Darussalam · Volume 1
The Book Of The SunnahSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 176 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 62
Source no. 176 · Volume 1 · Page 248
Hasan
حسن، المشكاة (٣٥٥٤)
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176. Abu Ghâlib narrated that Abu Umâmah said: "(The Khawârij) are the worst of the slain who are killed under heaven, and the best of the slain are those who were killed by them. Those (Khawârij) are the dogs of Hell. Those people were Muslims but they became disbelievers." I said: "O Abu Umâmah, is that your opinion?" He said: "Rather I heard it from the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ." (Hasan)
176 - حَدَّثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ أَبِي سَهْلٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي غَالِبٍ، عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ، يَقُولُ: «شَرُّ قَتْلَى قُتِلُوا تَحْتَ أَدِيمِ السَّمَاءِ، وَخَيْرُ قَتِيلٍ مَنْ قَتَلُوا، كِلَابُ أَهْلِ النَّارِ، قَدْ كَانَ هَؤُلَاءِ مُسْلِمِينَ فَصَارُوا كُفَّارًا» قُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا أُمَامَةَ، هَذَا شَيْءٌ تَقُولُهُ؟ قَالَ: بَلْ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
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The Hadith contains a strong condemnation of the Khawârij, and is categorical on the point that they are disbelievers and are of the people of Hell. The Hadith confirms the heretical nature of their beliefs for which reason they have been declared as having gone out of the fold of Islam and entered the realm of disbelief. Muslims fighting the Khawârij shall earn for themselves a higher rank and a distinctive position before Allâh.