Author: Albattar
Ahadith in condemning Khawarij
Section: Seven
After describing the brief history of the Khawarij, now we will discuss the words of Khair al-Bariyyah, peace and blessings of God be upon him, about this rebellious people with violence, murder, destruction, etc., so that everyone, especially those who are in the ranks of jihad, can see and measure themselves in its scale Hadiths regarding the “Khawarij” sect, then we state and prove their principles and attributes from the Prophetic Sunnah and their history. Therefore, at the beginning, we will briefly describe the hadiths, and in the next chapter, we will argue from these texts by proving their principles and vices.
The first hadith: “It is narrated from Hazrat Ali bin Abi Talib, may God be pleased with him, that he said: If I were thrown from the sky to the earth, it would be easier for me than that When narrating a narration from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, I falsely attribute something to the Prophet, whenever I speak about what concerns you and me, you should know that war is a trick and a tactic [in war, it is necessary to respect the public interest] I also heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to say: At the end of time, there will come people who are young and thoughtless, they will talk about the best, that is, they will read the Qur’an and they will leave Islam quickly, just like an arrow quickly leaves the body of a hunting, their faith will not exceed their throats, only They are Muslims with their tongue and not with their heart, kill them wherever you reach them, killing them on the Day of Resurrection will be a reward for the one who kills them.” : [The narrator: Ali bin Abi Talib, al-Bukhari, Sahih al-Bukhari 3611, Sahih, Kharjah Al-Bukhari 3611, and Muslim 1066]
The second hadith: ” It is narrated from Yasir bin Amr, he said: I said to Sahl bin Hanif, “Have you heard anything about the Khawarij from the Prophet, peace be upon him? He said: I heard him saying and stretching towards Iraq, from this side there are people who read the Quran, but its effect does not exceed their throats, they quickly leave Islam, just as an arrow quickly leaves the body of Hunting”. [Al-Ravi: Sahl bin Hanif, Al-Bukhari, Sahih Al-Bukhari 6934, Sahih]
The third hadith: “Abu Dharr Ghafari, May God be pleased with him, said that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said, “Verily, after me, people will come from my ummah, they will read the Qur’an, but its effect will not exceed their throats.” They leave Islam, like an arrow quickly leaves the body of hunting, they do not return to religion, and these are the worst creatures on earth”. [Narrated by: Abu Dharr al-Ghafari, Muslim, Sahih Muslim (1067), Sahih]
The fourth hadith: “it is narrated from Abu Saeed Al-Khudri that he said: I heard from the Prophet (peace and blessings of God be upon him): There will be a people among you who consider your prayers, fasting, and actions to be insignificant compared to their prayers, fasting, and actions, they read the Quran; but its effect does not go beyond their throats, they leave their religion, just as an arrow leaves the body of hunting, such an arrow that a hunter throws with great power and speed towards the prey, and the arrow leaves its body with speed, when the hunter picks up the arrow, examines its iron part, and sees no traces of animal blood on it; Then he observes the wooden part of it, again he does not see any trace of blood on it, then he looks at the blades of the arrow but he does not see anything, the hunter from the bow doubts whether he has the power to shoot the arrow and whether the arrow hit the prey or not? [Narrator: Abu Saeed Al-Khudri, Al-Bukhari, Sahih Al-Bukhari 5058, Sahih]
The fifth hadith: “Anas bin Malik and Abu Saeed Khudri, may God be pleased with them, narrated that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: Dissension and division will arise among my Ummah, people will come whose words are beautiful, but their actions are ugly, they read the Qur’an, but its effect does not exceed their throats, they leave the religion, just as the arrow leaves the body of the hunting, they do not return to the religion until the arrow returns to the bow, they are the worst creatures, blessed are those who kill them or are killed by them, they call to the Book of Allah, but they themselves, do not have attention and commitment, and whoever fights against them is more beloved and closer to Allah than this group of people. They said, O Messenger of Allah! What is their sign? The Messenger of Allah said: Their heads are shaved.”[Narrator: Abu Saeed Al-Khudri, Anas bin Malik and Aws, Sahih Al-Jami’ 3668, Sahih]
The sixth hadith: “Abu Ghalib narrated on the authority of Abi Imamah Bahli, may God be pleased with him, that he said about the Khawarij: the worst slain under the sky and the best murderer who killed them, they are the dogs of hell, they were Muslims and turned to disbelief, I said, O Abu Imamah, this is what you said Are you talking about them? Abu Umamah said: No; Rather, I heard this from the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace.” [Narrator: Abu Umamah Al-Bahili, Ibn Majah 146, Hassan, narrated by Ibn Majah 176 and the wording is his, and Ahmad 22183]
The seventh hadith:” Obaidullah bin Abi Rafi (freed a slave) has narrated that the Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him, When the Haruriyyah group went out and rebelled against Ali Ibn Abi Talib, they said: ” the judgment belongs to Allah, the Most High ” Hazrat Ali answered them: The word of truth is true; Does it become a false will? The Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him, had stated the characteristics of a group of men, whose characteristics I know, they speak the truth, but it does not transgress from here, he pointed to his throat, they are among the worst servants of Allah Almighty towards him.” [Narrator: Ali bin Abi Talib, Muslim, Sahih Muslim 1066, Sahih]
