Hazrat Salamah Hamdani narrates from his grandfather that we were sitting at the door of Hazrat Abdullah waiting for him. He came and said that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, told us that a people will recite the Holy Qur'an but the Qur'an will not go below their throats. They will leave Islam just as an arrow leaves the bow. After narrating this hadith, Hazrat Abdullah said, "By Allah, I do not know, perhaps many people related to them are among you." Hazrat Amr bin Salamah says that we saw most of those people fighting against us with the Khawarij on the day of Nahrawan.

40700 - He said: Amr ibn (Salama) said: So we saw that most of (those) were fighting us at Nahrawan alongside the Khawarij.

Hazrat Abu Tahiya says that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) heard a Kharijite reciting this verse of the Holy Qur'an in the Fajr prayer: { وَلَقَدْ أُوحِیَ إلَیْک وَإِلَی الَّذِینَ مِنْ قَبْلِکَ لَئِنْ أَشْرَکْت لَیَحْبَطَنَّ عَمَلُک وَلَتَکُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِینَ } Upon hearing this, Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) left his own surah and recited from here: { فَاصْبِرْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ اللہِ حَقٌّ وَلاَ یَسْتَخِفَّنَّکَ الَّذِینَ لاَ یُوقِنُونَ }.

Hazrat Abu Ghalib narrates that I was in the Grand Mosque of Damascus when people brought the heads of seventy Khawarij (Haruriyyah). These heads were placed on the steps of the mosque. When Hazrat Abu Umamah arrived and saw their heads, he said, "These are the dogs of Hell. Under the sky, these are the worst of creation who have been killed. And those whom they killed are the best of those slain under the sky." Then he wept, looked towards me, and said, "O Abu Ghalib! Are you from the city of these people?" I said, "Yes." He said, "Allah has protected you." Then he said, "Do you recite Surah Aal-e-Imran?" I said, "Yes." He said, "Allah the Exalted says: { مِنْہُ آیَاتٌ مُحْکَمَاتٌ ہُنَّ أُمُّ الْکِتَابِ وَأُخَرُ مُتَشَابِہَاتٌ فَأَمَّا الَّذِینَ فِی قُلُوبِہِمْ زَیْغٌ فَیَتَّبِعُونَ مَا تَشَابَہَ مِنْہُ ابْتِغَائَ الْفِتْنَۃِ وَابْتِغَائَ تَأْوِیلِہِ، وَمَا یَعْلَمُ تَأْوِیلَہُ إِلاَّ اللَّہُ وَالرَّاسِخُونَ فِی الْعِلْمِ } and Allah the Exalted says: { یَوْمَ تَبْیَضُّ وُجُوہٌ وَتَسْوَدُّ وُجُوہٌ فَأَمَّا الَّذِینَ اسْوَدَّتْ وُجُوہُہُمْ أَکَفَرْتُمْ بَعْدَ إیمَانِکُمْ فَذُوقُوا الْعَذَابَ بِمَا کُنْتُمْ تَکْفُرُونَ }." Hazrat Abu Ghalib narrates that I said, "O Abu Umamah! I saw tears flowing from your eyes, what is the reason for this?" He replied, "Yes! Tears are flowing from my eyes out of mercy for them. They were from among the people of Islam. The Israelites were divided into seventy-one sects, and there will be one more sect in this Ummah; all will go to Hell except the main group. Upon them is that which they have been made responsible for, and upon you is that which you have been made responsible for. If you obey this main group, you will be guided, and it is upon the messenger only to convey the message clearly. Listening and obeying is better than falling into sectarianism and disobedience." A man said to him, "O Abu Umamah! Are you saying this from your own opinion or have you heard it from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?" He replied, "If I were to say this from my own opinion, I would be daring in matters of religion! I have heard this from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) not once or twice, but seven times."

