الْمَسْجِدَ، وَهَذَا مِنَ الْكَذِبِ الظَّاهِرِ ; فَإِنَّ مِثْلَ هَذَا مِنْ أَعْظَمِ غَرَائِبِ الْعَالَمِ، الَّتِي لَوْ جَرَتْ لَنَقَلَهَا الْجَمُّ الْغَفِيرُ. وَفِيهِ أَنَّهَا لَمَّا غَابَتْ سُمِعَ لَهَا صَرِيرٌ كَصَرِيرِ الْمِنْشَارِ، وَهَذَا أَيْضًا مِنَ الْكَذِبِ الظَّاهِرِ ; فَإِنَّ هَذَا لَا مُوجِبَ لَهُ أَيْضًا، وَالشَّمْسُ عِنْدَ غُرُوبِهَا لَا تُلَاقِي مِنَ الْأَجْسَامِ مَا يُوجِبُ هَذَا الصَّوْتَ الْعَظِيمَ، الَّذِي يَصِلُ مِنَ الْفَلَكِ الرَّابِعِ إِلَى

(١) ن: فِي سَنَةِ. . . (٢) ن، س: وَنُسِخَ بِهَا التَّأْخِيرُ، م: وَنُسِخَ بِهَا الْمُتَأَخِّرُ. (٣) مَعَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ لِلْقِتَالِ عِنْدَ أَكْثَرِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ: كَذَا فِي (ب) وَهُوَ الصَّوَابُ. وَفِي سَائِرِ النُّسَخِ: مَعَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ الْقِتَالُ أَكْثَرَ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ.