(Explanation of the similarity between the Mu'tazilah and the Khawarij) And among the wonders is that they said to those who*** have adhered to the reports and the Qur'an, "You are like the Khawarij," and that they*** took the apparent meanings without finding guidance to the meanings.
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The Shaykh : So they took these texts by their apparent meanings and declared disbelievers those who committed major sins. He said:
"So look at this slander, this is their description*** they attributed to the followers of faith"
Meaning this slander is a lie.
"They drew their swords against the Sunnah of the Messenger and his party*** with two swords, a sword of the hand and a sword of the tongue"
A sword of the hand by striking, and perhaps by killing, and a sword of the tongue by speech, by cursing, by disparaging: "You are Hashawiyyah, you are upstarts, you are chaff, you are anthropomorphists," and the like. Yes.
"They defended misguidance out of the folly of their opinion*** but we defended what the Qur'an mandates"
They defended it, yes.
"They rebelled against them just as those*** before them rebelled with tyranny and aggression"
They rebelled; the pronoun refers to the people of ta'til (denial of the divine attributes), against them, against the party of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), just as those before them rebelled with tyranny and aggression. They are those who rebelled against 'Ali ibn Abi Talib and others of the Companions and fought them.
"So look at this slander, this is their description*** they attributed to the followers of faith"
Meaning this slander is a lie.
"They drew their swords against the Sunnah of the Messenger and his party*** with two swords, a sword of the hand and a sword of the tongue"
A sword of the hand by striking, and perhaps by killing, and a sword of the tongue by speech, by cursing, by disparaging: "You are Hashawiyyah, you are upstarts, you are chaff, you are anthropomorphists," and the like. Yes.
"They defended misguidance out of the folly of their opinion*** but we defended what the Qur'an mandates"
They defended it, yes.
"They rebelled against them just as those*** before them rebelled with tyranny and aggression"
They rebelled; the pronoun refers to the people of ta'til (denial of the divine attributes), against them, against the party of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), just as those before them rebelled with tyranny and aggression. They are those who rebelled against 'Ali ibn Abi Talib and others of the Companions and fought them.