A Brief Explanation about the Haruriyyah
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ One of the early Khwarij groups was the Haruriyyah . The Haruriyyah were named for their first leader, Habib ibn Yazid al-Haruri. It was a Haruri who assassinated Sayyidina ‘Ali ibn Abu Thalib ( k.w. ) while he was praying, on the 21 st Ramadhan, 661 CE. Sayyidina ‘Ali ( k.w. ) is quoted to have said that the following ayat is about the Haruriyyah : سُوۡرَةُ الکهف قُلۡ هَلۡ نُنَبِّئُكُم بِٱلۡأَخۡسَرِينَ أَعۡمَـٰلاً ( ١٠٣ ) ٱلَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعۡيُہُمۡ فِى ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَهُمۡ يَحۡسَبُونَ أَنَّہُمۡ يُحۡسِنُونَ صُنۡعًا ( ١٠٤ ) Say: “Shall we tell you of those who lose most in respect of their deeds? ― Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life while they thought that they were acquiring good by their works?” (Surah al-Kahf:103-104) Dr. Khalid Abu al-Fadhl wrote, in “Islam & the Challenge of Democracy”, “Anecdotal reports about the debates between ‘Ali and the Kh...