1105 - Abd al-Malik ibn Abd al-Hamid al-Maymuni informed me, saying: Ibn Hanbal narrated to us, saying: Khalid ibn Hayyan narrated to us. And Abu Bakr al-Marwudhi informed us, saying: Abu Abd Allah [Ahmad ibn Hanbal] narrated to us, saying: Khalid ibn Hayyan narrated to us, saying: Ma'qil ibn Ubayd Allah al-Absi narrated to us, saying: "Salim al-Aftasi came to us with the doctrine of Irja', and he presented it; our companions reacted to it with extreme aversion. The most vehement in their aversion were Maymun ibn Mihran and Abd al-Karim ibn Malik al-Jazari. As for Abd al-Karim, he made a covenant with Allah that no roof would shelter both him and [Salim] except for the mosque.
Ma'qil said: So I went for Hajj, and I entered upon 'Ata' ibn Abi Rabah among a group of my companions, and he was reciting Surah Yusuf. He said: I heard him reading this verse: {Until, when the messengers gave up hope and thought that they were denied} [Yusuf: 110], with the word 'kudhibu' (denied) read with a light damma (takhfif). I said to him: 'I have a need of you, so please see me in private.' He complied, and I informed him that some people among us have introduced [innovations] and spoken, claiming that the prayer and Zakat are not part of the religion. He replied: 'Does Allah not say: {And they were not commanded except to worship Allah, being sincere to Him in religion, inclining to truth, and to establish the prayer and to give Zakat} [al-Bayyina: 5]? Therefore, the prayer and Zakat are part of the religion.' I said to him: 'They say there is no increase in faith.' He replied: 'Did Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, not say in what He revealed: {That they may increase in faith along with their [present] faith} [al-Fath: 4]? So what is this faith that increased them?'
I said: 'They have invoked your name, and it reached me that Ibn Dharr entered upon you with his companions, presented their opinion to you, and that you accepted it and supported this matter.' He replied: 'No, by Allah, besides Whom there is no god,' [repeating it] twice or three times. He said: 'Then I came to Medina and sat with Nafi'. I said: "O Abu Abd Allah, I have a need of you." He said: "[In] private or public?" I said: "No, rather in private." He said: "Perhaps there is a private matter that has no good in it." I said: "It is not of that sort." When we performed the afternoon prayer (Asr), he stood up, took my hand, left through the wicket gate, and did not wait for the storyteller. He said: "What is your need?" I said: "[Please] speak with me in private regarding this." He said: "Step aside, O 'Amr." He said: I told him about the emergence of their views. He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "I have been commanded to strike them with the sword until they say: 'There is no god but Allah.' If they say: 'There is no god but Allah,' they have protected their blood and property from me, except by its right, and their account is with Allah." He said: I said to him: "They say: We acknowledge that the prayer is an obligation but we do not pray, that alcohol is forbidden but we drink it, and that marriage to mothers is forbidden but we do it?" He said: He pulled his hand away from my hand, then said: "Whoever does this is a disbeliever."
