Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (8/317)

And the supporters of ‘Uthmān who disparaged ‘Alī continued to cite this as evidence that ‘Alī was not a rightly guided caliph. Yet their argument was not (1) stronger than that of the Rāfidah. Thus, if (2) their argument is invalid and ‘Alī was killed unjustly, this is all the more true of ‘Uthmān.

[Chapter: Section Six—Refuting Their Arguments for Abū Bakr’s Caliphate]
[The First Argument: Consensus; the Response Denying Consensus and Its Rebuttal]

Chapter.

The Rāfidī (3) said: “Section Six: Refuting (4) Their Arguments (5) for Abū Bakr’s Caliphate. They advanced several arguments. The first is consensus.

The response:

We deny that there was consensus, for a group from Banū Hāshim did not agree to this, nor did a number of leading Companions, such as Salmān, Abū Dharr, al-Miqdād, ‘Ammār, Hudhayfah, Sa‘d ibn ‘Ubādah, Zayd ibn Arqam, Usāmah ibn Zayd, Khālid ibn Sa‘īd ibn al-‘Ās (6), [and Ibn ‘Abbās] (7).

(1) n, m, s: mā kānat (“was not”). (2) s, b: wa-idhā (“and if”). (3) In (k), p. 197 (m). (4) Faskh (“refutation”) is omitted from (s) and (b); (k) reads naskh (“invalidation”). (5) s, b: hujjatihim (“their argument”). (6) m: k: “and Khālid ibn Sa‘d ibn Abī Waqqās,” which is incorrect. Khālid ibn Sa‘īd ibn al-‘Ās was a Companion among the early converts to Islam. Accounts differ concerning when he was martyred: some place it at the battle of Marj al-Suffar, others at the battle of Ajnādayn. See his biography in al-Isābah, 1:406; Ibn Sa‘d, al-Tabaqāt, 4:94–100. (7) “And Ibn ‘Abbās” occurs only in (k).

وَلَمْ تَزَلْ شِيعَةُ عُثْمَانَ الْقَادِحِينَ فِي عَلِيٍّ تَحْتَجُّ بِهَذَا عَلَى أَنَّ عَلِيًّا لَمْ يَكُنْ خَلِيفَةً رَاشِدًا وَمَا كَانَتْ (١) حُجَّتُهُمْ أَعْظَمَ مِنْ حُجَّةِ الرَّافِضَةِ، فَإِذَا (٢) كَانَتْ حُجَّتُهُمْ دَاحِضَةً وَعَلِيٌّ قُتِلَ مَظْلُومًا فَعُثْمَانُ أَوْلَى بِذَلِكَ. [باب الفصل السادس في فسخ حججهم على إمامة أبي بكر] [الأول الإجماع والجواب منع الإجماع والرد عليه] بَابٌ. قَالَ الرَّافِضِيُّ (٣) : الْفَصْلُ السَّادِسُ: فِي فَسْخِ (٤) حُجَجِهِمْ (٥) عَلَى إِمَامَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ احْتَجُّوا بِوُجُوهٍ: الْأَوَّلُ: الْإِجْمَاعُ، وَالْجَوَابُ: مَنْعُ الْإِجْمَاعِ، فَإِنَّ جَمَاعَةً مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ لَمْ يُوَافِقُوا عَلَى ذَلِكَ وَجَمَاعَةً مِنْ أَكَابِرِ الصَّحَابَةِ كَسَلْمَانَ وَأَبِي ذَرٍّ وَالْمِقْدَادِ وَعَمَّارٍ وَحُذَيْفَةَ وَسَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ وَزَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ وَأُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ وَخَالِدِ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعَاصِ (٦) [وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ] (٧) .

(١) ن، م، س: مَا كَانَتْ (٢) س، ب: وَإِذَا (٣) فِي (ك) ص ١٩٧ (م) (٤) فَسْخِ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (س) ، (ب) وَفِي (ك) : نَسْخِ (٥) س، ب حُجَّتِهِمْ (٦) م: ك: وَخَالِدِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ، وَهُوَ خَطَأٌ. وَخَالِدُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعَاصِ، صَحَابِيٌّ مِنَ السَّابِقِينَ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ، اخْتُلِفَ فِي يَوْمِ اسْتِشْهَادِهِ فَقِيلَ فِي: يَوْمِ مَرْجِ الصُّفَّرِ، وَقِيلَ: يَوْمَ أَجْنَادَيْنِ. انْظُرْ تَرْجَمَتَهُ فِي: الْإِصَابَةِ ١/٤٠٦، طَبَقَاتِ ابْنِ سَعْدٍ ٤/٩٤ - ١٠٠ (٧) وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فِي (ك) فَقَطْ