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). .
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