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Khawaarij
Name of group -
Khawaarij
Adherent to group - Khaarijee, plural -
Khaarijiyyoon
The Khawaarij are a sect which
came out to kill 'Alee ibn Abee Taalib
(radhi-yallaahu
'anhu) concerning the issue of
ruling/leadership.
Their chosen path was one of
distancing themselves from 'Uthmaan ibn
'Affaan and 'Alee ibn Abee Taalib
(radhi-yallaahu
'anhumaa), and condoning walking
out against the Imaam (leader) and seeking
to overthrow him if he opposes the Sunnah. Likewise,
they would make takfeer (render someone a
kaafir) of anyone
who commits a major sin and claim that he
will forever abide in the Fire of
Hell.
ash-Shahrastaanee defines them
as:
((Anyone
who walks out against (seeking to
overthrow) the true appointed Imaam
(leader) upon whose leadership the
Jamaa'ah is in agreement is called a
Khaarijee. This is the case, despite
whether the walking out (against the Imaam)
occurred in the days of the
Rightly-Guided Khulafaa. or other than them from the
Taabi'een)).
And some of the pious predecessors
used to call all those who practiced Islaam
based upon their desires as
Khawaarij.
The Khawaarij were the first sect
to appear in the history of Islaam,
splitting up into more than 20 different
sub-sects. However, it is said that the
major sub-sects of the Khawaarij are
seven:
1) al-Mahkamah al-Oolaa;
2) al-Azaariqah;
3) an-Najdaat;
4) ath-Thu'aalabah;
5) al-'Ajaaridah;
6) al-Abaadhiyyah;
7) as-Safriyyah.
Some of the other sub-sects include:
1)
al-Ibaathiyyah;
2) ash-Shamraakhiyyah;
3) as-Salaydiyyah;
4) as-Sirriyyah;
5) al-'Azriyyah;
6) al-'Ajradiyyah;
7) ash-Shakkiyyah;
8) al-Fadhaliyyah;
9) al-Bayhasiyyah;
10) al-'Atwiyyah;
11) al-Fadeekiyyah;
12) al-Ja'diyyah;
13) ash-Shaybiyyah;
14) al-Hurooriyyah;
15) al-Khamariyyah;
16) ash-Sharaah.
Definitions regarding each of the
above shall be published in due time, inshaa.-Allaah.
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