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five rakʿahs with them, and when he had concluded the prayer, they said to him, “[O Messenger of Allah] (1), has something been added to the prayer?” He replied, “What is that?” They said, “You prayed five.” “[He then said …]”—and the hadith continues (2).

As for the Rāfidah, they resemble the Christians. Allah Most High commanded people to obey the messengers in what they commanded and to believe them in what they reported, and He forbade creation from religious excess and associating partners with Allah. Yet the Christians altered Allah’s religion: they went to excess concerning Christ and associated partners with Allah through him. They altered his religion, disobeyed him, and exalted him, thereby becoming sinners through their disobedience to him.

They carried their excess concerning him so far that they departed from the two foundations of religion: acknowledging Allah’s oneness and acknowledging the divine mission of His messengers:

“I testify that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah, and I testify that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger.”

Their excess took them outside monotheism until they professed the Trinity and union with God. It also took them away from obeying and believing the Messenger, for he commanded them to worship Allah, his Lord and theirs. They belied him when he said that Allah is his Lord and theirs (3), and they disobeyed what he commanded them to do.

(1) “O Messenger of Allah” is absent from (N) and (M). (2) “He said” is an addition in (A) and (B). The hadith of Abd Allah ibn Masūd—may Allah be pleased with him—appears in al-Bukhārī, 2:68 (Book of Forgetfulness, chapter on praying five rakʿahs); Muslim, 1:401–2 (Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer, chapter on forgetfulness in prayer); *Sunan Abī Dāwūd*, 1:369 (Book of Prayer, chapter on praying five rakʿahs); *Sunan Ibn Mājah*, 1:380 (Book of Establishing Prayer, chapter on one who inadvertently performs five rakʿahs for the Zuhr prayer); and *al-Musnad* (al-Maʿārif ed.), 5:193–94. (3) “And their Lord” is absent from (A) and (B).

بِهِمْ خَمْسًا، فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ قَالُوا: لَهُ [يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ] (١) أَزِيدَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ؟ قَالَ: وَمَا ذَاكَ؟ قَالُوا: صَلَّيْتَ خَمْسًا» ، [فَقَالَ] الْحَدِيثَ (٢) . وَأَمَّا الرَّافِضَةُ فَأَشْبَهُوا النَّصَارَى، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى أَمَرَ النَّاسَ بِطَاعَةِ الرُّسُلِ فِيمَا أَمَرُوا بِهِ، وَتَصْدِيقِهِمْ فِيمَا أَخْبَرُوا بِهِ، وَنَهَى الْخَلْقَ عَنِ الْغُلُوِّ وَالْإِشْرَاكِ بِاللَّهِ، فَبَدَّلَتِ النَّصَارَى دِينَ اللَّهِ، فَغَلَوْا فِي الْمَسِيحِ فَأَشْرَكُوا بِهِ، وَبَدَّلُوا دِينَهُ فَعَصَوْهُ وَعَظَّمُوهُ فَصَارُوا عُصَاةً بِمَعْصِيَتِهِ، وَبَالَغُوا فِيهِ خَارِجِينَ عَنْ أَصْلَيِ الدِّينِ وَهُمَا الْإِقْرَارُ لِلَّهِ بِالْوَحْدَانِيَّةِ وَلِرُسُلِهِ بِالرِّسَالَةِ: أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، فَالْغُلُوُّ أَخْرَجَهُمْ عَنِ التَّوْحِيدِ حَتَّى قَالُوا بِالتَّثْلِيثِ وَالِاتِّحَادِ، وَأَخْرَجَهُمْ عَنْ طَاعَةِ الرَّسُولِ وَتَصْدِيقِهِ حَيْثُ أَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ رَبَّهُ وَرَبَّهُمْ، فَكَذَّبُوهُ فِي قَوْلِهِ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ رَبُّهُ وَرَبُّهُمْ (٣) وَعَصَوْهُ فِيمَا أَمَرَهُمْ بِهِ.

(١) يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . (٢) فَقَالَ: زِيَادَةٌ فِي (أ) ، (ب) وَالْحَدِيثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ ٢/٦٨ (كِتَابُ السَّهْوِ، بَابُ إِذَا صَلَّى خَمْسًا) ؛ مُسْلِمٍ ١/٤٠١ - ٤٠٢ (كِتَابُ الْمَسَاجِدِ وَمَوَاضِعِ الصَّلَاةِ، بَابُ السَّهْوِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ) ؛ سُنَنِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ ١/٣٦٩ (كِتَابُ الصَّلَاةِ، بَابُ إِذَا صَلَّى خَمْسًا) ؛ سُنَنِ ابْنِ مَاجَهْ ١/٣٨٠ (كِتَابُ إِقَامَةِ الصَّلَاةِ، بَابُ مَنْ صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ خَمْسًا وَهُوَ سَاهٍ) ؛ الْمُسْنَدِ (ط. الْمَعَارِفِ) ٥/١٩٣ - ١٩٤. (٣) وَرَبُّهُمْ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (أ) ، (ب) .