Mukhlis
Although the fitnah of the Khawarij was extremely destructive to faith and was the mother of all tribulations, the noble Companions (RA) therefore described the Khawarij in detail, out of concern for the welfare of the Muslim ummah. Many Companions (RA) also narrated the blessed hadiths concerning the Khawarij.
Here, we mention the names of those noble Companions (RA):
1. The one who crushed the Khawarij, Sayyiduna Ali (RA)
2. Hazrat Abdullah ibn Mas’ud (RA)
3. Hazrat Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (RA)
4. Hazrat Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As (RA)
5. Hazrat Abdullah ibn Umar (RA)
6. Hazrat Abu Sa’id al-Khudri (RA)
7. Hazrat Hudhayfah, Sahib al-Sirr (RA)
8. Hazrat Anas ibn Malik (RA)
9. Hazrat Abu Bakrah (RA)
10. Hazrat Jabir ibn Abdullah (RA)
11. Umm al-Mu’minin Hazrat Aisha Siddiqah (RA)
12. Hazrat Abu Barzah (RA)
13. Hazrat Abu Umamah (RA)
14. Hazrat Abdullah ibn Abi Awfa (RA)
15. Hazrat Abu Suhayl (RA)
16. Hazrat Sulayman al-Farisi (RA)
17. Hazrat Rafi’ ibn Khadij (RA)
18. Hazrat Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas (RA)
19. Hazrat Ammar ibn Yasir (RA)
20. Hazrat Jundab ibn Abdullah al-Bajali (RA)
21. Hazrat Abd al-Rahman ibn Udays (RA)
22. Hazrat Uqbah ibn Amir (RA)
23. Hazrat Talq ibn Ali (RA)
24. Hazrat Abu Hurayrah (RA)
25. Hazrat Abdullah ibn Abbas (RA)
These are the names of twenty-five noble Companions who narrated hadiths concerning the Khawarij. Their narrations on this subject have been transmitted in large numbers and through multiple chains of transmission.
Allamah Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (rh) wrote:
“فيفيد مجموع خبرهم: القطع بصحة ذلك عن رسول الله صلی الله عليه وسلم” (12/302)
Taken together, these hadiths establish with certainty that they are authentically attributed to the Messenger of Allah (PBUH).
Allamah Ibn Kathir (rh) writes:
“الأخبار بقتال الخوارج متواتر عن رسول الله صلی الله عليه وسلم” (Al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah 6/223)
“The reports concerning fighting the Khawarij are mutawatir (mass-transmitted) from the Messenger of Allah (PBUH).”
وما عليّ إلا البلاغ المبين
