(1/2) Question: Why is it correct to name those who do not acc | Al-Aqeedah
(1/2) Question: Why is it correct to name those who do not accept the Islamic signs (the shahadah, the prayer, etc.) from an unknown person, as Khawarij?
Answer: Whoever has looked into the words of the Salaf with regards to naming the deviant innovative sects will find, that once a principle of innovation emerged, then all statements and sects that emerged and were similar to the original principle of innovation was included under its name.
Therefore the Lafdhiyyah, the Waqifah and those who negated some of the Sifāt of Allāh – the Exalted – were all included under the name “Jahmiyyah” due to their beliefs and statements emerged from the innovation of the Jahmiyyah who invalidated the Attributes of Allāh and said that the Qurān was created. And whoever wants to affirm this can look into the third chapter of Kitab As-Sunnah by ‘Abdullāh (He was asked regarding the one who says: “My words (i.e. pronunciation) of the Qurān are created”)
The same applies for the other innovative sects, such as the Murjiah, Qadariyyah, Mu’tazilah, Khawarij, etc.
As for one of the principles of the Khawarij Al-Lālakāī – rahimahullāh – narrated:
عن حميد بن هلال عن عبادة بن قرط الليثي، أنه قال للخوارج حين أخذوه بالأهواز : ارضوا مني بما رضي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم حين أسلمت. قالوا: وما رضي به منك رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ؟ قال: أتيته فشهدت أن لا إله إلا الله، وأن محمدا رسول الله، فقبل ذلك مني .
قال: فأبوا، فقتلوه
”From Humayd ibn Hilāl (who said) regarding ‘Ubādah ibn Qurt Al-Laythī that he said to the Khawārij when they took him in Al-Ahwāz:
‘Consider the same sufficient from me as the Messenger of Allāh (sallAllāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) considered sufficient when I accepted Islām.
They said: ‘And what did the Messenger of Allāh (sallAllāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) consider sufficient from you?’
He said: ‘I came to him and testified to Lā ilāha illa Allāh and Muhammadu Rasul-Allāh, and he accepted that from me.’
He (i.e. Humayd) said: ‘But they rejected (to accept that) and killed him.’”
(Sharh Usul I’tiqād Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamā’ah)
This narration establishes that among the principles of the Khawarij is, that they do not consider sufficient what the Messenger of Allāh (sallAllāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) considered sufficient when it comes to judging upon the apparent. Rather, they have invented new conditions that has to be fulfilled before they give the judgment of Islām. (And a clear sign of their misguidance and innovation is, that they have no evidence for these “new conditions” so no matter who you ask among them, you will get a different answer). And thus, they are included under the name “Khawarij”.
When the Prophet (sallAllāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) repeatedly said to Usamah bin Zayd (radiAllāhu ‘anhu):
يا أسامة أقتلته بعد ما قال لا إله إلا الله
“O, Usamah, did you kill him after he said La ilāha illa Allāh?”
Usamah (radiAllāhu ‘anhu) wished that he had not accepted Islām before that day, so he had not made this mistake. (Find the hadīth in Sahih Al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim).
But these Khawarij of today follow their leader from Ahlul-Rai, Abū Hanifah, who was known for meeting the hadīth with an answer from his own opinion that invalidated the meaning of the hadīth.
‘Abdullāh narrated in Kitab As-Sunnah:
حدثني محمد بن علي ، ثنا إبراهيم بن بشار ، قال : سمعت سفيان بن عيينة ، يقول : « كان أبو حنيفة يضرب بحديث رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم الأمثال فيردها . بلغه أني أحدث بحديث عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه قال : » البيعان بالخيار ما لم يتفرقا « فقال أبو حنيفة : أرأيتم إن كانا في سفينة كيف يتفرقان ؟ فقال سفيان : فهل سمعتم بأشر من هذا »
Muhammad ibn ‘Alī narrated to me and said: Ibrāhīm ibn Bashār narrated to us and said: I heard Sufyān ibn ‘Uyaynah say: Abū Hanīfah used to put forth similitudes (or examples) to the hadīth of the Messenger of Allāh (sallAllāhu alayhi wa sallam) and then oppose it.
