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Shaykh ʿAbd Al-ʿAzīz Bin Bāz on Takfir of the Kharijites
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Posted by Abu Iyaad
Translated December 2014
Filed under Khārijites

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Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz bin Bāz (d. 1419H, 20th century CE) the former muftī of Saudi Arabia stated:[1]

That which is apparent from the Prophetic traditions is that they are disbelievers.

He also said, after mentioning the view of the scholars who consider the Khārijites to be sinful, astray Muslims: “That which is correct is that they are disbelievers,” citing as evidence the statement of the Prophet, (لئنْ أدركتُهم لأقتُلَنَّهم قتْلَ عادٍ) “If I was to reach them, I would slaughter them like the slaughtering of ʿĀd.” [2]

Shaykh Ibn Bāz (رحمه الله) then said:

The correct and apparent view from the textual evidences is that on account of their extremism, their expulsion of Muslims (from the fold of Islām) and declaring them to be eternal inhabitants of Hellfire, they are disbelievers.

He also said in another place:[3]

What is well-known among the scholars is that they sinners, but the saying of their disbelief is more apparent in the evidences, because the Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said of them: "They pass out of Islam and do not return to it." Thus, what is apparent from the Sunnah is that they are disbelievers.



Footnotes
1. http://www.binbaz.org.sa/mat/20688 — this link is no longer functional due to a site redesign.
2. Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmiʿ al-Ṣaghīr (no. 2227). The people of ʿĀd were a nation of the past who belied their Prophet and were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind without a single survivor.
3. https://binbaz.org.sa/fatwas/31050/هل-الخوارج-والاباضية-كفار

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