609 - الإمام عليّ عليه السلام بَعدَ مَقتَلِ الخَوارجِ‏

609. Imam Ali (AS) AFTER THE KILLING OF THE KHARIJITES

1840.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - وقَد مَرَّ بقَتْلى‏ الخَوارجِ - : بُؤْساً لَكُم ! لَقد ضَرَّكُم مَن غَرَّكُم . فقيلَ لَهُ : مَن غَرَّهُم يا أميرَ المؤمنينَ ؟ فقالَ : الشَّيطانُ المُضِلُّ ، والأنْفُسُ الأمّارَةُ بالسُّوءِ ، غَرَّتْهُم‏بالأمانيِّ ، وفَسَحَتْ لَهُم ، بِالمَعاصي، ووَعَدَتْهُم الإظْهارَ ، فاقْتَحَمَتْ بهِم النّارَ .¹

1840. When walking past the slayed bodies of the Kharijites, Imam Ali (AS) said, 'How wretched you are! The one who misled you has brought harm to you', someone then asked, 'Who has misled them O Commander of the Faithful?' he said, 'The deceptive Satan and the carnal soul which commands towards evil have misled them by giving them a false sense of security, giving them a wide opening for disobedience and promising them victory, but through them they have plunged into the Fire.' ²

1841.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - لَمّا قُتلَ الخوارِجُ فقيلَ لَهُ : يا أميرَ المؤمنينَ، هَلكَ القَومُ بأجْمَعِهِم - : كَلّا واللَّهِ، إنَّهُم نُطَفٌ في أصْلابِ الرِّجالِ وقَراراتِ النّساءِ ، كُلَّما نَجَمَ مِنهُم قَرْنٌ قُطِعَ ، حتّى‏ يكونَ آخِرُهُم لُصوصاً سَلّابِينَ .³

1841. When the Kharijites had been killed it was said to Imam Ali (AS), 'O Commander of the Faithful, these people have been destroyed in their entirety', to which the Imam (AS) responded, 'Not at all! By Allah they still exist in the loins of men and the wombs of women. Whenever a chief appears from among them he will be cut down till the last of them will be thieves and robbers.' ⁴

1842.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أيُّها النّاسُ ، فإنّي فَقَأْتُ عَينَ الفِتنَةِ ، ولَم يَكُن لِيَجْتَرِئَ علَيها أحَدٌ غَيري بَعدَ أنْ ماجَ غَيْهَبُها (ظُلْمَتُها) ، واشْتَدَّ كَلَبُها .⁵

1842.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'O people, I am the one who gouged out the eye of trouble [revolt]. There was no one except me who dared to advance towards it when its gloom was swelling and its madness was intense [when the uprising was at its peak].' ⁶

124 - الخوارج‏

124. THE KHARIJITES

608 - المارِقونَ‏¹

608. THE APOSTATES ²

(قُلْ هَلْ نُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِالْأَخْسَرِينَ أَعْمَالاً * الَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعاً) .³

"Say, 'Shall we inform you about the biggest losers in regard to works? Those whose endeavour goes awry in the life of the world, while they suppose they are doing good." ⁴

1837.كنز العمّال عن عبد اللَّه بن عمرو : إنّ رجُلاً أتى‏ النَّبيَّ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله يَومَ حُنينٍ وهُو يَقْسِمُ تِبْراً فقالَ : يا محمّدُ، اعْدِلْ ! فقالَ : وَيْحَكَ ! مَن يَعْدِلُ إذا لَم أعْدِلْ ؟! - أو عِندَ مَن يُلْتَمَسُ العَدلُ بَعدي ؟ ! - ثُمّ قالَ : يُوشِكُ أنْ يأتيَ قَومٌ مِثلُ هذا يَسألونَ كِتابَ‏اللَّهِ وهُم أعْداؤهُ، يَقْرَؤونَ كِتابَ‏اللَّه ولايَحُلُّ حَناجِرَهُم، مُحَلَّقَةً رؤوسُهُم ، فإذا خَرَجوا فاضْرِبوا رِقابَهُم .⁵

1837. It is narrated in Kanz al-Ummal that while the Prophet (SAWA) was handing out gold bullion on the day of [the battle of] Hunayn, a man came to him and said, 'O Muhammad, act fairly!', The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Woe to you, if I am not fair then who is fair?' or he said, 'With whom will you find fairness besides me?' after which he said, 'Soon there will come a people like this who will seek the Book of Allah while being its enemy, they will read the Book of Allah but the words will not go higher than their throat. They will have shaved heads, so when they arise [to revolt] slay their necks.' ⁶

1838.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - وقد تَلا رجُلٌ هذهِ الآيةَ بحَضْرَتِهِ - : أهلُ حَرُوراءَ مِنهُم .⁷

1838. Once a man, in the presence of Imam Ali (AS), recited the above-mentioned Qur'anic verse after which the Imam said, 'The Harura' [i.e. the Kharijites] are from them.' ⁸

1839.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : سَمِعْتُ رسولَ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله يقولُ : يَخْرُجُ في آخرِ الزّمانِ قَومٌ أحْداثُ الأسْنانِ ، سُفَهاءُ الأحْلامِ ، قَوْلُهُم مِن خَيرِ أقْوالِ أهْلِ البَرِيَّةِ ، صَلاتُهُم أكْثَرُ مِن صَلاتِكُم ، وقِراءتُهُم أكْثَرُ مِن قِراءتِكُم ، لا يُجاوِزُ إيمانُهُم تَراقِيَهُم - أو قالَ حَناجِرَهُم - يَمْرُقونَ مِن الدِّينِ كمايَمْرُقُ السَّهمُ مِن الرَّمِيَّةِ ، فاقْتُلوهُم .⁹

1839.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'I heard the Prophet (SAWA) saying, 'There will come a people during the last days who will be young and rash-minded, their words will be the best words of the righteous, their prayers will be more than your prayers, their recitation [of the Qur'an] will be more than your recitation, however their faith will not transcend their collarbones - or he said 'throats' -, they will leave the true faith as swiftly as an arrow flies from the bow; therefore kill them.' ¹⁰