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59

SERMON 59

When Amir al-mu'minin was told
that the Kharijites had been totally killed, he said:

By Allah, no, not yet.
They still exist in the loins of men and wombs of women. Whenever
a chief would appear from among them, he would be cut down till
the last of them would turn thieves and robbers. (1)

(1).
This prophecy of Amir al-mu'minin also proved true word by word.
Every chief of Kharijites who rose was put to sword. A few of
their chiefs who were badly put to death are mentioned here:

1) Nafi ibn Azraq
al-Hanafi: the largest group of the Kharijites namely al-Azariqah
is named after him. He was killed by Salamah al-Bahili during
encounter with the army of Muslim ibn Ubays.

2) Najdah ibn Amir:
the an-Najadat al-Adhiriyyah sect of Kharijites is named after
him. Abu Fudayk al-Khariji got him killed.

3) Abdullah ibn Ibad
at-Tamimi: the sect Ibadite (Ibadiyyah) is named after him. He was
killed during encounter with Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Atiyyah.

4) Abu Bayhas Haysam
ibn Jabir ad-Dubai: the sect of al-Bayhasiyyah is named after
him. Uthman ibn Hayyan al-Murri the governor of Medina got his
hands and feet severed and then killed him.

5) Urwah ibn Udayyah
at-Tamimi: Ziyad ibn Abih killed him during the reign of
Muawiyah.

6) Qatari ibn
al-Fuja'h al-Mazini at-Tamimi: when he encountered the army of
Sufyan ibn al-Abrad al-Kalbi in Tabarastan then Sawrah ibn al-Hurr
ad-Darimi killed him.

7) Abu Bilal Mirdas
ibn Udayyah at-Tamimi: was killed in encounter with Abbas ibn
Akhdar al-Mazini.

8) Shawdhab al-Khariji
al-Yashkuri: was killed during encounter with Said ibn Amr
al-Harashi.

9) Hawtharah ibn Wada
al-Asadi: was killed at the hands of a man of Banu Tayyi'

10) al-Mustawrid ibn
Ullafah at-Taymi: was killed by Maqil ibn Qays ar-Riyahi in the
reign of Muawiyah.

11) Shabib ibn Yazid
ash-Shaybani: died by being drowned in river.

12) Imran ibn
al-Harith ar-Rasibi: was killed in the battle of Dulab.

13, 14) Zahhaf at-Ta'i
and Qurayb ibn Murrah al-Azdi: were killed in encounter with Banu
Tahiyah.

15) az-Zubayr ibn Ali
as-Saliti at-Tamimi: was killed in encounter with Attab ibn
Warqa' ar-Riyahi.

16) Ali ibn Bashir
ibn al-Mahuz al-Yarbui: al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ath-Thaqafi got him
killed.

17) Ubaydullah ibn
Bashir: was killed in encounter with al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufrah in
the battle of Dulab.

18) Abu'l-Wazi
ar-Rasibi: a man in the graveyard of Banu Yashkur felled a wall on
him and killed him.

19) Abdu Rabbih
as-Saghir: was killed in encounter with al-Muhallab ibn Abi
Sufrah.

20) Al-Walid ibn Tarif
ash-Shaybani: was killed in encounter with Yazid ibn Mazyad
ash-Shaybani.

21-24) Abdullah ibn
Yahya al-Kindi, al-Mukhtar ibn Awf al-Azdi (Abu Hamzah
ash-Shari), Abrahah ibn as-Sabbah and Balj ibn Uqbah al-Asadi:
were killed by Abd al-Malik ibn Atiyyah as-Sadi in the reign of
Marwan ibn Muhammad (the last of the Umayyad caliphs).