The Religious Insurgency of the Khawarij
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Ibn Taymiyyah (died 728H) stated: "The
Khawarij were the first ones to declare a
Muslim to be outside the fold of Islam
due to his sins - rather to be precise, with
what the Khawarij thought were sins! And
they made lawful the spilling of the blood
of the people of Islam due to this."
Ibn Taymiyyah (died 728H) stated: "The
Khawarij were the first ones to declare a
Muslim to be outside the fold of Islam
due to his sins - rather to be precise, with
what the Khawarij thought were sins! And
they made lawful the spilling of the blood
of the people of Islam due to this."
Ibn Hajr (died 853H) stated: "And they are
a group from the people of deviation and
innovation, they were called the Khawarij
because they rebelled against the religion
and they rebelled against the best of the
Muslims."
Al-Ajuri (died 360H) said: "Neither the
scholars of old nor of new, ever differed
about the Khawarij. They regarded them
an evil people who were disobedient to
Allaah and His Messenger even though
they prayed, fasted and exerted
themselves in worship, and all of this was
of no benefit to them, even though they
were apparent in enjoining the good and
forbidding the evil, and that did not
benefit them because they were a people
who interpret the Qur'an upon their
desires."
'Ali bin Abi Talib said about the Khawarij:
"They are not Fuqaha (scholars) of the
Religion, nor are they scholars of its
understanding, and there is none that has
preceded them in this matter in Islam, I
swear by Allaah that if they ruled over
you, they would do the actions of Cesar
and Heraclius."
