SERMON 59
When Amir al-mu'minin was told that
the Kharijites had been totally killed, he said:
By Allah, no, not yet. They still exist in the loins
of men and wombs of women. Whenever a chief would appear from among them, he would be cut
down till the last of them would turn thieves and robbers. (1)
(1).
This prophecy of Amir al-mu'minin also proved true word by word. Every chief of Kharijites
who rose was put to sword. A few of their chiefs who were badly put to death are mentioned
here:
1) Nafi` ibn Azraq al-Hanafi: the
largest group of the Kharijites namely al-Azariqah is named after him. He was killed by
Salamah al-Bahili during encounter with the army of Muslim ibn `Ubays.
2) Najdah ibn `Amir: the an-Najadat
al-`Adhiriyyah sect of Kharijites is named after him. Abu Fudayk al-Khariji got him
killed.
3) `Abdullah ibn Ibad at-Tamimi:
the sect Ibadite (Ibadiyyah) is named after him. He was killed during encounter with
`Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn `Atiyyah.
4) Abu Bayhas Haysam ibn Jabir
ad-Duba`i: the sect of al-Bayhasiyyah is named after him. `Uthman ibn Hayyan al-Murri the
governor of Medina got his hands and feet severed and then killed him.
5) `Urwah ibn Udayyah at-Tamimi:
Ziyad ibn Abih killed him during the reign of Mu`awiyah.
6) Qatari ibn al-Fuja'h al-Mazini
at-Tamimi: when he encountered the army of Sufyan ibn al-Abrad al-Kalbi in Tabarastan then
Sawrah ibn al-Hurr ad-Darimi killed him.
7) Abu Bilal Mirdas ibn Udayyah
at-Tamimi: was killed in encounter with `Abbas ibn Akhdar al-Mazini.
8) Shawdhab al-Khariji al-Yashkuri:
was killed during encounter with Sa`id ibn `Amr al-Harashi.
9) Hawtharah ibn Wada` al-Asadi:
was killed at the hands of a man of Banu Tayyi'
10) al-Mustawrid ibn `Ullafah
at-Taymi: was killed by Ma`qil ibn Qays ar-Riyahi in the reign of Mu`awiyah.
11) Shabib ibn Yazid ash-Shaybani:
died by being drowned in river.
12) `Imran ibn al-Harith ar-Rasibi:
was killed in the battle of Dulab.
13, 14) Zahhaf at-Ta'i and Qurayb
ibn Murrah al-Azdi: were killed in encounter with Banu Tahiyah.
15) az-Zubayr ibn `Ali as-Saliti
at-Tamimi: was killed in encounter with `Attab ibn Warqa' ar-Riyahi.
16) `Ali ibn Bashir ibn al-Mahuz
al-Yarbu`i: al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ath-Thaqafi got him killed.
17) `Ubaydullah ibn Bashir: was
killed in encounter with al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufrah in the battle of Dulab.
18) Abu'l-Wazi` ar-Rasibi: a man in
the graveyard of Banu Yashkur felled a wall on him and killed him.
19) `Abdu Rabbih as-Saghir: was
killed in encounter with al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufrah.
20) Al-Walid ibn Tarif
ash-Shaybani: was killed in encounter with Yazid ibn Mazyad ash-Shaybani.
21-24) `Abdullah ibn Yahya
al-Kindi, al-Mukhtar ibn `Awf al-Azdi (Abu Hamzah ash-Shari), Abrahah ibn as-Sabbah and
Balj ibn `Uqbah al-Asadi: were killed by `Abd al-Malik ibn `Atiyyah as-Sa`di in the reign
of Marwan ibn Muhammad (the last of the Umayyad caliphs).
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