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Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

much that lay concealed. [The Messenger of Allah] (1)—peace and blessings be upon him—had foretold what would actually come to pass.

Hudhayfah related (2) this during the caliphates of Umar and Uthmān, before the civil strife. When news of Uthmān’s killing reached him, he knew that the civil strife had come. He died forty days later, before the fighting began (3).

The Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—had also foretold that thereafter leaders would arise who would neither follow his guidance nor adhere to his sunnah, and that men would arise whose hearts were the hearts of devils in human bodies. Yet despite this, he commanded that the ruler be heard and obeyed, even if he struck your back and took your wealth. Thus it became clear (4) that the leader to be obeyed is whoever [has] (5) authority, whether he is just or unjust.

Likewise, the Sahih records the hadith of Ibn Umar from the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him:

“Whoever withdraws from obedience to [a leader] (6) will meet Allah on the Day of Resurrection with no argument in his defense. Whoever dies without being bound by a pledge of allegiance dies a death of the Age of Ignorance. However, no one is to be obeyed in disobedience to Allah.” (7)

(1) “The Messenger of Allah” is an addition in A and B. (2) “Related” is omitted from A and B. (3) N and M read: “civil strife” instead of “fighting.” In Ibn Hajar’s *al-Isāba*, 1:316–317, in the entry on Hudhayfah ibn al-Yamān—may Allah be pleased with him—it states: “Al-Ijlī said: Umar appointed him governor of al-Madāin, where he remained until he died, forty days after Uthmān was killed and allegiance was pledged to Alī. I say: This occurred in 36 AH.” (4) A and B read: “Thus he made it clear.” (5) “Was” is omitted from N and M. (6) “A leader” is omitted from N and M. (7) This hadith appeared previously (p. [0–9] 10 t [0–9]) without the final sentence. See also the hadith, in both abridged and full versions, narrated from Ibn Umar—may Allah be pleased with them both—in *al-Musnad* (al-Maārif ed.), nos. 5386, 5551, 5676, 5718, and 5897.

مَا فِيهَا، أَخْبَرَ [رَسُولُ اللَّهِ] (١) - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - بِمَا هُوَ الْوَاقِعُ. وَحُذَيْفَةُ حَدَّثَ (٢) بِهَذَا فِي خِلَافَةِ عُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ قَبْلَ الْفِتْنَةِ، فَإِنَّهُ لَمَّا بَلَغَهُ مَقْتَلُ عُثْمَانَ عَلِمَ أَنَّ الْفِتْنَةَ قَدْ جَاءَتْ، فَمَاتَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِأَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا قَبْلَ الِاقْتِتَالِ (٣) . وَهُوَ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَدْ أَخْبَرَ أَنَّهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يَقُومُ أَئِمَّةٌ لَا يَهْتَدُونَ بِهَدْيِهِ وَلَا يَسْتَنُّونَ بِسُنَّتِهِ، وَبِقِيَامِ رِجَالٍ قُلُوبُهُمْ قُلُوبُ الشَّيَاطِينِ فِي جُثْمَانِ الْإِنْسِ، وَأَمَرَ مَعَ هَذَا بِالسَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ لِلْأَمِيرِ، وَإِنْ ضَرَبَ ظَهْرَكَ وَأَخَذَ مَالَكَ، فَتَبَيَّنَ (٤) أَنَّ الْإِمَامَ الَّذِي يُطَاعُ هُوَ مَنْ [كَانَ] (٥) لَهُ سُلْطَانٌ، سَوَاءٌ كَانَ عَادِلًا أَوْ ظَالِمًا. وَكَذَلِكَ فِي الصَّحِيحِ حَدِيثُ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -: " «مَنْ خَلَعَ يَدًا مِنْ طَاعَةِ [إِمَامٍ] (٦) لَقِيَ اللَّهَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامِ لَا حُجَّةَ لَهُ، وَمَنْ مَاتَ وَلَيْسَ فِي عُنُقِهِ بَيْعَةٌ مَاتَ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً، لَكِنَّهُ لَا يُطَاعُ أَحَدٌ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللَّهِ» " (٧) .

(١) رَسُولُ اللَّهِ: زِيَادَةٌ فِي (أ) ، (ب) . (٢) حَدَّثَ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (أ) ، (ب) . (٣) ن، م: الِافْتِتَانِ: وَفِي الْإِصَابَةِ لِابْنِ حَجَرٍ ١/٣١٦ - ٣١٧ فِي تَرْجَمَةِ حُذَيْفَةَ بْنِ الْيَمَانِ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ -: " قَالَ الْعِجْلِيُّ: اسْتَعْمَلَهُ عُمَرُ عَلَى الْمَدَائِنِ، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ بِهَا حَتَّى مَاتَ بَعْدَ قَتْلِ عُثْمَانَ، وَبَعْدَ بَيْعَةِ عَلِيٍّ بِأَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا. قُلْتُ: وَذَلِكَ فِي سَنَةِ سِتٍّ وَثَلَاثِينَ ". (٤) أ، ب: فَبَيَّنَ. (٥) كَانَ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . (٦) إِمَامٍ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . (٧) وَرَدَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ مِنْ قَبْلُ (ص [٠ - ٩] ١٠ ت [٠ - ٩] ) بِدُونِ الْجُمْلَةِ الْأَخِيرَةِ. وَانْظُرِ الْحَدِيثَ (مُخْتَصَرًا وَمُطَوَّلًا عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا - فِي الْمُسْنَدِ (ط. الْمَعَارِفِ) الْأَرْقَامُ: ٥٣٨٦، ٥٥٥١، ٥٦٧٦، ٥٧١٨، ٥٨٩٧.