١١٠٥ - أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ الْمَيْمُونِيُّ، قَالَ: ثنا ابْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، قَالَ: ثنا خَالِدُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ، وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْمَرُّوذِيُّ، قَالَ: ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: ثنا خَالِدُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ، قَالَ ثنا مَعْقِلُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ الْعَبْسِيُّ، قَالَ: " قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا سَالِمٌ الْأَفْطَسِيُّ بِالْإِرْجَاءِ، فَعَرَضَهُ فَنَفَرَ مِنْهُ أَصْحَابُنَا نِفَارًا شَدِيدًا، ⦗٣٠⦘ وَكَانَ أَشَدُّهُمْ نِفَارًا مَيْمُونَ بْنَ مِهْرَانَ وَعَبْدَ الْكَرِيمِ بْنَ مَالِكٍ الْجَزَرِيَّ، فَأَمَّا عَبْدُ الْكَرِيمِ فَإِنَّهُ عَاهَدَ اللَّهَ أَلَّا يُؤْوِيَهِ وَإِيَّاهُ سَقْفُ بَيْتِ إِلَّا الْمَسْجِدَ. قَالَ مَعْقِلٌ: فَحَجَجْتُ، فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِي، فَإِذَا هُوَ يَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ يُوسُفَ. قَالَ: فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ هَذَا الْحَرْفَ: {حَتَّى إِذَا اسْتَيْأَسَ الرُّسُلُ وَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ كُذِبُوا} [يوسف: ١١٠] مُخَفَّفَةً، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ: إِنَّ لَنَا إِلَيْكَ حَاجَةً، فَأَخْلِنَا. فَفَعَلَ، فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ أَنَّ قَوْمًا قِبَلَنَا قَدْ أَحْدَثُوا وَتَكَلَّمُوا وَقَالُوا: إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ وَالزَّكَاةَ لَيْسَتَا مِنَ الدِّينِ. فَقَالَ: أَوَلَيْسَ اللَّهُ يَقُولُ: {وَمَا أُمِرُوا إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ حُنَفَاءَ، وَيُقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ، وَيُؤْتُوا الزَّكَاةَ} [البينة: ٥] فَالصَّلَاةُ وَالزَّكَاةُ مِنَ الدِّينِ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: إِنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ: لَيْسَ فِي الْإِيمَانِ زِيَادَةٌ. فَقَالَ: أَوَلَيْسَ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِيمَا أَنْزَلَ: {لِيَزْدَادُوا إِيمَانًا مَعَ إِيمَانِهِمْ} [الفتح: ٤] فَمَا هَذَا الْإِيمَانُ الَّذِي زَادَهُمْ؟ فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّهُمْ قَدِ انْتَحَلُوكَ، وَبَلَغَنِي أَنَّ ابْنَ ذَرٍّ دَخَلَ عَلَيْكَ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ فَعَرَضُوا عَلَيْكَ قَوْلَهُمْ، فَقَبِلْتَهُ، وَقُلْتَ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ، فَقَالَ: لَا وَاللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا ⦗٣١⦘ هُوَ مَا كَانَ هَذَا، مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا، قَالَ: ثُمَّ قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَى نَافِعٍ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، إِنَّ لِي إِلَيْكَ حَاجَةً. فَقَالَ: سِرٌّ أَمْ عَلَانِيَةٌ؟ فَقُلْتُ: لَا، بَلْ سِرٌّ. قَالَ: رُبَّ سِرٍّ لَا خَيْرَ فِيهِ. قُلْتُ: لَيْسَ مِنْ ذَاكَ. فَلَمَّا صَلَّيْنَا صَلَاةَ الْعَصْرِ، قَامَ وَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي، وَخَرَجَ مِنَ الْخَوْخَةِ، وَلَمْ يَنْتَظِرِ الْقَاصَّ، فَقَالَ: حَاجَتُكَ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: أَخْلِنِي مِنْ هَذَا. قَالَ: تَنَحَّ يَا عَمْرُو. قَالَ: ذَكَرْتُ لَهُ بُدُوءَ قَوْلِهِمْ. فَقَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَضْرِبَهُمْ بِالسُّيُوفِ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، فَإِذَا قَالُوا: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، عَصَمُوا مِنِّي دِمَاءَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ إِلَّا بِحَقِّهَا، وَحِسَابُهُمْ عَلَى اللَّهِ ". قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: إِنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ: نَحْنُ نُقِرُّ بِأَنَّ الصَّلَاةَ فَرِيضَةٌ وَلَا نُصَلِّي، وَأَنَّ الْخَمْرَ حَرَامٌ وَنَحْنُ نَشْرَبُهَا، وَأَنَّ نِكَاحَ الْأُمَّهَاتِ حَرَامٌ وَنَحْنُ نَفْعَلُ؟ قَالَ: فَنَتَرَ يَدَهُ مِنْ يَدِي، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَنْ فَعَلَ هَذَا فَهُوَ كَافِرٌ
