Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (8/551)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

[Section: Before the Hijrah, the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was wealthy through Khadījah’s wealth and had no need of war]

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His statement (1):

“Before the Hijrah, the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was wealthy through Khadījah’s wealth and had no need of war” (2).

The answer is that Abū Bakr’s spending was not intended to provide the Prophet (3), may Allah bless him and grant him peace, with food and clothing. Allah had made His Messenger independent of the wealth of all people. Rather, it supported him in establishing the faith. Abū Bakr thus spent on what Allah and His Messenger loved, not on the Messenger’s personal maintenance. He purchased those who were being tortured, such as Bilāl, ‘Āmir ibn Fuhayrah, Zunayrah, and others.

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His statement (4):

“After the Hijrah, Abū Bakr had nothing whatsoever.”

This is a manifest lie. On the contrary, he supported the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, with his wealth. When the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, urged people to give charity, Abū Bakr brought all his wealth. The people of the Suffah (the portico) were poor, so the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, urged people to

(1) In (K), pp. 200 (M)–201 (M); already cited earlier in this volume. (2) K: ilā al-harb wa-tajhīz al-juyūsh (“for war and the equipping of armies”). (3) M: nafaqatan li-l-nabī (“expenditure for the Prophet”). (4) In “K,” p. 201 (M); already quoted in this volume.

[فصل كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَبْلَ الْهِجْرَةِ غَنِيًّا بِمَالِ خَدِيجَةَ وَلَمْ يَحْتَجْ إِلَى الْحَرْبِ] فَصْلٌ. وَقَوْلُهُ: (١) " كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَبْلَ الْهِجْرَةِ غَنِيًّا بِمَالِ خَدِيجَةَ، وَلَمْ يَحْتَجْ إِلَى الْحَرْبِ " (٢) . وَالْجَوَابُ: أَنَّ إِنْفَاقَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ لَمْ يَكُنْ نَفَقَةً عَلَى النَّبِيِّ (٣) صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي طَعَامِهِ وَكُسْوَتِهِ، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَغْنَى رَسُولَهُ عَنْ مَالِ الْخَلْقِ أَجْمَعِينَ، بَلْ كَانَ مَعُونَةً لَهُ عَلَى إِقَامَةِ الْإِيمَانِ، فَكَانَ إِنْفَاقُهُ فِيمَا يُحِبُّهُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ لَا نَفَقَةً عَلَى نَفْسِ الرَّسُولِ، فَاشْتَرَى الْمُعَذَّبِينَ مِثْلَ بِلَالٍ وَعَامِرَ بْنَ فُهَيْرَةَ وَزُنَيْرَةَ وَجَمَاعَةً. فَصْلٌ. وَقَوْلُهُ (٤) : " وَبَعْدَ الْهِجْرَةِ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ شَيْءٌ أَلْبَتَّةَ " . فَهَذَا كَذِبٌ ظَاهِرٌ، بَلْ كَانَ يُعِينُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِمَالِهِ وَقَدْ حَثَّ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى الصَّدَقَةِ، فَجَاءَ بِمَالِهِ كُلِّهِ، وَأَصْحَابُ الصُّفَّةِ كَانُوا فُقَرَاءَ، فَحَثَّ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى

(١) فِي (ك) ص ٢٠٠ (م) - ٢٠١ (م) وَسَبَقَ فِيمَا مَضَى فِي هَذَا الْجُزْءِ. (٢) ك: إِلَى الْحَرْبِ وَتَجْهِيزِ الْجُيُوشِ. (٣) م: نَفَقَةً لِلنَّبِيِّ. (٤) فِي " ك " ص ٢٠١ (م) وَسَبَقَ إِيرَادُهُ فِي هَذَا الْجُزْءِ.