The reason for the naming of the Khawarij and the origin of the statement regarding the intermediate position between the two positions

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: The Khawarij were given this name because they rebelled against the rulers of the Muslims. He says: Some of the students of knowledge say that the Khawarij are those who hold to the intermediate position between the two positions, and not merely those who rebel.

Answer:
He is ignorant, because those who say the intermediate position between the two positions are the Mu'tazilah, not the Khawarij. But this person is ignorant and does not know what they are. These are not the ones; the Mu'tazilah are the ones who say the intermediate position between the two positions. As for the Khawarij, they declare disbelievers those who commit sins less than shirk (associating partners with Allah), and they say that their people will be eternally and permanently in the Fire, may Allah protect us from that. These are the Khawarij. Yes.