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[27/06/2025] [Lesson 120] Chapter: Narrations Concerning the Khawārij – Explanation of Kitāb As-Sunnah from Sunan Ibn Mājah – By Abu Khadeejah ‘Abdul-Wāhid حفظه الله.
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Some points covered by Abu Khadeejah حفظه الله during this lesson:
– Chapter: A Mention of the Khawārij
– Ḥadīth #169.
– The reason the Khawārij were referred to as al-Ḥārūriyyah, and some of their beliefs.
– The name of the woman who questioned ‘Ā’ishah (رضى الله عنها) regarding women making up the fast but not the prayer.
– Clarification that the Khawārij are not praised for their worship due to their false and evil understanding of the texts.
– Clarification that though outward worship is important, it is not a criterion upon which you base whom you take or reject knowledge from.
– The meaning of “one of you would consider his prayer insignificant compared to their prayer…”
– The physical signs of excessive worship seen upon the Khawārij.
– Their separation from the Companions of the Messenger ﷺ.
– The attire of ‘Abdullāh b. ‘Abbās (رضى الله عنهما) when he went to debate the Khawārij.
– Their misguidance in the issue of takfīr and false understanding regarding judgment being for Allāh alone.
– The explanation of them passing through the religion just like an arrow passes through its target.
– Clarification that it is not necessary for a person to gather all of the traits of the Khawārij before it is said he is from the Khawārij.
– The two types of khurūj.
– Ḥadīth #170.
– Clarification regarding the Khawārij being from the ummah of Muḥammad ﷺ.
– The meaning of their recitation of the Qur’ān not going beyond their throats.
– The explanation of “they will shoot out of the religion just like an arrow shoots through its target then they will not return to it”.
– The persistence of the innovator upon his falsehood, and the example of ‘Abdur-Raḥmān b. Muljam.
– The difference between the sinner and the innovator.
– “Is he, then, to whom the evil of his deeds is made fair-seeming, so that he considers it as good (equal to one who is rightly guided)?” [Fāṭir 35:8]
– The difference between the Khawārij and the Bughāt.
Questions:
1. Is it okay if fifteen football players come together and put funds in a pot and the top three players share the funds?
2. What is your advice to the one who struggles with sin in private?
3. Is it kufr to believe in Big Bang Cosmology?
4. Question regarding an AI app where people ask Islamic questions as if it is a shaykh.
5. Question about the motives for seeking knowledge.
6. What should a student of knowledge do if he finds within his heart the battle between sincerity and riyā? If you feel this conflict in your heart, should you take a break from seeking knowledge or continue?
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