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(8). 3000. Abū Ghālib said: "Abū Umāmah saw heads (of the Khawārīj) hanging on the streets of Damascus. He said: 'The dogs of the Fire and the worst dead people under the canopy of the heavens. The best dead men are those whom these have killed.' He then recited: On the Day when some faces will become white and some faces will become black... [2] until the end of the Āyah. I said to Abū Umāmah: 'Did you hear it from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ?' He said: 'If I had not heard it but one time, or two times, or three times, or four times – until he reached seven – I would not have narrated it to you.'" (Ḥasan)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Ḥadīth is
[1] Āl Imrān 3:61.
[2] Āl Imrān 3:106.
Hasan. Abū Ghālib's name is said to be Ḥazawwar. Abū Umāmah Al-Bahlī's name is Ṣudaī bin 'Ajlān, and he was a chief of Bāhilah.
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These people belong to a group of Khawārij called 'Azāriqah', who were referred to Nāfi' bin Azraq Khārijī. The Prophet ﷺ said this regarding the Khawārij. [Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi: vol. 4, p. 82]