The eighth hadith: It is narrated from Muslim bin Abi Bakra that a man asked him, “Have you heard anything about the Khawarij?” He said: I heard from my father, Abu Bakra, that he quoted the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, saying: Be aware that there will come from my Ummah some people who are harsh and aggressive, and the Qur’an is on their tongues, but it does not exceed their throat, be aware! When you see them; so try to demolish and kill them, their killer is permissible with Allah. [Rawi: Abu Bakr al-Nafi’ ibn al-Harith, Shu’ayb al-Arnawt, Takhrij al-Musnad al-Shu’ayb (20446), strong isnaad on the condition of Muslim, narrated by Ahmad 20446 and words from it, and Ibn Abi ‘Asim in the Sunnah 937, Wal-Bazar 3676]
The ninth hadith:” It is narrated from Abdullah bin Umar, may God be pleased with him, that he said: I heard from the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, that he used to say: People will come from my Ummah who will do ugly things and recite the Qur’an, but it does not exceed their throat. Yazid said, “I don’t know except that he said: One of you knows little about his actions compared to theirs. They will kill the people of Islam. When these people appear, kill them. May the one who killed them be happy and Blessed or the one who was killed by them, whenever the horn of power and their power clashed, may Allah Almighty destroy it, the Messenger of Allah repeated this sentence more than twenty times and I could hear it. [Al-Rawi: Abdullah ibn ‘Umar, Ahmad Shakir, Takhrij al-Musnad al-Shakir 7/268, Ibn Majah 174 Mukhtarah, and Ibn ‘Asakr in Tarikh Damascus 1/161, Shu’ayb al-Arnaut, Takhrij al-Musnad al-Shu’ayb: 9/397, Sahih].
The tenth hadith: “It is narrated from Abdullah bin Umar, may God be pleased with him, that he said: I heard the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, say: Indeed, the people have come among you who recite the Qur’an; but it does not exceed their throats, whenever their glory clash, their glory will be cut off. The Messenger of God, peace and blessings of God be upon him, repeated this sentence more than twenty times, until the last of this people will appear at the same time as Dajjal. In a narration from Ahmad, it is stated: People will come from the east who read the Quran; but it does not exceed their throats, whenever they collapse once, they will emerge again and at another time, until Dajjal appears with another group of them.” [Tabrani, Abdullah ibn ‘Amr, al-Haythami, Men of Men of Trust, Majma’ al-Zawaid: 6/233].
The 11th hadith: “It is narrated on the authority of Abu Saeed Khodri, may God be pleased with him, that Abu Bakr Siddique, may God bless him and grant him peace, came to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, and said: O Messenger of God! I was in a village, I saw a humble man with a beautiful face and body praying. The Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him, said to him: Go and kill him. The narrator said: Abu Bakr Siddiq went to him. He returned twice to the presence of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, and said to Omar: Go kill him. Hazrat Omar went to that person and saw him in the same condition that Hazrat Abu Bakr had seen him. Hazrat Omar also returned and said: O Messenger of God, I saw him humbly praying, and I thought it was distasteful to kill him. The Holy Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, said to Ali, may God be pleased with him, go and kill him! Hazrat Ali, may God be pleased with him, went to the same person’s place; but he did not see that person, he returned to the presence of the Messenger of God, peace be upon him, and said: O Messenger of God, I did not see him. The narrator says: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: This person and his friends are reading the Qur’an, but its effect does not exceed their throats, they leave religion, just as an arrow leaves the body of a prey and they do not return to religion, just as an arrow does not return to its bow. So kill them, they are the worst creatures”. [Narrated by Ahmad al-Rawi: Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri, al-Haythami, Majma’ al-Zawa’id: 6/228, Sahih, narrated by Ahmad: 11118 and the word of it, and al-Bukhaari in al-Tarikh al-Kabeer: 9/30].
The 12th hadith: “It is narrated from Abdullah bin Masoud, may God be pleased with him, that he said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said that at the end of time there will come people who are young and weak-minded, they will speak from best words [reading the Qur’an] and will leave Islam quickly, just as an arrow quickly leaves the target is removed, their faith does not exceed their throats, whoever confronts them should kill them, in fact, killing them is a reward in the sight of Allah Almighty for those who kill them.” [Narrator: Abdullah bin Abbas, Sahih Ibn Majah 138, Sahih, narrated by Al-Tirmidhi 2188, Ibn Majah 168, and the pronunciation is his, and Ahmad 3831]
The 13th hadith: “It is narrated from Abdullah bin Abi Ufi, may God be pleased with him that he said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: The Khawarij are the dogs of hell. It is mentioned in a narration from Saeed bin Jamhan, I went to Abdullah bin Abi Ufi and he was a blind, I greeted him, he asked: Who are you? I said that I am Saeed bin Jamhan. He said: What does your father do? I said: They killed him in Azarqa, he said: May Allah Almighty curse Azarqa, may Allah Almighty curse Azarqa, may Allah Almighty curse Azarqa. After this, he said: I heard the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, say: They are the dogs of hell.” [Narrator: Abdullah bin Abi Awfa, Al-Haythami, Majma’ al-Zawa’id 6/235, its narrators are trustworthy, narrated by Ahmad 19434]
The 14th hadith: “Masrooq narrated from Ayesha, may Allah be pleased with her, that she remembered the Khawarij and I asked her who killed them? They said: Ali, may God be pleased with him, Ayesha, may God be pleased with her, said: I heard the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, say: The best of my ummah will kill them, and these (Khawarij) are the worst of my ummah.”[Narrator: Aisha, Mother of the Believers, Al-Haythami, his men are trustworthy men, Majma’ al-Zawa’id 6/242].
