Describing Osama bin Laden as a Khariji
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Question:
May Allah send you well. The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, the influence of Osama bin Laden on the youth of the world is not hidden from you. The question is: Is it permissible for us to describe him as being from the Khawarij, especially since he supports the bombings in our lands and elsewhere?
Answer:
Everyone who adopts this ideology is from the Khawarij. Everyone who adopts this ideology and calls to it and incites to it is from the Khawarij, regardless of his name and his location. This is a rule: everyone who calls to this ideology, which is rebelling against the rulers, declaring Muslims to be disbelievers, and making the blood of Muslims permissible, is from the Khawarij. Yes.
May Allah send you well. The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, the influence of Osama bin Laden on the youth of the world is not hidden from you. The question is: Is it permissible for us to describe him as being from the Khawarij, especially since he supports the bombings in our lands and elsewhere?
Answer:
Everyone who adopts this ideology is from the Khawarij. Everyone who adopts this ideology and calls to it and incites to it is from the Khawarij, regardless of his name and his location. This is a rule: everyone who calls to this ideology, which is rebelling against the rulers, declaring Muslims to be disbelievers, and making the blood of Muslims permissible, is from the Khawarij. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-20-الفئة الضالة ومنهجها|صالح الفوزان|العام|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (56:02)
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