Hazrat Abu Majliz narrates that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) forbade his companions from fighting with the Khawarij until they themselves initiated hostilities. Accordingly, the Khawarij passed by Hazrat Abdullah bin Khabbab and seized him. Then one of them picked up a date that had fallen from a date palm and began to eat it, so another person rebuked him, saying, "This is a dhimmi's date; how can you consider it lawful for yourself?" So he spat the date out of his mouth. Then they passed by a pig, and a man struck it with his sword. Another person rebuked him, saying, "This is a dhimmi's pig; how can you consider it lawful for yourself?" Hazrat Abdullah bin Khabbab said, "Shall I not tell you of something more worthy of respect than these things?" They said, "Tell us." Hazrat Abdullah bin Khabbab said, "It is me." They advanced and cut off Hazrat Abdullah bin Khabbab's head. Then Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) sent a message to them, saying, "Send the killer of Hazrat Abdullah bin Khabbab to me." They replied, "How can we send you his killer? We all killed him." Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) asked, "Did you all kill him?" They said, "Yes." Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said "Allahu Akbar" and then ordered his companions to attack them. He said, "By God! Ten men from among you will not be killed, and ten men from among them will not remain alive." So the people fought them. Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered them to search for Dhu al-Thadiyya among them. The people searched for him and brought him to Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). He asked, "Who knows him?" Then only one man was found who knew him. He said, "I saw him in Hira. I asked him, 'Where are you going?' He said, 'That way,' and then he pointed towards Kufa, though I did not know it." Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "He is from among the jinn; he has spoken the truth."

Hazrat Abu Majliz narrates that when Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) attacked the Khawarij, the Muslims also fell upon them. By Allah, only nine Muslims were martyred before they utterly destroyed the Khawarij.

Hazrat Saeed bin Jumhan narrates that the Khawarij invited me to join their group, and I was close to joining them. Meanwhile, Abu Bilal's sister saw Abu Bilal Ahlib in a dream and asked him, "O my brother! What happened to you?" He replied, "After you, we have been made the dogs of Hell."

A man from Banu Abd al-Qais narrates that I was with the Khawarij when I saw among them things that I did not like. Therefore, I decided to separate from them. I was still with a group of them when they saw a man, with a canal between him and them. They crossed the canal to catch that man and said, "Perhaps we have frightened you." He replied, "Yes, something like that." They asked, "Who are you?" The man said, "I am Abdullah bin Khabbab bin Aratt." They said, "You have a hadith which you narrate from your father." He replied, "Yes, my father narrated to me from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that a tribulation will come. In it, the one sitting will be better than the one standing, and the one standing will be better than the one walking. If you can be a servant of Allah who is killed, then be so, but do not be a servant of Allah who kills." Then those people took Abdullah bin Khabbab near the canal and beheaded him. I saw his blood flowing on the waves of the canal. Then they called a pregnant slave woman of Abdullah bin Khabbab and ripped open her belly.

Hazrat Jabala bin Suhaim and Ibn Nadlah say that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) sent an army towards the Khawarij and instructed them not to fight the Khawarij until they were invited to accept the previous annual stipend and the protection of Allah and His Messenger. But they refused this and abused us.

Hazrat Zaid bin Wahb says that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) delivered a sermon before us at the bridge of Dizjan in Mada’in. In this sermon, he said that I have been informed that a group will emerge from the east, among them will be Dhul-Thadiyah. I do not know whether these are the same people or some others? The narrator says that those people kept moving together, and the Haruriyyah said: Do not speak to them in the same way as you spoke to them on the day of Harura. Then they spoke to them, and you returned. Then spears began to be used among them. Some companions of Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Cut the spears, and then they turned around and fought them. Then twelve or thirteen people from among the companions of Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) were martyred. Then he said: Search for him, so they searched for him and found him. Then he said: By Allah, neither did you lie nor were you lied to. Keep acting and do not rely on hope. If you do not rely on hope, I will tell you that which Allah Almighty has conveyed through the blessed tongue of His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Then he said: There were also some people from Yemen with us. The people asked: How is that, O Commander of the Faithful? He replied: Their desires were with us.