The 15th hadith: “It is narrated from Bakir bin Abdullah bin Ashaj that he asked Nafeh: what was Ibn Umar’s opinion about Haruriyyah [Khawarij]? He said: Ibn Umar considered them to be the worst creations of Allah, and they used verses related to infidels to the believers, and they considered Muslims as examples of that.” [Narrator: Bukair bin Al-Ashjaj, Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani, Fath Al-Bari by Ibn Hajar: 12/298, Shuaib Al-Arnaut, Takhrij Sharh Al-Sunnah: 10/233, 234, its chain of transmission is authentic];
The 16th hadith: “It has been narrated from Saeed bin Jahman, he said: We were in a war with the Khawarij, Abdullah bin Abi Ufi, may God be pleased with him, was with us, his slave had joined the Khawarij, and they were on one side of the river and we were on the other side. We called him, Aba Firouz! Aba Firouz perish, here is your majesty Abdullah bin Abi Ofi. In response, he said: He would have been a good man if he had emigrated. Abdullah bin Abi Ufi said: What does the enemy of God say? We said: He said: He would have been a good man if he had emigrated?! He said: Is there any emigration after my emigration with the Messenger of Allah, may God bless him and grant him peace? Then he said: I heard the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, say: Blessed is the one who kills the Khawarij and they kill him.” [Narrator: Abdullah bin Abi Awfa, Shuaib Al-Arnaout, graduation from Al-Musnad by Shuaib 19149, authentic, narrated by Ahmad 19149 and the pronunciation is his, and Ibn Saad in Al-Tabaqat Al-Kubra 5582, and Ibn Abi Asim in the year 906]
The 17th hadith: “It is narrated from Anas bin Malik that he said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: There are a group among you who worship, and worship becomes their habit, until people look at their worship with a view of appreciation and they themselves look at themselves with a view of wonder, but they leave the religion, as the arrow leaves the bow” [Narrator: Anas bin Malik, Shuaib Al-Arnaout, narration of the Musnad by Shuaib 12886, its chain of transmission is authentic according to the conditions of the two Sheikhs, narrated by Ahmad 12886 and the pronunciation is his, and Abu Ya’la 4066), and Al-Diya’ in the Selected Hadiths 2394]
The 18th Hadith: “It is narrated from Abdullah bin Abbas (may God be pleased with him) [he attributed this hadith to the Prophet], surely there will be people in this man’s generation or behind, who will read the Qur’an; but it does not cross their throats, they leave their religion, just as an arrow leaves the body of a prey, they kill the people of Islam and leave the infidels and idols, if I find this group, I will kill them like the people of Ad.” [Al-Bukhari, Sahih Al-Bukhari 3344] (It is narrated from Abdullah bin Abbas, may God be pleased with him [he attributed this hadith to the Prophet]
The 19th Hadith: Ali, may God be pleased with him, said: They are not people of recitation and deliberation in the Qur’an, and they do not have jurisprudence and understanding of religion, and they are ignorant in interpretation, and none of them has any action or record in this matter. I swear by Allah, if they rule over you, they treat you like Kasra and Herqel. [Tarikh al-Tabari: 5/78].
The 20th Hadith: “The Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him, says: Wherever you see them, then kill them, indeed, on the Day of Resurrection, there will be a reward in the sight of God for those who kill them, and he says: If I understand them at that time, I will kill the people of Ad.” [Majmool al-Fatawi: 1496/35].
The 21th Hadith: On the authority of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, regarding the saying of Almighty God:
«فَأَمّا الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ زَيْغٌ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ ما تَشابَهَ مِنْهُ» “But those whose hearts are crooked and the avoidance of the truth has covered the corners of their existence, they look for similes in order to cause sedition and [wrong] interpretation”. He said: they are Kharijites, and regarding his word: «يَوْمَ تَبْيَضُّ وُجُوهٌ وَتَسْوَدُّ وُجُوهٌ[1]» “one day, some faces will be white and some black faces.” He said: They are Kharijites. [The narrator: Abu Umamah al-Bahli, Ahmad Shakir, Umada al-Tafsir 1/353]
Therefore, everyone should measure himself in the mirror of these principles and attributes included in the texts, so that he does not have any inclination towards these evil people and beware of them, God willing, in the following articles, the mentioned history and the texts, principles and attributes will be argued.
