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SERMON 60

When Amir al-mu'minin was told that the Kharijites had been totally killed he said:

By Allah no not yet. They still exist in the loins of men and wombs of women. Whenever a chief would appear from among them he would be cut down till the last of them would turn thieves and robbers. (1)

(1). This prophecy of Amir al-mu'minin also proved true word by word. Every chief of Kharijites who rose was put to sword. A few of their chiefs who were badly put to death are mentioned here:

1) Nafi' ibn Azraq al-Hanafi: the largest group of the Kharijites namely al-Azariqah is named after him. He was killed by Salamah al-Bahili during encounter with the army of Muslim ibn 'Ubays.

2) Najdah ibn 'Amir: the an-Najadat al-'Adhiriyyah sect of Kharijites is named after him. Abu Fudayk al-Khariji got him killed.

3) 'Abdullah ibn Ibad at-Tamimi: the sect Ibadite (Ibadiyyah) is named after him. He was killed during encounter with 'Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn 'Atiyyah.

4) Abu Bayhas Haysam ibn Jabir ad-Duba'i: the sect of al-Bayhasiyyah is named after him. 'Uthman ibn Hayyan al-Murri the governor of Medina got his hands and feet severed and then killed him.

5) 'Urwah ibn Udayyah at-Tamimi: Ziyad ibn Abih killed him during the reign of Mu'awiyah.

6) Qatari ibn al-Fuja'h al-Mazini at-Tamimi: when he encountered the army of Sufyan ibn al-Abrad al-Kalbi in Tabarastan then Sawrah ibn al-Hurr ad-Darimi killed him.

7) Abu Bilal Mirdas ibn Udayyah at-Tamimi: was killed in encounter with 'Abbas ibn Akhdar al-Mazini.


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[ 60 ] وقال عليه السلام

لمّا قتل الخوارج فقيل له: يا أميرالمؤمنين، هلك القوم بأجمعهم !

كَلاَّ وَالله، إِنَّهُمْ نُطَفٌ فِي أَصْلاَبِ الرِّجَالِ، وَقَرَارَاتِ النِّسَاءِ (1) ، كُلَّمَا نَجَمَ مِنْهُمْ قَرْنٌ قُطِعَ (2) ، حَتَّى يَكُونَ آخِرُهُمْ لُصُوصاً سَلاَّبِينَ.

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8) Shawdhab al-Khariji al-Yashkuri: was killed during encounter with Sa'id ibn 'Amr al-Harashi.

9) Hawtharah ibn Wada' al-Asadi: was killed at the hands of a man of Banu Tayyi'

10) al-Mustawrid ibn 'Ullafah at-Taymi: was killed by Ma'qil ibn Qays ar-Riyahi in the reign of Mu'awiyah.

11) Shabib ibn Yazid ash-Shaybani: died by being drowned in river.

12) 'Imran ibn al-Harith ar-Rasibi: was killed in the battle of Dulab.

13 -14) Zahhaf at-Ta'i and Qurayb ibn Murrah al-Azdi: were killed in encounter with Banu Tahiyah.

15) az-Zubayr ibn 'Ali as-Saliti at-Tamimi: was killed in encounter with 'Attab ibn Warqa' ar-Riyahi.

16) 'Ali ibn Bashir ibn al-Mahuz al-Yarbu'i: al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ath-Thaqafi got him killed.

17) 'Ubaydullah ibn Bashir: was killed in encounter with al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufrah in the battle of Dulab.

18) Abu'l-Wazi' ar-Rasibi: a man in the graveyard of Banu Yashkur felled a wall on him and killed him.

19) 'Abdu Rabbih as-Saghir: was killed in encounter with al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufrah.

20) Al-Walid ibn Tarif ash-Shaybani: was killed in encounter with Yazid ibn Mazyad ash-Shaybani.

21-24) 'Abdullah ibn Yahya al-Kindi al-Mukhtar ibn 'Awf al-Azdi (Abu Hamzah ash-Shari) Abrahah ibn as-Sabbah and Balj ibn 'Uqbah al-Asadi: were killed by 'Abd al-Malik ibn 'Atiyyah as-Sa'di in the reign of Marwan ibn Muhammad (the last of the Umayyad caliphs).

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