The Difference Between the Khawarij, the Rebels, and Those Who Offer Interpretations
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Question:
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: What is the difference between the Khawarij, the rebels, and those who offer interpretations?
Answer:
Those who rise up against the authority of the Imam fall into three categories. The first category is a group that has no interpretation; these are highway robbers who violate public safety, cut off roads, seize money, and kill travelers. Or, even within the country, they attack with weapons, take people’s money, and kill them. These are highway robbers who have no interpretation except the love of money and the love of corruption.
The second category is a group that has a plausible interpretation, but they applied it in the wrong place. They have a plausible interpretation, but they applied it in the wrong place. These are the rebels who rise up against the one in authority under the pretext of enjoining good and forbidding evil. Enjoining good and forbidding evil is obligatory, but these people applied enjoining good and forbidding evil in the wrong place, so their interpretation is not plausible, and they are rebels.
The third category is those who rise up against the one in authority with an implausible interpretation. These are the Khawarij.
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: What is the difference between the Khawarij, the rebels, and those who offer interpretations?
Answer:
Those who rise up against the authority of the Imam fall into three categories. The first category is a group that has no interpretation; these are highway robbers who violate public safety, cut off roads, seize money, and kill travelers. Or, even within the country, they attack with weapons, take people’s money, and kill them. These are highway robbers who have no interpretation except the love of money and the love of corruption.
The second category is a group that has a plausible interpretation, but they applied it in the wrong place. They have a plausible interpretation, but they applied it in the wrong place. These are the rebels who rise up against the one in authority under the pretext of enjoining good and forbidding evil. Enjoining good and forbidding evil is obligatory, but these people applied enjoining good and forbidding evil in the wrong place, so their interpretation is not plausible, and they are rebels.
The third category is those who rise up against the one in authority with an implausible interpretation. These are the Khawarij.
Source
الفرق بين الخوارج والبغاة والمتأولين — alfawzan.live
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