Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (8/532)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

from (1) your Prophet’s Sunnah what you cannot deny, will you retract your objections?’

“They replied, ‘Yes.’

“I said, ‘As for your claim that he appointed men to arbitrate in Allah’s religion, Allah says:

““O you who believe, do not kill game while you are in a state of pilgrimage consecration. Whoever among you kills it deliberately must offer compensation in livestock equivalent to what he killed, as determined by two just men among you.” [Surah al-Mā’idah: 95]

“‘He also says concerning a woman and her husband:

““If you fear a breach between them, appoint an arbitrator from his family and an arbitrator from hers.” [Surah al-Nisā’: 35]

“‘I ask you by Allah: is arbitration by men to prevent bloodshed, preserve lives, and reconcile their differences (* more appropriate, or arbitration over a rabbit worth a quarter of a dirham?’

“They replied, ‘For [preventing the shedding of] *) (2) their blood and reconciling their differences.’ I said (3), ‘Have I answered this objection?’

“They replied, ‘By Allah, yes.’

“I said (4), ‘As for your claim that he fought (5) but neither enslaved captives nor took spoils: would you take your mother (6) captive and then permit yourselves with her what you permit yourselves with other women? Were you to do so, you would have disbelieved. And if you claim that she is not your mother (7), then you have disbelieved and left Islam. Allah says:

““The Prophet has a greater claim upon the believers than they have upon themselves, and his wives are their mothers.” [Surah al-Ahzāb: 6]

“‘You are wavering (8) between two forms of misguidance, so choose whichever you wish. Have I answered this objection?’

“They replied, ‘By Allah, yes.’

(1) Hilyat al-awliyā’: min (“from”). (2) Haqn (“preventing [bloodshed]”) is omitted from (ن) and (م); I have supplied it from Hilyat al-awliyā’, 1:319. (3) The passage between the two asterisks is omitted from (س) and (ب). (4) Qāla (“he said”) is omitted from (ن), (م), and (س). (5) Hilyat al-awliyā’: innahu qātala (“he fought…”). (6) م: ummakum umma al-mu’minīn (“your mother, the Mother of the Believers”). (7) Hilyat al-awliyā’: bi-ummikum (“your mother”). (8) Hilyat al-awliyā’: fa-antum tataraddadūna (“Thus you are wavering…”).

عَنْ (١) سُنَّةِ نَبِيِّكُمْ مَا لَا تُنْكِرُونَ أَتَرْجِعُونَ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: أَمَّا قَوْلُكُمْ: إِنَّهُ حَكَّمَ الرِّجَالَ فِي دِينِ اللَّهِ، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ {يَاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَقْتُلُوا الصَّيْدَ وَأَنْتُمْ حُرُمٌ وَمَنْ قَتَلَهُ مِنْكُمْ مُتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاءٌ مِثْلُ مَا قَتَلَ مِنَ النَّعَمِ يَحْكُمُ بِهِ ذَوَا عَدْلٍ مِنْكُمْ} [سُورَةُ الْمَائِدَةِ: ٩٥] ، وَقَالَ: فِي الْمَرْأَةِ وَزَوْجِهَا {وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ شِقَاقَ بَيْنِهِمَا فَابْعَثُوا حَكَمًا مِنْ أَهْلِهِ وَحَكَمًا مِنْ أَهْلِهَا} [سُورَةُ النِّسَاءِ: ٣٥] أَنْشُدُكُمُ اللَّهَ أَفَحُكْمُ الرِّجَالِ فِي حَقْنِ دِمَائِهِمْ وَأَنْفُسِهِمْ وَصَلَاحِ ذَاتِ بَيْنِهِمْ (* أَحَقُّ أَمْ فِي أَرْنَبٍ ثَمَنُهَا رُبُعُ دِرْهَمٍ؟ قَالُوا: فِي [حَقْنِ] *) (٢) دِمَائِهِمْ وَصَلَاحِ ذَاتِ بَيْنِهِمْ، قَالَ (٣) : أَخَرَجْتُ مِنْ هَذِهِ؟ قَالُوا: اللَّهُمَّ نَعَمْ، قَالَ (٤) : وَأَمَّا قَوْلُكُمْ قَاتَلَ (٥) وَلَمْ يَسْبِ وَلَمْ يَغْنَمْ أَتَسْبُونَ أُمَّكُمْ (٦) ، ثُمَّ تَسْتَحِلُّونَ مِنْهَا مَا تَسْتَحِلُّونَ مِنْ غَيْرِهَا فَقَدْ كَفَرْتُمْ وَإِنْ زَعَمْتُمْ أَنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ أُمَّكُمْ (٧) فَقَدْ كَفَرْتُمْ وَخَرَجْتُمْ مِنَ الْإِسْلَامِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ: {النَّبِيُّ أَوْلَى بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَأَزْوَاجُهُ أُمَّهَاتُهُمْ} [سُورَةُ الْأَحْزَابِ: ٦] وَأَنْتُمْ مُتَرَدِّدُونَ (٨) بَيْنَ ضَلَالَتَيْنِ فَاخْتَارُوا أَيُّهُمَا شِئْتُمْ أَخْرَجْتُ مِنْ هَذِهِ؟ قَالُوا: اللَّهُمَّ نَعَمْ.

(١) الْحِلْيَةِ: مِنْ (٢) حَقْنِ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) وَأَثْبَتُّهَا مِنَ الْحِلْيَةِ ١/٣١٩. (٣) مَا بَيْنَ النَّجْمَتَيْنِ سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (س) ، (ب) . (٤) قَالَ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) ، (س) (٥) الْحِلْيَةِ: إِنَّهُ قَاتَلَ. . . (٦) م: أُمَّكُمْ أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ. (٧) الْحِلْيَةِ: بِأُمِّكُمْ. (٨) الْحِلْيَةِ: فَأَنْتُمْ تَتَرَدَّدُونَ. . .