The Khawaarij Past and Present: ISIS Daesh in Iraq & Syria: Ibn Kathir

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The Imaam, al-Haafiz Ibn Katheer (died, 774AH, rahimahullaah) stated in Al-Bidaayah wan-
Nihaayah (10/584-585) regarding what the Khawaarij would do to the Ummah if they ever
attained strength:
If they ever gained strength, they would surely corrupt the whole of the earth, Iraq and Syria
(Shaam) they would not leave a baby, male or female, neither a man or a woman, because as far
as they are concerned the people have caused corruption, a corruption that cannot be
rectified except by mass killing.

Today we see the reality of this affair at the hands of ISIS and other Jihadist insurgencies in Iraq
and Syria. These fighters who in the name of Islam have instituted the mass killing of Muslims on
the basis that rectification cannot take place except by the death of the masses. The
murder perpetrated by the Khawaarij is worse than the murder committed by the sinners, because
the sinners do not claim that they have license to kill from the Lord of the Worlds whilst the
Khawaarij claim that Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, has commanded them with this slaughter.
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Abu Ghlib narrated from the Companion of the Prophet, Abu Ummah (may Allah be pleased with
him) that he said:
(The Khawarij) are the worst of killers who are slain under the sky, and the best of those killed
are those who were killed by them. Those (Khawarij) are the dogs of Hell. They used to
be Muslim people but they became disbelievers.
Abu Ghlibasked: O Abu Umamah, is that your opinion? He said: No! Rather I heard it from
the Messenger of Allah.
(Reported by Ibn Mjah, no. 181, Hasan)
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Abu Ghlib also stated:
Abu Umamah saw heads (of the Khawarij) hanging on the streets of Damascus. He said: They are
the dogs of the Hellfire and the worst of those those killed under the sky. The best dead men are
those whom these [Khawarij] have killed. He then recited: On the Day when some faces will
become white and some faces will become black (3:106) until the end of the Ayah. I said to Abu
Umamah: Did you hear this from the Messenger of Allah ( ?)He said: If I had not heard it but
one time, or two times, or three times, or four times until he counted seven occasions I would
not have narrated it to you.'
(Reported by At-Tirmidhee, no. 3270, Hasan)
The Khawarij have invented a lie against Allaah and His Messenger. It is for this reason Abu
Umaamah (radiyallaahu anhu) said that Allaahs Messenger (salallaahu alaihi wassallam) said
regarding them:
Dogs of the Hellfire, dogs of the Hellfire! The most evil of killers that are killed under the sky.
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[1] Narrated by Amed in his Musnad, ibn Ab Shaybah in his Muannaf, at-Tirmidhee in his
Sunaan he declared it to be asan. Tabrni and kim in his a on the conditions of
Muslim, ath-Thahabi said it was a.
Al-jur (d. 360 A.H.) said:

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Neither the scholars of old nor of these times, ever differed about the Khawrij. They regarded
them as an evil people who were disobedient to Allh, the Mighty and Majestic, 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 Qurn upon
their desires. [1]
[1] Kitbush-Sharah by al-jur; Chapter: Rebuking the Khawrij, and their evil Madhhab, the
permissibility of killing them, and the reward for killing them and the one killed by them.
vol.1/325.
Ibn al-Jawz (d. 597 AH ) said:
There are many long stories about them and their strange methodologies. I will not elaborate by
mentioning them. Rather, the intent here is to study the deception of Ibls, and how he deceived
these fools, who reacted hastily to all that they encountered. They believed that Al bin Ab Tlib
was wrong, and those who were with him from the Muhajirn and the Ansr were also wrong, and
that they themselves were upon the truth.
They made all the blood of children, yet they did not allow the eating of any fruits of trees
without paying for it. They tired themselves out with worship, and would frequently stay awake;
yet they raised their swords against the Muslims.
And even Ibls could not have imagined the extent of this evil. We seek refuge in Allh from
being forsaken. [1]
[1] Talbs Ibls by Ibn Jawz; Chapter: The Devils deception of the Khawrij, p.91.
Abdul Malik bin Ab urrah al-anafi who said:
Al came out one day to deliver the Khutbah, and while he was speaking, the Khawrij gathered
together on one side of the Masjid, so Al said, Allhu Akbar! A statement of truth but they
intend falsehood by it.
Yazd bin sim al-Murab (who was from the Khawrij) eagerly said, Praise be to Allh, our
Lord will not abandon us, and we are in need of Him. O Al, are you trying to frighten us with
death?!
As for me, then I swear by Allh, I hope to strike you with this sword, very shortly, with the sharp
side of the blade, then you will definitely know which of us is foremost for the fire.
Then he left with the other Khawrij, he and his three brothers and he was the fourth. They were
killed along with the Khawrij in the battle of an-Nahr and one of them was killed after that in the
battle of Nkhla. [1]
[1] Narrated by at-Tabari in his book Trkh (vol. 3 page 1)
And may of the Scholars have declared the Khawaarij insurgents to be unbelievers due to the
numerous stern narrations concerning them. Bukhaaree reports (no. 5057) from Alee Ibn Abee
Taalib (radiyallaahu anhu) that Allaahs Messenger ( )said:

There will appear in the last days young people with foolish thoughts and ideas. They
will give talk with the best of speech, but they will go out of Islam as an arrow goes
through its prey, their faith will not pass their throats. So, wherever you find them, kill

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them, for there will be a reward for their killers on the Day of Resurrection.
They will be driven almost to insanity like creatures afflicted by rabies: Muaawiyah Ibn Abee
Sufyaan (radiyallaahu anhumaa) said that Allaahs Messenger ( )said:

