Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (1/476)

Their shaykh, Ibn al-Nu'mān—known among them as al-Mufīd—[who was the teacher of al-Mūsawī and al-Tūsī] (1), composed a book entitled Rites of the Shrines. In it, he made the graves of created beings objects of pilgrimage, just as [the Kaaba] (2), the Sacred House, is visited for Hajj. Allah made it a foundation of well-being for mankind, and it was the first House established for mankind. Circumambulation is therefore performed only around it, prayer is directed only toward it (3), and Allah has commanded pilgrimage only to it (4).

It is necessarily known from the religion of Islam that the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—did not command what they have mentioned regarding shrines, nor did he prescribe rites for his nation at the graves of the prophets and the righteous. Rather, this belongs to the religion of the polytheists, concerning whom Allah said:

“And they said: Never abandon your gods! Never abandon Wadd, Suwā', Yaghūth, Ya'ūq, or Nasr!”

[Surah Noah: 23]

Ibn 'Abbās [and others] said: (5) “These were righteous people among…”

(1) The words between brackets are absent from (N) and (M). See the biographies of al-Mufīd, al-Mūsawī, and al-Tūsī above, p. 56, n. [0–9], 3, and 4. (2) “The Kaaba” is absent from (N) and (M). (3) (N) and (M): “except toward it.” (4) (A) and (B): “and He commanded pilgrimage only to it.” (5) “And others” is an addition in (A) and (B).

وَقَدْ صَنَّفَ شَيْخُهُمُ ابْنُ النُّعْمَانِ، الْمَعْرُوفُ عِنْدَهُمْ بِالْمُفِيدِ - [وَهُوَ شَيْخُ الْمُوسَوِيِّ وَالطُّوسِيِّ] (١) - كِتَابًا سَمَّاهُ: " مَنَاسِكُ الْمَشَاهِدِ " جَعَلَ قُبُورَ الْمَخْلُوقِينَ تُحَجُّ كَمَا تُحَجُّ [الْكَعْبَةُ] (٢) الْبَيْتُ الْحَرَامُ الَّذِي جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ قِيَامًا لِلنَّاسِ، وَهُوَ أَوَّلُ بَيْتٍ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ فَلَا يُطَافُ إِلَّا بِهِ، وَلَا يُصَلَّى إِلَّا إِلَيْهِ (٣) وَلَمْ يَأْمُرِ اللَّهُ إِلَّا بِحَجِّهِ (٤) . وَقَدْ عُلِمَ بِالِاضْطِرَارِ مِنْ دِينِ الْإِسْلَامِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - لَمْ يَأْمُرْ بِمَا ذَكَرُوهُ مِنْ أَمْرِ الْمَشَاهِدِ، وَلَا شَرَعَ لِأُمَّتِهِ مَنَاسِكَ عِنْدَ قُبُورِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَالصَّالِحِينَ، بَلْ هَذَا مِنْ دِينِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ الَّذِينَ قَالَ اللَّهُ فِيهِمْ: {وَقَالُوا لَا تَذَرُنَّ آلِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلَا سُوَاعًا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًا} [سُورَةُ نُوحٍ: ٢٣] قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ [وَغَيْرُهُ] : (٥) هَؤُلَاءِ كَانُوا قَوْمًا صَالِحِينَ فِي

(١) مَا بَيْنَ الْمَعْقُوفَتَيْنِ سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . وَانْظُرْ تَرْجَمَةَ الْمُفِيدِ وَالْمُوسَوِيِّ وَالطُّوسِيِّ فِيمَا سَبَقَ، ص ٥٦ ت [٠ - ٩] ، ٣، ٤. (٢) الْكَعْبَةُ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . (٣) ن، م: إِلَّا لَهُ. (٤) أ، ب: وَلَمْ يَأْمُرْ إِلَّا بِحَجِّهِ. (٥) وَغَيْرُهُ: زِيَادَةٌ فِي (أ) ، (ب) .