The Origin of the Khawarij and the State of Their Worship
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it true that the origin of the Khawarij is that man who said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), "Fear Allah, O Muhammad, and be just, for you have not been just"?
The Shaykh:
This is one of them; it is not their beginning. This is a man from among them who spoke against the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger was lenient toward him, and when he turned away, he said that people like him would emerge from this group, meaning from their like. and your fasting to Musannaf Abd al-Razzaq 29:59, may Allah protect us from that.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says.
The Shaykh:
They pray and fast, they spend the night in standing prayer and the day in reciting the Qur'an and in worship, but they are not on the correct path. They are not on the correct path. The important thing is to be on the correct path, not on a wrong path. Even if you exert effort while on a wrong path, it will not benefit you. What benefits you is righteous work, even if it is little, if you are on the correct path. A good deed is rewarded ten times its value, up to seven hundred times, up to many times more, but you must be on the correct path.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it true that the origin of the Khawarij is that man who said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), "Fear Allah, O Muhammad, and be just, for you have not been just"?
The Shaykh:
This is one of them; it is not their beginning. This is a man from among them who spoke against the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger was lenient toward him, and when he turned away, he said that people like him would emerge from this group, meaning from their like.
A people whose prayer you consider insignificant compared to their prayer
قوم تحقرون صلاتكم إلى صلاتهمand whose fasting you consider insignificant compared to their fasting. They will emerge from the religion as an arrow emerges from its quiver
صيامهم يمرقون من الدين كما يمرق السهم من الرميةThe questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says.
The Shaykh:
They pray and fast, they spend the night in standing prayer and the day in reciting the Qur'an and in worship, but they are not on the correct path. They are not on the correct path. The important thing is to be on the correct path, not on a wrong path. Even if you exert effort while on a wrong path, it will not benefit you. What benefits you is righteous work, even if it is little, if you are on the correct path. A good deed is rewarded ten times its value, up to seven hundred times, up to many times more, but you must be on the correct path.
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية، العقيدة الواسطية 19-06-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (53:28)
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