The Khawarij: Are They Considered Disbelievers?
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, are the Khawarij considered disbelievers?
The Shaykh:
There is scholarly disagreement on this. The majority hold that they are not disbelievers, because they are ignorant and engage in figurative interpretation, but they are misguided. However, some scholars declare them to be disbelievers. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, why?
The Shaykh:
Ibn al-Qayyim says that they have texts which they failed to understand correctly, meaning they exercised independent legal reasoning and erred. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, are the Khawarij considered disbelievers?
The Shaykh:
There is scholarly disagreement on this. The majority hold that they are not disbelievers, because they are ignorant and engage in figurative interpretation, but they are misguided. However, some scholars declare them to be disbelievers. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, why?
The Shaykh:
Ibn al-Qayyim says that they have texts which they failed to understand correctly, meaning they exercised independent legal reasoning and erred. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [135 -1024] الخوارج هل يعدون من الكفار؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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