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In the 18th century, prominent Ottoman Hanafi scholar Ibn 'Abidin Al-Shami declared the Wahhabi movement of Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab to be a modern-day manifestation of the Kharijites. He said: In our time Ibn Abdal Wahhab Najdi appeared, and attacked the two noble sanctuaries (Makkah and Madinah).
- Hurqus – The First Khariji
- The Battle of Siffin
- Kharijite Principles
The origins of Kharijism date back to the time of the Prophet (s). Amongst the clearest indications we have of this is the Hadith of Hurqus ibn Zuhair in Bukhari and Muslim. After the Battle of Hunain the Prophet (s) – in distributing the booty – gave preference to a number of non-Muslims. His aim was to attract them to Islam. Hurqus rebuked the Pr...
It is significant that this selfsame Hurqus was elected as one of the heads of the Kharijites after the Battle of Siffin. This story needs to be told, albeit briefly. The Battle of Siffin was a battle for Muslim leadership, with Sayyidna Ali on the one side and Muawiyyah on the other. This probably marks one of the most painful moments in the histo...
Suffice it for us at this stage to know that by now this group of Kharijites – known as the “Muhakkima”- had already resolved upon the following principles: a) The declaration of Kufr (unbelief) on Sayyidina `Ali, Mu`awiyyah, and all those who had participated in and agreed to the process of arbitration b) Takfir (charging with unbelief) of all tho...
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Dec 14, 2009 · Salem explores the emergence of the Kharijites, noting that no single “Kharijite” identity exists. (Salem considers the Wahhabis of Saudi Arabia the modern manifestation of the Kharijites.) Includes a discussion of Kharijite notions of state, law, jihad, and social theory.
Jul 18, 2008 · While efforts have been made to exonerate Ibn `Abdul Wahhab – discussed in the next segment – from his more grievous excesses, the evidence simply remains too overwhelming to dismiss his role in the fostering of the extremism that has since dogged the Muslim world.
Jun 25, 2013 · The Kharijites ( khawarij, sing. khariji ), meaning the “secessionists,” is a blanket term applied to groups of early Muslim sectarians who were neither Shiʿite nor (proto-)Sunni. Although those who would become the first Kharijites initially supported ʿAli during the first fitna (civil war), ʿAli’s decision to arbitrate the Battle of ...
In the modern era, many Muslim theologians and clerics have compared the beliefs and actions of modern Islamists such as the Islamic State, al-Qaeda, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan to those of the Kharijites, labeling them as modern or neo-Kharijites.
To establish why and how modern Muslim thinkers were able to evoke and use the image of the Kharijite this chapter explores the historical, literary process by which the early Kharijites were transformed into a mythic symbol of rebellion.
