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Answer:
Kitab
"Al-Imamah wa Al-Siyasah" is attributed to Ibn Qutayibah Al-Daynoori, for
the following reasons:
1. The scholars who wrote the biography of Ibn Qutayibah did not mention
any book of Ibn Qutayabah named "Al-Imamah wa Al-Siyasah". Ibn Qutayibah’s
books include "Al-Ma'arif", and the books that is mentioned by the author
of "Sahib Al-Dhonoon".
2. If a person reads Al_Imamah wa Al-Siyasah, he would notice that Ibn
Qutayabah lived in Damascus and Maghrib, whereas in reality he did not
leave Baghdad but to Daynoor.
3. The method and the course that the real author of "Al-Imamah wa
Al-Siyasah" used, differs completely from the method and the course of Ibn
Qutayabah in his books that we have. One of the main characteristics in
the methods of Ibn Qutayabah is that he writes long prefaces or
introductions explaining his method and the reasons for the writing of the
book. In the opposite side, we see the author of "Al-Imamah wa Al-Siyasah"
has a very short preface, not more than 3 lines..
4. The real author of Al-Imamah wa Al-Siyasah narrated from Ibn Abi Layla
in a way that you feel he got it from him personally, that the authoer met
Abi Layla face to face (Talaqa a'anhu). The full name of Ibn Abi Layla is
Muhamed bin Abdulrahman bin Abi Layla the jurisprudent, the judge of
Kufah, who died in 148H, and it is known that Ibn Qutayabah was born in
213H, after the death of Ibn Abi Layla by 65 years.
5. Even the orientalists questioned the true identity of the book’s
authoer First of them was De Gainjose in his book "The history of the
Islamic rule in Spain", then Dr. R. Dozi supported him in his book "The
Political and the Lecture History of Spain", and the book mentioned
Brokilman in "Tareekh Al-Adab Al-Arabi", the Baron De Slan in the index of
the "Arabic manuscripts" in Paris Library under the name of "Narrations of
Al-Imamah wa Al-Siyasah", and Margholios in "Dirasat a'an Al-Mu'arekheen
Al-Arab", and they all decided that the book is falsly attributed to Ibn
Qutayabah and that he could not be the real author.
6. The narrators and the Sheikhs that Ibn Qutayabah usually narrates from
in his books were never mentioned in any place in the book of Al-Imamah wa
Al-Siyasah.
7. It seems from the book that the author tells the news of the invasion
of the Andulus orally from people who contemporaried the invasion period,
like "I was told by a Muwla for Abdullah bin Musa" and it is known that
the Fath of Andulus was in 92H, before the birth of Ibn Qutayabah by about
120 yrs.
8. Al-Imamah wa Al-Siyasah contains horrible historical mistakes, like
making Aba Al-Abbas and the Saffah (The Slayer) two different people,
making Haroon Al-Rasheed the immediate successor to Al-Mahdi, saying that
Haroon Al-Rasheed gave Wilayat Al-A'ahd for his son Al-Ma'moon then to
Al-Ameen, but if we go back to Ibn Qutayabah book "Al-Ma'arif" we find
that he gaves us correct infiormations about Al-Saffah and Haroon
Al-Rasheed which disagrees with what the author of Al-Imamah wa Al-Siyasah
said.
9. In the book, there are many narrators that Ibn Qutayabah never narrated
from, e.g. Abi Maryam, and Ibn A'feer.
10. In the book, there are sentences that are not in the writings of Ibn
Qutayabah, like "Qal Thuma Ina", "it was mentioned about some cheifs", and
"some cheifs told us" and like these structures which are far from the
methods and sentences of Ibn Qutayabah and were never mentioned in any of
his books.
11. It is obvious that the author of Al-Imamah wa Al-Siyasah does not care
about arrangements, organization, and order, for he states the
information, then goes to another one and jumps to complete the first
information. This chaos does not agree with the method of Ibn Qutayabah
who looks for organization and order.
12. The author of Al-Imamah wa Al-Siyasah narrates from two of the biggest
Egyptian scholars, and Ibn Qutayabah never entered Egypt and never was a
pupil for these two scholars.
13. Ibn Qutayabah has a very high rank among the scholars, for he is from
Ahl Al-Sunnah and Trust (Thiqah) in his knowledge and religion. Al-Salafi
said: "Ibn Qutayabah was from the Thiqat and Ahl Al-Sunnah, Ibn Hazm said:
"he was thiqah in his religion and knowledge", Al-Khateeb Al-Baghdadi said
the same, Ibn Taymiyah said about him: "ibn Qutayabah belongs to Ahmad,
Ishaq and one of who supports the famous Sunni schools", and he is the
Speaker for Ahl Al-Sunna as Al-Jahidh is the speaker of Mu'atazilah. A man
in this rank among the great scholars could not be the author of Al-Imamah
wa Al-Siyasah which changed the history and attributed to the Companions
what is not true.
14. In Ibn Qutayabah’s book "Al-Ekhtilaf fi Al-Lafd wa Al-Rad ala
Al-Jahamiyah wa Al-Mushabiha" he said that the Rafidah are kafirs because
they slandered the Companions of the Prophet (pbuh), then he says: "and I
saw them too when they saw the Rafida's exaggeration in the love of Ali
and prefer him on who the Prophet (pbuh) preferred, and their claims that
Ali was a partner of Muhamed (pbuh) in his prophethood, and the knowledge
of the unknown is for the Imams from his sons and these talks and the
secret matters that consolidated to the lies, kufr, extreme ignorance and
stupidity, and they saw them slandering the best Companions and their
hatred towards them", then can someone attribute Al-imamah wa Al-Siyasah
to him which is full of slanders against the great Companions?
Source: Kitab Al-Imamah wa Al-Siyasah fi Meezan Al-Tahqeeq Al-Elmi,
Dr.Abdullah Aseelan
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