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ibn Zayd (1), Muhammad ibn al-Hasan (2), Ahmad ibn Hanbal, and others *) (3). Every claim must be supported by evidence.
[Commentary on his statement, “nor in a place”]
Likewise, his statement:
“Nor (4) in a place” (5).
The word “place” may mean (6) that which contains and encompasses a thing (7); [it may mean that upon which a thing rests, such that it needs it; and it may mean that above which a thing is, even if it does not need it] (8). It may also mean that which is above [the world] (9), even if it is not an existing thing.
(1) Hammād ibn Zayd ibn Dirham al-Azdī al-Jahdamī, Abū Ismāʿīl, was the leading scholar of Iraq in his time. He was born in Basra in 98 AH and died there in 179 AH. For his biography, see *Tahdhīb al-Tahdhīb*, 3:9–11; *Tadhkirat al-Huffāz*, 1:212; *Tahdhīb al-Asmāʾ wa-l-Lughāt*, 1:167–168; and *al-Aʿlām*, 2:301.
(2) Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Farqad al-Shaybānī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh, was one of the leading Hanafi scholars and the scholar who disseminated the teachings of Abū Hanīfa. He was born in 131 AH and died in 189 AH. For his biography, see *al-Jarh wa-l-Taʿdīl*, vol. [0–9], section [0–9], p. [0–9]27; *Lisān al-Mīzān*, 5:121–122; *Wafayāt al-Aʿyān*, 3:324–325; *Tārīkh Baghdād*, 2:172–182; *Tabaqāt Ibn Saʿd*, 7:336–337; and al-Ziriklī, *al-Aʿlām*, 6:309.
(3) “This is the meaning I intended to negate ... Ahmad ibn Hanbal and others”: Here the lacuna in manuscript N ends; it began on p. 135. Following this lacuna, manuscript N resumes: “He was told: Every claim must be supported by evidence ...,” etc.
(4) N and M: “not.”
(5) As noted previously, this statement occurs in *Minhāj al-Karāma*, p. 82 (M), and in this edition of *Minhāj al-Sunna*, 2:98–102.
(6) N and M: “the body”; this is a textual corruption.
(7) N and M: “and mingles with it.”
(8) The passage in square brackets is omitted from N and M.
(9) “The world” is omitted from N and M.
بْنِ زَيْدٍ
(١)
وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ
(٢)
وَأَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ وَغَيْرِ هَؤُلَاءِ *)
(٣)
وَلَا بُدَّ لِلدَّعْوَى مِنْ دَلِيلٍ.
[التعليق على قوله ولا في مكان]
وَكَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ:
" وَلَا
(٤)
فِي مَكَانٍ "
(٥)
.
فَقَدْ يُرَادُ بِالْمَكَانِ
(٦)
مَا يَحْوِي الشَّيْءَ وَيُحِيطُ بِهِ
(٧)
،
[وَقَدْ يُرَادُ بِهِ مَا يَسْتَقِرُّ الشَّيْءُ عَلَيْهِ بِحَيْثُ يَكُونُ مُحْتَاجًا إِلَيْهِ، وَقَدْ يُرَادُ بِهِ مَا كَانَ الشَّيْءُ فَوْقَهُ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ مُحْتَاجًا إِلَيْهِ]
(٨)
، وَقَدْ يُرَادُ بِهِ مَا فَوْقَ
[الْعَالَمِ]
(٩)
وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْئًا مَوْجُودًا.
(١) حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدِ بْنِ دِرْهَمِ الْأَزْدِيُّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ أَبُو إِسْمَاعِيلَ، شَيْخُ الْعِرَاقِ فِي عَصْرِهِ، وُلِدَ بِالْبَصْرَةِ سَنَةَ ٩٨ وَتُوُفِّيَ بِهَا سَنَةَ ١٧٩. تَرْجَمْتُهُ فِي: تَهْذِيبِ التَّهْذِيبِ ٣/٩ - ١١ ; تَذْكِرَةِ الْحُفَّاظِ ١/٢١٢ ; تَهْذِيبِ الْأَسْمَاءِ وَاللُّغَاتِ ١/١٦٧ - ١٦٨ ; الْأَعْلَامِ ٢/٣٠١.
(٢) مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ فَرْقَدِ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ، أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، مِنْ أَئِمَّةِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ وَهُوَ الَّذِي نَشَرَ عِلْمَ أَبِي حَنِيفَةَ، وُلِدَ سَنَةَ ١٣١ وَتُوُفِّيَ سَنَةَ ١٨٩. تَرْجَمْتُهُ فِي: الْجَرْحِ وَالتَّعْدِيلِ ج [٠ - ٩] ، ق [٠ - ٩] ، ص [٠ - ٩] ٢٧ ; لِسَانِ الْمِيزَانِ ٥/١٢١ - ١٢٢ ; وَفِيَّاتِ الْأَعْيَانِ ٣/٣٢٤ - ٣٢٥ ; تَارِيخِ بَغْدَادَ ٢/١٧٢ - ١٨٢ ; طَبَقَاتِ ابْنِ سَعْدٍ ٧/٣٣٦ - ٣٣٧، الْأَعْلَامِ لِلزِّرِكْلِيِّ ٦/٣٠٩.
(٣) هَذَا الْمَعْنَى الَّذِي قَصَدْتُ نَفْيَهُ. . وَأَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ وَغَيْرِ هَؤُلَاءِ: هُنَا يَنْتَهِي السَّقْطُ فِي نُسْخَةِ (ن) وَقَدْ بَدَأَ ص ١٣٥. وَيَبْدَأُ الْكَلَامُ فِي (ن) بَعْدَ هَذَا السَّقْطِ كَمَا يَلِي: قِيلَ لَهُ: لَا بُدَّ لِلدَّعْوَى مِنْ دَلِيلٍ. . إِلَخْ.
(٤) ن، م: لَا.
(٥) وَرَدَتْ هَذِهِ الْعِبَارَةُ - كَمَا أَشَرْتُ مِنْ قَبْلُ - فِي " مِنْهَاجِ الْكَرَامَةِ " ٨٢ (م) ، وَفِي هَذِهِ الطَّبْعَةِ مِنْ " مِنْهَاجِ السُّنَّةِ " ٢/٩٨ - ١٠٢.
(٦) ن، م: بَالْجِسْمِ، وَهُوَ تَحْرِيفٌ.
(٧) ن، م: وَيَخْتَلِطُ بِهِ.
(٨) مَا بَيْنَ الْمَعْقُوفَتَيْنِ سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) .
(٩) الْعَالَمِ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) .