This, and they are not people of denial of the divine attributes, nor *** do they set aside the true texts with proof (Clarifying that the Khawarij are not people of denial of the divine attributes; rather, they affirm for Allah what He has affirmed for Himself
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The Shaykh : Rather, they call them, in their view, they call the people of worship of idols, meaning: that they kill the Muslims who worship Allah based on the fact that, in their view, they are like the worshippers of idols, so his saying: "they call them" means according to the belief of the Khawarij.
" *** they call them the people of worship of idols
This, and they are not people of denial of the divine attributes, nor *** do they set aside the true texts with proof "
Meaning: that the Khawarij are not people of denial of the divine attributes, rather they affirm for Allah what He has affirmed for Himself, and they do not set aside the texts from the truth, but they keep them as they are. However, there is no doubt that the Khawarij set aside the texts of hope from what Allah and His Messenger intended by them, and they gave precedence to the texts of warning over the texts of hope. So they are, without doubt, people of figurative interpretation and mistaken in their interpretation, and they distort the texts of hope. But do we say: that their distortion of the texts of hope is like the distortion of these people of the texts of attributes, or is it more severe? This is the point of consideration. Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) holds that the distortion of the texts of attributes is more severe and greater than the distortion of the texts of hope, because the distortion of the texts of hope, at most, is a distortion of the reward of Allah and His recompense only, unlike the distortion of the texts of attributes, which is a denial of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) of His perfection.
" *** they call them the people of worship of idols
This, and they are not people of denial of the divine attributes, nor *** do they set aside the true texts with proof "
Meaning: that the Khawarij are not people of denial of the divine attributes, rather they affirm for Allah what He has affirmed for Himself, and they do not set aside the texts from the truth, but they keep them as they are. However, there is no doubt that the Khawarij set aside the texts of hope from what Allah and His Messenger intended by them, and they gave precedence to the texts of warning over the texts of hope. So they are, without doubt, people of figurative interpretation and mistaken in their interpretation, and they distort the texts of hope. But do we say: that their distortion of the texts of hope is like the distortion of these people of the texts of attributes, or is it more severe? This is the point of consideration. Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) holds that the distortion of the texts of attributes is more severe and greater than the distortion of the texts of hope, because the distortion of the texts of hope, at most, is a distortion of the reward of Allah and His recompense only, unlike the distortion of the texts of attributes, which is a denial of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) of His perfection.