Minhaj as-Sunnah - Ibn Taimiya - (2/408)

Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

interpretation, and whatever occurred before prophethood—all of this] (1) is among [B (only): is therefore among] the things through which a person grows in stature in the sight of those endowed with insight. Umar ibn al-Khattab [may Allah be pleased with him] (2) knew full well how greatly his subjects revered and obeyed him, yet he would continually acknowledge (3) errors from which he retracted (4). Whenever he admitted this and returned to what was right, he rose in their esteem, and they grew (5) in love and reverence for him.

Among the gravest things the Kharijites held (7 against Ali was that he had not repented of appointing the two arbiters; and although they 7) (6) were ignorant [in this matter] (7), [this] indicates (8) that repentance was not what repelled them. Rather, what repelled them was persistence in what they themselves regarded as a sin. The Kharijites are among the people who regard sins most gravely and are most repelled by those who commit them. Indeed, they declare people unbelievers on account of sin and tolerate no sin in their leader—N (9). Yet despite this, whenever any leader of theirs repents, they revere and obey him; but if he does not repent, they oppose him over what they deem a sin (10), even if it is not actually a sin.

(1) The text within square brackets appears only in (‘Ayn). (2) The invocation “may Allah be pleased with him” is omitted from (N) and (M). (3) (N) and (M) read: *ya‘zifu* (“turns away”). (4) (N) reads: *ilayhi* (“to it”); (M): *‘alayhi* (“upon it”). (5) (‘Ayn), (A), and (B) read: *wa-zādū* (“and they increased”). (6) The passage between the two markers 7–7 is omitted from (A) and (B). (7) The phrase “in this matter” is omitted from (‘Ayn). (8) (B) reads: *fa-yadullu* (“thus it indicates”); (A): *fa-dalla* (“thus it indicated”); (N) and (M): *yadullu* (“it indicates”). (9) (M) reads: *li-taqaddumihim* (“because of their precedence”). (10) (B) reads: “If he does not repent, they oppose him because of what they consider a sin”; (A): “If he does not repent, they oppose him over what they consider a sin.”

التَّأْوِيلِ، وَمَا كَانَ قَبْلَ النُّبُوَّةِ فَإِنَّهُ] (١) . مِمَّا ب (فَقَطْ) : فَمِمَّا. يَعْظُمُ بِهِ الْإِنْسَانُ عِنْدَ أُولِي الْأَبْصَارِ. وَهَذَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ [رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ] (٢) . قَدْ عَلِمَ تَعْظِيمَ رَعِيَّتِهِ لَهُ وَطَاعَتَهُمْ، مَعَ كَوْنِهِ دَائِمًا كَانَ يَعْتَرِفُ (٣) . بِمَا يَرْجِعُ عَنْهُ (٤) . مِنْ خَطَأٍ وَكَانَ إِذَا اعْتَرَفَ بِذَلِكَ وَعَادَ إِلَى الصَّوَابِ زَادَ فِي أَعْيُنِهِمْ وَازْدَادُوا (٥) . لَهُ مَحَبَّةً وَتَعْظِيمًا. وَمِنْ أَعْظَمِ مَا نَقِمَهُ الْخَوَارِجُ (٧ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَتُبْ مِنْ تَحْكِيمِ الْحَكَمَيْنِ، وَهُمْ ٧) (٦) . وَإِنْ كَانُوا جُهَّالًا [فِي ذَلِكَ] (٧) . [فَهُوَ] يَدُلُّ (٨) . عَلَى أَنَّ التَّوْبَةَ لَمْ تَكُنْ تُنَفِّرُهُمْ، وَإِنَّمَا نَفَّرَهُمُ الْإِصْرَارُ عَلَى مَا ظَنُّوهُ هُمْ ذَنْبًا. وَالْخَوَارِجُ مِنْ أَشَدِّ النَّاسِ تَعْظِيمًا لِلذُّنُوبِ وَنُفُورًا عَنْ أَهْلِهَا، حَتَّى إِنَّهُمْ يُكَفِّرُونَ بِالذَّنْبِ وَلَا يَحْتَمِلُونَ لِمُقَدَّمِهِمْ ن (٩) . ذَنْبًا، وَمَعَ هَذَا فَكُلُّ مُقَدَّمٍ لَهُمْ تَابَ عَظَّمُوهُ وَأَطَاعُوهُ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَتُبْ عَادُوهُ فِيمَا يَظُنُّونَهُ ذَنْبًا (١٠) . وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ ذَنْبًا.

(١) مَا بَيْنَ الْمَعْقُوفَتَيْنِ فِي (ع) فَقَطْ (٢) رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) (٣) ن، م: يَعْزِفُ (٤) ن: إِلَيْهِ ; م: عَلَيْهِ (٥) ع، ا، ب: وَزَادُوا (٦) : (٧ - ٧) سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (أ) ، (ب) (٧) فِي ذَلِكَ: سَاقِطٌ مِنْ (ع) (٨) ب: فَيَدُلُّ ; أ: فَدَلَّ ; ن، م: يَدُلُّ (٩) ، م: لِتُقَدُّمِهِمْ (١٠) ب: وَإِنْ لَمْ يَتُبْ عَادُوهُ لِمَا يَظُنُّونَهُ ذَنْبًا ; أ: وَإِنْ لَمْ يَتُبْ عَادُوهُ فِيمَا يَظُنُّونَهُ ذَنْبًا