The Khawaarij of
old and of present times are those who kill the Muslims, just as the
case with Dhul Khuwaysirah who was the founding father of this ideology.
They are those who rebel against the Muslim rulers. They first rebelled
against the Prophet himself (sallAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) (i.e. Dhul
Khuwaysirah) then his followers rebelled, refused the leadership of
‘Uthmaan (radhiyAllahu ‘anhu) and murdered him. After ‘Uthmaan was
murdered there were great trials and tribulations which overspread the
entire Muslim nation and people’s blood was shed and
these Khawaarij claimed the permissibility of shedding Muslim blood.
Later, they murdered Ali (radhiyAllahu ‘anhu) during Salaatul Fajr and
this was after Ibn ‘Abbaas debated with them. Due to him explaining the
truth to them a great number abandoned their ideology and returned to
the truth. However there were some who did not and they killed ‘Ali and
they continued killing the Muslims.
In
our times, what is called al-Qaa'idah are the forerunners in this
ideology. Fifteen years ago they began gaining strength when Usaamah Ibn
Laadin was nothing but a Khaarijee Takfeeri - he was a forerunner in
promoting this evil ideology throughout the Ummah. He was affected when
he went to Afghanistan and because he was wealthy, he used his wealth to
mislead the youth and directed them to blowing themselves up. He was
affected by the writings of Sayyid Qutb and the Surooriyyah who wear the
cloak of Salafiyyah but are far from it. They convinced the youth that
the scholars of Islaam are not trustworthy and that the Muslim rulers
are traitors so they persuaded them to go out and fight against innocent
Muslim civilians. Ibn Laadin, his followers and the other organizations
that claim to be upon Jihaad - which are in reality
Takfeeri organisations - have a deviant ideology and have misled the
people by accusing righteous Muslims of being disbelievers. They have
done nothing other than spread corruption in the earth and ruin the
image of Islaam and part of the outcome of (all of) this is that the
people calling to Islaam have faced hardship throughout the world
because of their vile actions.
Those
who belong to this sect all have a common denominator: they do not take
knowledge from the scholars of Islaam; those who are recognized as
being legitimate scholars. What they do is rely upon people like
themselves - young men who have very little knowledge. This is what
happened with the Khawaarij who went against ‘Uthmaan (radhiyAllahu
‘anhu). The scholars of that time (the Sahaabah) spoke disparagingly
regarding them and this led them to not take knowledge from the
legitimate scholars and thus deviate and go against their leader.
Likewise is the case with those who went against ‘Ali. When Ibn
‘Abbaas went to debate with them he said that not one of the
Sahaabah were with them and this proves that they were taking their own
opinion and did not respect the opinion of the scholars.
This
has been the case regarding many of the different fitan that has taken
place throughout history. Those who instigated the fitan took the
opinion of young individuals who are not firmly grounded in knowledge
and left alone the senior scholars of those times. This was
the fitnah of Ibn al-Ash’ath when Hasan al-Basree tried to advise them
regarding their situation; likewise the fitnah of al-Qaa’idah, the
fitnah of Juhaymaan and many of the fitan that has happened throughout
the history of Islaam. Those who instigated the fitan rely upon the
knowledge of young people who are not firmly grounded and they leave
alone those senior scholars, and this is part of the danger of being
impressed with one’s own knowledge. When one is amazed by himself, this
is what leads him to go astray because he does not have respect for the
opinions of others, especially when this person is a young man and he
does not have respect for the knowledge of his elders.
We
have seen that the common denominator with those killing and spreading
corruption throughout the Ummah, past and present is that none of them
return to the major scholars of their time.
Rather,
they make independent judgements without ever checking their
understanding with that of those who are truly scholars; those who are
firmly grounded in knowledge and those whom Allah has made accepted and
recognized as the authorities of Islaam by all people. And this is one
of the signs of the Day of Judgement, that knowledge will be taken away
and ignorance will be widespread.
Who
is it that is giving the youth fataawa that this is permissible and
that it is an act of worship in Islaam to go to ‘Iraaq and Shaam to
fight!? Is it the scholars?! Is it those who are firmly grounded in
knowledge!? No! It is young men, and not the elders who are firmly
grounded in knowledge and recognized as scholars. Those giving
these fataawa are misleading the people because they are using their own
opinions and are not respecting the opinions of their elders. And this
is one of the signs that the Day of Judgement is getting closer to us.
Because
of these fataawaa issued, telling the people to go fight in these
places - in which no legislated jihaad is taking place - there is much
corruption and behind this are young men who have never truly sought or
grounded themselves in knowledge or sat with the scholars. This is
particularly dangerous when it comes to the issue of calamities
effecting the ummah and this is part of what the Prophet (sallAllahu
‘alayhi wa sallam) said will take place at the end of time.
That Allah will seize the knowledge and not that he would do so by
taking it out of the chests of men but he would seize the knowledge by
the death of the scholars and after that the people would take as their
leaders ignorant ones and due to this they will lead others astray and
they themselves will be led astray.
In
our times, part of the protests that have taken place in
the Muslim world is one of the signs/practices of the Khawaarij. They
disobey their rulers, cause civil strife and encourage the masses to go
against their leaders and cause chaos in the streets. Once the people
rebelled against their government and went out into the street and
started blowing up cars and causing chaos and the like,
the Khawaarij took advantage of this situation in order to spread their
deviant ideologies.
We
are commanded to give naseehah (sincere advice) to our Muslim leaders
and this is to be secretly, not out in the streets or by protesting.
This is how our Prophet (sallAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) taught us - to
privately give naseehah to the Muslim leaders. Those who have entered
into the Islaamic lands spreading corruption have failed to do this.
They have taken to the streets instead of making it a personal
affair..."
Ref: Mpubs.org
http://ahlusunnahwaljamaah.com/2014/12/28/the-link-between-the-khawarij-isis-al-qaaidah-ect-and-the-turmoil-in-the-ummah-shaykh-arafaat-muhammady/
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