Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (8/354)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

lacks understanding, and many a bearer of understanding conveys it to someone who understands it better than he does.

Three things keep a believer’s heart free of corruption: dedicating one’s deeds sincerely to Allah, offering sincere counsel to those in authority, and remaining with the Muslim community.” (1)

Al-Hākim narrated these hadiths in al-Mustadrak and stated that they met the criteria for authenticity.

This implies that the Muslim community can agree only upon truth, guidance, and what is right, and that those most entitled to this distinction are the Companions of the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace. It follows that their establishment of al-Siddīq’s caliphate was true, rightly guided, and correct.

Moreover, the early generations strongly condemned anyone who opposed consensus, counting him among those given to deviation and misguidance. Had this been commonplace among them, they would not have condemned it. Their condemnation rested on certainty, and they did not permit anyone to refrain from condemning such a person. This indicates that, for them, consensus was established with certainty.

(1) This hadith is reported—with variations in wording—from several Companions, including Anas ibn Mālik, Zayd ibn Thābit, Jubayr ibn Mut‘im, ‘Abd Allāh ibn Mas‘ūd, Mu‘ādh ibn Jabal, and Abū al-Dardā’—may Allah be pleased with them—in Sunan Abī Dāwūd, 3/322 (Book of Knowledge, Chapter on the Merit of Disseminating Knowledge); Sunan al-Tirmidhī, 4/141–142 (Book of Knowledge, Chapter on Conveying Knowledge); and al-Musnad (al-Halabī edition), 3/225. The hadith is authentic: al-Tirmidhī graded Zayd ibn Thābit’s narration as hasan (good), and said of ‘Abd Allāh ibn Mas‘ūd’s narration: “This is a hasan sahīh (good and authentic) hadith.” Al-Albānī also graded the hadith as authentic in Sahīh al-Jāmi‘ al-Saghīr, 6/30.

غَيْرُ فَقِيهٍ، وَرُبَّ حَامِلِ فِقْهٍ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ أَفْقَهُ مِنْهُ. ثَلَاثٌ لَا يُغَلُّ عَلَيْهِنَّ قَلْبٌ مُؤْمِنٌ: إِخْلَاصُ الْعَمَلِ لِلَّهِ وَمُنَاصَحَةُ وُلَاةِ الْأَمْرِ وَلُزُومُ جَمَاعَةِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ» " (١) رَوَى هَذِهِ الْأَحَادِيثَ الْحَاكِمُ فِي " الْمُسْتَدْرَكِ " وَذَكَرَ أَنَّهَاعَلَى شَرْطِ الصَّحِيحِ. وَذَلِكَ يَقْتَضِي أَنَّ اجْتِمَاعَ الْأُمَّةِ لَا يَكُونُ إِلَّا عَلَى حَقٍّ وَهُدًى وَصَوَابٍ، وَأَنَّ أَحَقَّ الْأُمَّةِ بِذَلِكَ هُمْ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -، وَذَلِكَ يَقْتَضِي أَنَّ مَا فَعَلُوهُ مِنْ خِلَافَةِ الصِّدِّيقِ كَانَ حَقًّا وَهَدًى وَصَوَابًا. وَأَيْضًا فَإِنَّ السَّلَفَ كَانَ يَشْتَدُّ إِنْكَارُهُمْ عَلَى مَنْ يُخَالِفُ الْإِجْمَاعَ، وَيَعُدُّونَهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الزَّيْغِ وَالضَّلَالِ، فَلَوْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ شَائِعًا عِنْدَهُمْ لَمْ يُنْكِرُوهُ، وَكَانُوا يَنْكَرُونَ عَلَيْهِ إِنْكَارًا هُمْ قَاطِعُونَ بِهِ لَا يُسَوِّغُونَ لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَدَعَ الْإِنْكَارَ عَلَيْهِ فَدَلَّ عَلَى أَنَّ الْإِجْمَاعَ عِنْدَهُمْ كَانَ مَقْطُوعًا بِهِ.

(١) وَرَدَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ - مَعَ اخْتِلَافٍ فِي الْأَلْفَاظِ - عَنْ عَدَدٍ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ مِنْهُمْ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ وَزَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ وَجُبَيْرُ بْنُ مُطْعِمٍ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ وَمُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ وَأَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ - فِي: سُنَنِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ ٣/٣٢٢ (كِتَابُ الْعِلْمِ، بَابُ فَضْلِ نَشْرِ الْعِلْمِ) . سُنَنِ التِّرْمِذِيِّ ٤/١٤١ - ١٤٢ (كِتَابُ الْعِلْمِ، بَابُ مَنْ بَلَغَ عِلْمًا) ، الْمُسْنَدِ (ط. الْحَلَبِيِّ) ٣/٢٢٥ وَالْحَدِيثُ صَحِيحٌ فَقَدْ حَسَّنَ التِّرْمِذِيُّ حَدِيثَ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، وَقَالَ عَنْ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ " كَمَا صَحَّحَ الْأَلْبَانِيُّ الْحَدِيثَ فِي " صَحِيحِ الْجَامِعِ الصَّغِيرِ " ٦/٣٠