Kharijites - Page 1

124 - الخوارج‏

124. THE KHARIJITES

608 - المارِقونَ‏1

608. THE APOSTATES 2

(قُلْ هَلْ نُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِالْأَخْسَرِينَ أَعْمَالاً * الَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعاً) .3

"Say, 'Shall we inform you about the biggest losers in regard to works? Those whose endeavour goes awry in the life of the world, while they suppose they are doing good." 4

1837.كنز العمّال عن عبد اللَّه بن عمرو : إنّ رجُلاً أتى‏ النَّبيَّ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله يَومَ حُنينٍ وهُو يَقْسِمُ تِبْراً فقالَ : يا محمّدُ، اعْدِلْ ! فقالَ : وَيْحَكَ ! مَن يَعْدِلُ إذا لَم أعْدِلْ ؟! - أو عِندَ مَن يُلْتَمَسُ العَدلُ بَعدي ؟ ! - ثُمّ قالَ : يُوشِكُ أنْ يأتيَ قَومٌ مِثلُ هذا يَسألونَ كِتابَ‏اللَّهِ وهُم أعْداؤهُ، يَقْرَؤونَ كِتابَ‏اللَّه ولايَحُلُّ حَناجِرَهُم، مُحَلَّقَةً رؤوسُهُم ، فإذا خَرَجوا فاضْرِبوا رِقابَهُم .5

1837. It is narrated in Kanz al-Ummal that while the Prophet (SAWA) was handing out gold bullion on the day of [the battle of] Hunayn, a man came to him and said, 'O Muhammad, act fairly!', The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Woe to you, if I am not fair then who is fair?' or he said, 'With whom will you find fairness besides me?' after which he said, 'Soon there will come a people like this who will seek the Book of Allah while being its enemy, they will read the Book of Allah but the words will not go higher than their throat. They will have shaved heads, so when they arise [to revolt] slay their necks.' 6

1838.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - وقد تَلا رجُلٌ هذهِ الآيةَ بحَضْرَتِهِ - : أهلُ حَرُوراءَ مِنهُم .7

1838. Once a man, in the presence of Imam Ali (AS), recited the above-mentioned Qur'anic verse after which the Imam said, 'The Harura' [i.e. the Kharijites] are from them.' 8

1839.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : سَمِعْتُ رسولَ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله يقولُ : يَخْرُجُ في آخرِ الزّمانِ قَومٌ أحْداثُ الأسْنانِ ، سُفَهاءُ الأحْلامِ ، قَوْلُهُم مِن خَيرِ أقْوالِ أهْلِ البَرِيَّةِ ، صَلاتُهُم أكْثَرُ مِن صَلاتِكُم ، وقِراءتُهُم أكْثَرُ مِن قِراءتِكُم ، لا يُجاوِزُ إيمانُهُم تَراقِيَهُم - أو قالَ حَناجِرَهُم - يَمْرُقونَ مِن الدِّينِ كمايَمْرُقُ السَّهمُ مِن الرَّمِيَّةِ ، فاقْتُلوهُم .9

1839.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'I heard the Prophet (SAWA) saying, 'There will come a people during the last days who will be young and rash-minded, their words will be the best words of the righteous, their prayers will be more than your prayers, their recitation [of the Qur'an] will be more than your recitation, however their faith will not transcend their collarbones - or he said 'throats' -, they will leave the true faith as swiftly as an arrow flies from the bow; therefore kill them.' 10

1.المارقون ، الخوارج والحرورية ثلاثة إلقاب لمسمّىً واحد ؛ وهم جماعة كانوا في جيش الإمام أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام في صفّين ، ثمّ انفصلوا عنه بعد قضيّة التحكيم وانتفضوا عليه .

2.The Khawarij, the Mariqun and the Haruriah are all the names for one group of people, and they were a group from the Army of Imam Ali (AS) who separated from him and revolted against him.

3.الكهف : ۱۰۳ ، ۱۰۴ .

4.Qur'an ۱۸:۱۰۳-۱۰۴

5.كنز العمّال : ۳۱۶۱۰ .

6.Kanz al-Ummal, no. ۳۱۶۱۰

7.شرح نهج البلاغة : ۲ / ۲۷۸ .

8.Sharh Nahj al-Balagha li Ibn Abi al-Hadid, v. ۲, p. ۲۷۸

9.شرح نهج البلاغة : ۲ / ۲۶۷ .

10.Ibid. v. ۲, p. ۲۶۷

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