Hazrat Abu Salamah narrates that I asked Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri whether he had ever heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) mention the Haruriyyah. Hazrat Abu Saeed replied, "Yes, I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) mention a people who would be devoted to worship. He said, 'You will consider your own worship insignificant compared to theirs, and your fasting insignificant compared to theirs. They will go out of the religion just as an arrow passes through the bow. He will take his sword and look at the tip of his arrow, but will find nothing there; he will look at its rear end, but will find nothing there; he will look at the shaft of his arrow, but will find nothing there; then he will look at the feathers of the arrow and will be in doubt whether he has seen anything or not.'"

Hazrat Ghailan bin Jarir says that I intended to go to Makkah with Abu Qilabah. I sought permission from him. I said, "May I enter?" He replied, "Yes, if you are not a Haruri."

Hazrat Ka'b says that whoever is martyred by the Khawarij will have ten lights, and he will be given two more lights than the lights of the other martyrs.

Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that Najdah and his companions attacked those who were not from us; if I had been among them and had my weapon with me, I would have fought against them.

Hasan's father narrates that a letter from Umar bin Abdul Aziz was read before us, in which it was written that if the Haruri people shed sacred blood and commit highway robbery, then we are free from them, and he ordered fighting against them.

Hazrat Habib bin Abi Thabit narrates that I came to Hazrat Abu Wa’il and asked him about the people whom Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) fought against. I asked,“Why did they abandon Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him)? Why did they consider his blood lawful? And what did Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) invite them to? Then, on what basis did Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) consider their blood lawful?”He replied,“When the killing among the people of Syria at Siffin intensified, Hazrat Muawiyah and his companions took refuge on a mountain. Hazrat Amr bin Aas said, ‘Send the Mushaf (Qur’an) to Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), by Allah! He will not refuse it.’ So a man brought the Mushaf and was announcing, ‘Between us and you is the Book of Allah { أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَی الَّذِینَ أُوتُوا نَصِیبًا مِنَ الْکِتَابِ یُدْعَوْنَ إِلَی کِتَابِ اللہِ لِیَحْکُمَ بَیْنَہُمْ ثُمَّ یَتَوَلَّی فَرِیقٌ مِنْہُمْ وَہُمْ مُعْرِضُونَ }.’ Upon this, Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said, ‘Yes, between us and you is the Book of Allah, and I am more bound to act upon it than you.’ (2) Then the Khawarij came, and in those days we used to call them ‘Qurra’. They came with their swords hanging on their shoulders and said, ‘O Commander of the Faithful! Should we not advance towards these people so that Allah may decide between them and us?’ Upon this, Hazrat Sahl bin Hunaif said, ‘O people! Blame yourselves. We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at Hudaybiyyah. If we had considered fighting permissible, we would have fought. That was a peace treaty between the polytheists and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). At that time, Hazrat Umar came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said,“Are we not upon the truth and our enemy upon falsehood?”The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said,“Yes, it is so.”Hazrat Umar said,“Will not our slain be in Paradise and their slain in Hell?”The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said,“It is so.”Hazrat Umar said,“Then why should we accept humiliation in our religion and return while Allah has not yet decided between them and us?”The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said,“O Ibn Khattab! I am the Messenger of Allah, Allah will never forsake me.”(3) Then Hazrat Umar, in a state of anger, went to Hazrat Abu Bakr and said,“O Abu Bakr! Are we not upon the truth and our enemy upon falsehood?”Hazrat Abu Bakr said,“Yes, it is so.”Hazrat Umar said,“Will not our slain be in Paradise and their slain in Hell?”Hazrat Abu Bakr said,“It is so.”Hazrat Umar said,“Then why should we accept humiliation in our religion and return while Allah has not yet decided between them and us?”Hazrat Abu Bakr said,“O Ibn Khattab! He is the Messenger of Allah, Allah will never forsake him.”(4) Then Allah Almighty revealed Surah Al-Fath to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he sent for Hazrat Umar and recited this Surah before him. Hazrat Umar said,“O Messenger of Allah! Is this a victory?”He said,“Yes.”Then he became happy and returned. (5) After this, Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said,“O people! This is a victory.”Then Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) accepted this decision and returned, and the people also returned. (6) After Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) accepted this decision, more than ten thousand Khawarij went to Harura. Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) invoked Allah’s name and asked them to return, but they refused. Then Sa’sa’ah bin Sawhan came to them, invoked Allah’s name, and asked them,“On what basis will you fight your Caliph?”They said,“We fear tribulation (fitnah).”He said,“Do not mislead the people about the tribulation of the coming year from now.”They returned and said,“We are going to our area because Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) has accepted the decision. We fought for the same reason for which we fought in the Battle of Siffin, and if he refuses to accept the decision, we will fight with him.”(7) Then those people left, and when they reached Nahrawan, a group separated from them and began threatening people with killing. Their companions said,“Woe to you! Did we separate from Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) for this?”When Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) heard of this, he stood among the people and delivered a sermon, in which he said,“What do you see? Are you going towards Syria or are you...”

Hazrat Zaid bin Wahb narrates that on the day of Nahrawan, Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) confronted the Khawarij. The spears kept striking continuously and the Khawarij were killed. Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Search for Dhu al-Thadiyya among them," but after searching, he was not found. Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Neither have I lied nor has a lie been told to me. Search for him." When they searched again, he was found lying on the ground among the slain. There was something on his hand resembling the paw of a cat. Upon seeing him, Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and the people said "Allahu Akbar," and the people were pleased and Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was also pleased.

A man from Banu Nasr bin Muawiyah narrates that we were present with Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) when the mention of the Khawarij came up. A man cursed them, so Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Do not curse them. If they rebel against a just Imam, then fight them, and if they rebel against an oppressive Imam, then do not fight them, because they have the right to speak.

Hazrat Shareek bin Shihab Harithi says that I wished to meet a companion of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) who could tell me about the Khawarij. On the day of Arafah, I met Hazrat Abu Barzah Aslami, who was with some of his companions. I said to him, "Tell me something you heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about the Khawarij." He said, "I will tell you an incident about them which my ears heard and my eyes saw. It happened that some dinars were brought to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He began to distribute them. There was a man near you whose hair was covered, he was wearing two white garments, and there was a mark of prostration between his eyes. He came close to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) wanting to take those dinars from him, but the Prophet did not give them to him. He came from the direction of the Prophet's blessed face, but the Prophet did not give him anything. He came from the right side, the Prophet did not give him anything. Then he came from the left side, but the Prophet still did not give him anything. Then he came from behind, and the Prophet still did not give him anything. Then he said, 'O Muhammad! Today you have not acted justly in the distribution.' At this, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) became very angry and said three times, 'By Allah! You will not find anyone more just than me.' Then he said, 'Some people will emerge from the east, and I think he is among them. Their way will be that they will recite the Qur'an, but the Qur'an will not go beyond their throats. They will leave the religion just as an arrow leaves the bow, and they will not return to it.' Then he placed his hand on his chest and said, 'Shaving the head will be their sign. Their emergence will continue until the last of them comes out with the False Messiah (Dajjal).' Then he said three times, 'When you see them, fight them.' Then he said three times, 'They are the worst of creation and habit.'"

It is narrated from Hazrat Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A people will come who will recite the Qur'an, but the Qur'an will not go beyond their throats. They will go out of the religion just as an arrow goes out of the bow."