Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (1/562)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

As recorded in the Sahih, Ali—may Allah be pleased with him—(1) said:

“The Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—dispatched a military detachment and appointed a man of the Ansar as its commander, instructing them to hear and obey him. They angered him over some matter, so he said, ‘Gather firewood for me.’ They gathered it. He then said, ‘Kindle a fire,’ and they kindled a fire (2). He then said, ‘Did the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—not command you to hear and obey me?’

“They replied, ‘Indeed.’

“He said, ‘Then enter it.’

“They looked at one another and said, ‘We fled from the Fire to the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him.’ They remained so until his anger subsided and the fire went out. When they returned, they mentioned this to the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—and he said:

“‘Had they entered it, they would never have emerged from it. Obedience is required only in what is right.’” (3)

Another wording states:

“‘There is no obedience when it entails disobedience to Allah. Obedience is required only in what is right.’” (4)

Likewise, it is related in the two Sahihs (5) from Ibn Umar, from the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—

(1) N and M read: “Ali—peace be upon him.” (2) “A fire” is omitted from A and B. (3) The hadith narrated from Ali—may Allah be pleased with him—is found in al-Bukhārī, 5:161 (Book of Military Expeditions, “The Expedition of Abd Allah ibn Hudhāfah al-Sahmī…”), and 9:63 (Book of Judgments, “Hearing and Obeying the Ruler, Unless Commanded to Sin”); Muslim, 3:1469 (Book of Governance, “The Obligation to Obey Rulers in Matters Not Involving Sin”); and *al-Musnad* (al-Maārif ed.), vol. [0–9], nos. 622 and 1018. (4) The hadith in this wording was narrated from Ali—may Allah be pleased with him—in al-Bukhārī, 9:88 (Book of Solitary Reports, first chapter); Muslim, 3:469 (the same book and chapter cited in the preceding note); *Sunan Abī Dāwūd*, 3–56 (Book of Jihad, “A Chapter on Obedience”); *Sunan al-Nasāī*, 7:142 (Book of the Pledge of Allegiance, “The Recompense of One Who Obeys When Commanded to Sin”); and *al-Musnad* (al-Maārif ed.), 2:98. (5) N and M read: “in the Sahih.”

كَمَا فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - (١) - قَالَ: «بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - سَرِيَّةً، وَاسْتَعْمَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ، وَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَيُطِيعُوا، فَأَغْضَبُوهُ فِي شَيْءٍ، فَقَالَ: اجْمَعُوا لِي حَطَبًا، فَجَمَعُوا. ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَوْقِدُوا نَارًا، فَأَوْقَدُوا نَارًا (٢) . ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَلَمْ يَأْمُرْكُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - أَنْ تَسْمَعُوا لِي وَتُطِيعُوا؟ قَالُوا: بَلَى. قَالَ: فَادْخُلُوهَا. فَنَظَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ فَقَالُوا: إِنَّمَا فَرَرْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - مِنَ النَّارِ، فَكَانُوا كَذَلِكَ، وَسَكَنَ غَضَبُهُ وَطَفِئَتِ النَّارُ. فَلَمَّا رَجَعُوا ذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَقَالَ: " لَوْ دَخَلُوهَا مَا خَرَجُوا مِنْهَا، إِنَّمَا الطَّاعَةُ فِي الْمَعْرُوفِ» (٣) " . وَفِي لَفْظٍ: " «لَا طَاعَةَ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللَّهِ إِنَّمَا الطَّاعَةُ فِي الْمَعْرُوفِ» " (٤) وَكَذَلِكَ فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ (٥) عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -

(١) ن، م: عَلِيٍّ - عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ -. (٢) نَارًا: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (أ) ، (ب) . (٣) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ ٥/١٦١ (كِتَابُ الْمَغَازِي، بَابُ سَرِيَّةِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حُذَافَةَ السَّهْمِيِّ. . .) ، ٩/٦٣ (كِتَابُ الْأَحْكَامِ، بَابُ السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ لِلْإِمَامِ مَا لَمْ تَكُنْ مَعْصِيَةٌ) ؛ مُسْلِمٍ ٣/١٤٦٩ (كِتَابُ الْإِمَارَةِ، بَابُ وُجُوبِ طَاعَةِ الْأُمَرَاءِ فِي غَيْرِ مَعْصِيَةٍ) ؛ الْمُسْنَدِ (ط. الْمَعَارِفِ) ج [٠ - ٩] رَقْمُ ٦٢٢، ١٠١٨. (٤) الْحَدِيثُ بِهَذَا اللَّفْظِ جَاءَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ ٩/٨٨ (كِتَابُ أَخْبَارِ الْآحَادِ، الْبَابُ الْأَوَّلُ) ؛ مُسْلِمٍ ٣/٤٦٩ (الْكِتَابَ وَالْبَابَ السَّابِقَيْنِ فِي التَّعْلِيقِ السَّابِقِ) ؛ سُنَنِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ ٣ - ٥٦ (كِتَابُ الْجِهَادِ، بَابٌ فِي الطَّاعَةِ) ؛ سُنَنِ النَّسَائِيِّ ٧/١٤٢ (كِتَابُ الْبَيْعَةِ، بَابُ جَزَاءِ مَنْ أُمِرَ بِمَعْصِيَةٍ فَأَطَاعَ) ؛ الْمُسْنَدِ (ط. الْمَعَارِفِ) ٢/٩٨. . (٥) ن، م: فِي الصَّحِيحِ.