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There will appear among my ummah people who will be dominated by desires like rabies
which penetrates its victims. There remains not a vein and nor a joint but it penetrates
it. (Hasan: Abu Dawood 4597)
They will recite the Quran thinking it is in support of their ideas, yet it against them. They will fill
their sermons with recitation of the Allaahs Book, but they will not understand it as it was
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Zaid b. Wahb Juhani reported and he was among the force which was under the command of Ali
and which set out to fight the Khawarij. Ali (radiyallaahu anhu) said:
O people, I heard the Messenger of Allah ( )say:
There would arise from my Ummah a people who would recite the Quran, and your
recital would seem insignificant as compared with their recital, your prayer nothing as
compared with their prayer, and your fast nothing as compared with their fast. They
will recite the Quran thinking that it supports them, whereas it is an evidence against
them. Their prayer (salaah) does not get beyond their collar bone; they will
shoot through Islam just as the arrow passes through the prey.
Alee (radiyallaahu anhu) said:
If the army which is to encounter them were to know what goodness has been assured
for them by their Messenger ( )they would completely rely upon this one deed alone. By
Allah, I believe that these are the people (i.e. the Khawaarij) for they have shed
forbidden blood, and raided the animals of the people. So go forth in the name of Allah
to fight against them.
Salama b. Kuhail mentioned that Zaid b. Wahb made me alight at every stage, till we crossed a
bridge. Abdullah b. Wahb ar-Raasibee was at the head of the Khawarij when we encountered
them. Ar-Raasibee said to his army: Throw the spears and draw out your swords from their
sheaths, for I fear that they would attack you as they attacked you on the day of
Haruraa. So they went back and threw their spears and drew out their swords, and people
fought against them with spears and the khawaarij were killed one after another and only two men
were killed from the army of Alee on that day. Alee (radiyallaahu anhu) said:
Find out from among the dead bodies [of the Khawarij] the one who whose wrist would
be without the arm, and the end of his wrist would be fleshy like the nipple of the
breast. This was because the Prophet informed them that such a man would be with the
Khawarij. They searched but did not find him. Alee then himself stood up and (walked) till he
came to the people who had been killed one after another. Ali said: Search them to the last,
and then they found him on the ground. Ali then called out Allahu Akbar (Allah is the

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Greatest). Then he said, Allah spoke the Truth and His Messenger ( )conveyed it. Then
`Abeedah Salmnee stood before him and said: Commander of the Believers, by Allah,
besides whom there is no god but He, tell me whether you heard this hadith from the
Messenger of Allah (). He said: Yes, by Allah, besides Whom there is no god but He.
He asked him to take an oath thrice and he took the oath. (Sahih Muslim 1066)

Ibn Bz and the Khawarij: Possibly the greatest Salafi scholar of this era, Shaikh Ibn Bz
(Allahs mercy be upon him) was asked concerning the terrorist Jamat ul-Jihaad and whether
Muslims should co-operate with them?
He answered:
They are not to be co-operated with, nor are they to be given salaams (salutations). Rather,
they are to be cut off from, and the people are to be warned against their evil for they are a fitnah
(tribulation) and are harmful to the Muslims and they are the brothers of the Devil!
Source: From the taped cassette (no.11), recorded in the month of Dhul-Hijjah 1408H (1987CE)
at at-Tawiyyatul-Islaamiyyah. This is the Salafi position towards these rebellious evil-doers. Ibn
Baaz (rahimahullaah) also said:
That which is apparent from the Prophetic narrations is that they are unbelievers. The correct
and apparent view from the textual evidences is that on account of their extremism and their
expulsion of Muslims from the fold of Islaam and declaring Muslims to be from the eternal
inhabitants of the Hellfire, that they (themselves are in reality) unbelievers.
The Prophet ( )said about them:

The Khawaarij are the dogs of the Hellfire. (Ibn Maajah, 173 from Ibn Abee Awfaa)


They will pass clean through the religion just as the arrow passes through the prey, and they will
never come back to it. They would be the worst among the creation and the
creatures. (Saheeh Muslim 1067 from Abu Dharr)


They will kill the Muslims but will not disturb the idolaters. If I should live up to their
time, I will kill them as the people of Aad were annihilated (by Allaah).
They began by the rebelling against the Prophet, then against Uthmaan (resulting in his
assassination), then against Alee, when they became a fighting force, and one of them eventually
killed Alee, and since they have appeared in each and every era rebelling against the Muslims and
their rulers. And there will come a day when the Anti-Christ will appear in their ranks: Abdullaah
bin Umar (radiyallaahu anhumaa) said that the Messenger (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) said:


A group will emerge who will recite the Quraan but it will not go beyond their throats. Every
time a faction amongst them emerges it will be cut off. Every time a faction amongst them
emerges it will be cut off, until the Dajjaal appears amongst them.
This hadeeth is graded Hasan by Shaikh al-Albaanee in Saheeh al-Jaami (no. 8171), and it is
narrated by Ibn Majah from Ibn Umar.

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It was narrated from Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of
Allah said:
There will emerge a people who will recite the Quran but it will not go any furthet than
their collarbones. Whenever a group of them appears, they should be cut down.
Ibn Umar said: I heard the Messenger of Allah say: Whenever a group of them appears, they
should be cut down. He said it more than twenty times, and then he said: until Dajjal, the
false messiah, emerges among them.
(Ibn Mjah, no. 179)
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For a more detailed study of the Khawaarij, please refer to:
The Rise of Jihaadist Extremism in the West, published by Salafi Publications, Birmingham,
UK.
The Religious Insurgency of the Khawarij translated and compiled by Abbas Abu Yahya,
published by Salafi Publications, Birmingham, UK.
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Islamagainstextremism.com
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