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Al-Ashʿarī said (1) \ 140:

“The Zaydīs unanimously agree (2) that all those guilty of major sins will be punished in the Fire, (3) remaining there eternally and forever, never to be brought out of it or kept away from it.” (4)

[The Rāfida’s Views on the Threat of Punishment]

He said (5):

“The Rāfida differ concerning the threat of punishment, and they fall into two groups. The first group affirms the threat against those who disagree with them and says that they will be punished, (6) but does (7) not affirm the threat of punishment (8) for anyone who professes their doctrine. They claim that Allah (9) will admit them to Paradise and that, if (10) He admits them to the Fire, He will bring them out of it. Regarding this, they related (11) from their imams that whatever sins lie between Allah and the Shiʿa, [their imams ask Allah on their behalf, and He pardons them; whatever lies between the Shiʿa] (12) and the imams, the imams overlook; and whatever wrongs lie between the Shiʿa and other people, their imams intercede for them until those people pardon them.” (13)

(1) In *al-Maqālāt*, 1/140. (2) N and M read: *wa-ijtamaʿat* (“agreed”). (3) B and A read: *bi-l-nār* (“by the Fire”). (4) (Ayn only) reads: “away from it under any circumstances.” (5) In *al-Maqālāt*, 1/120. (6) N reads: *muʿadhdhabūn* (“punished”). (7) *Lā* (“not”) is absent from B and A. (8) B alone reads: *al-waʿd* (“the promise”), which is an error. (9) *Al-Maqālāt* reads: “Allah—glorified is He.” (10) B and A read: *wa-idhā* (“and when”). (11) B and A read: *wa-dhakarū* (“and they mentioned”). (12) The passage in square brackets is absent only from N. (13) B reads: “interceded for them … etc.”; (Ayn) reads: “Their imams interceded for them until they pardon him”; *al-Maqālāt* reads: “They interceded with them on their behalf until they pardon them.” The reading adopted here follows A, N, and M.

قَالَ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ (١) \ ١٤٠.: " وَأَجْمَعَتْ (٢) . الزَّيْدِيَّةُ أَنَّ أَصْحَابَ الْكَبَائِرِ كُلَّهُمْ مُعَذَّبُونَ فِي النَّارِ (٣) . خَالِدُونَ فِيهَا مُخَلَّدُونَ أَبَدًا، لَا يُخْرَجُونَ مِنْهَا وَلَا يُغَيَّبُونَ عَنْهَا " (٤) . [مقالات الروافض في الوعيد] قَالَ (٥) : " وَاخْتَلَفَتِ الرَّوَافِضُ فِي الْوَعِيدِ، وَهُمْ فِرْقَتَانِ: فَالْفِرْقَةُ الْأُولَى مِنْهُمْ يُثْبِتُونَ الْوَعِيدَ عَلَى مُخَالِفِيهِمْ، وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُمْ يُعَذَّبُونَ، (٦) وَلَا (٧) يَقُولُونَ بِإِثْبَاتِ الْوَعِيدِ (٨) فِيمَنْ قَالَ بِقَوْلِهِمْ، وَيَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ (٩) يُدْخِلُهُمُ الْجَنَّةَ، وَإِنْ (١٠) أَدْخَلَهُمُ النَّارَ أَخْرَجَهُمْ مِنْهَا ; وَرَوَوْا (١١) فِي ذَلِكَ عَنْ أَئِمَّتِهِمْ أَنَّ مَا كَانَ بَيْنَ اللَّهِ وَبَيْنَ الشِّيعَةِ [مِنَ الْمَعَاصِي سَأَلُوا اللَّهَ فِيهِمْ فَصَفَحَ عَنْهُمْ، وَمَا كَانَ بَيْنَ الشِّيعَةِ] (١٢) وَبَيْنَ الْأَئِمَّةِ تَجَاوَزُوا عَنْهُ، وَمَا كَانَ بَيْنَ الشِّيعَةِ وَبَيْنَ النَّاسِ مِنَ الْمَظَالِمِ شَفَعُوا لَهُمْ أَئِمَّتُهُمْ حَتَّى يَصْفَحُوا عَنْهُمْ (١٣) " .

(١) فِي " الْمَقَالَاتِ " ١ (٢) ن، م: وَاجْتَمَعَتْ (٣) ب، أ: بِالنَّارِ (٤) ع (فَقَطْ) : عَنْهَا بِحَالٍ. (٥) فِي " الْمَقَالَاتِ " ١/١٢٠. (٦) ن: مُعَذَّبُونَ. (٧) لَا: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ب) ، (أ) . (٨) ب (فَقَطْ) : الْوَعْدِ، وَهُوَ خَطَأٌ. (٩) الْمَقَالَاتِ: اللَّهَ سُبْحَانَهُ. (١٠) ب، أ: وَإِذَا. (١١) ب، أ: وَذَكَرُوا. (١٢) مَا بَيْنَ الْمَعْقُوفَتَيْنِ سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (ن) فَقَطْ. (١٣) ب: شَفَعَ لَهُمْ. . إِلَخْ ; ع: شَفَعَ لَهُمْ أَئِمَّتُهُمْ حَتَّى يَصْفَحُوا عَنْهُ ; الْمَقَالَاتِ: شَفَعُوا لَهُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ حَتَّى يَصْفَحُوا عَنْهُمْ. وَالْمُثْبَتُ عَنْ (أ) ، (ن) ، (م) .