Are you a Haruree?

In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.

Mu’aathah, may Allah have mercy upon her, asked Aa’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her:

“Why does the menstruating woman make up for the missed days of fasting but not for the missed prayers?” She said, “We used to menstruate during the lifetime of the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and we were commanded (by him) to make up for the missed days of fasting and not to make up for the missed prayers”. And in another report, Mu’aathah said that Aa’isha said to her, “Are you a Haruriyyah?”

Haruriyyah: The word Haruriyyah is the female noun of Haruree, and it is attributed to Haruraa – a town 2 miles from Kufa. The one who believed in the path of the Khawarij was referred to as Haruree because they were the first sect – amongst them – that rebelled against Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, at that town (Haruraa). The khawarij are numerous groups and one of their fundamental principles- which they agreed upon amongst themselves – is that they accepted what is stated in the Qur’an and rejected the additional text found in the Hadith. Aaisha’s disapproval against her (i.e. against Mu’aathah due to the question she asked) was either due to her (i.e. Aa’isha’s) knowledge of the fact that they (i.e. the Khawarij of Haruraa) used to obligate to the women to make up for the missed prayers after menstruation, because Ibn Abdul Barr, may Allah have mercy upon him, reported a statement about this from a group amongst the Khawarij, or due to her knowledge that their fundamental principle necessitated that. (1)

Many Amongst Ahlul Bidah – Including The Khawaarij – Went Astray Due to Their Misguided Intellects

Imam Abdul Azeez Bin Baaz, may Allah have mercy upon him, was asked:

Shaikh, are the ones who depend on their intellects in understanding many of the affairs of the religion considered to be from those who are mistaken?

Response: Yes; it is obligated to him not to depend on his intellect, rather he studies the texts and relies on the divine texts from the speech of Allah and that of Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, because there is guidance in it and direction towards good. As for the intellect, it can be right or wrong. The sects that oppose Ahlus sunnah were destroyed due to their intellects. They thought that they had good intellects and that their intellects arrived at what is correct, thus they opposed the texts through their stagnant intellects which they thought were sound.

What was that which made the Jahmiyyah negate the Perfect Names and Attributes of Allah, except due to their corrupt intellects?!

What was it that led the Mutazilah to negate the attributes of Allah and declared that the sinners [i.e. those who die whilst committing the major sins that are lesser that major kufr and major shirk] will remain in the fire forever, except due to their corrupt intellects?! Likewise, is the case of their followers who utter this same speech.

What led the Khawarij to excommunicate the people due to committing sins – that the sinner is a disbeliever and that he will remain in the fire forever, except due to their corrupt intellects.

Similarly, this is the case regarding other than them amongst the proponents of Bidah. The intellects they depend upon is that which destroy them, because they think that their intellects are safe, sound, good and infallible, whereas that is not the case; rather it is not infallible – commits mistakes a lot; however they hold a good suspicion regarding their intellects and an evil suspicion regarding the texts, thus they are destroyed.

It is obligatory to have good suspicion of the texts and an evil suspicion of the intellect, and to submit the intellects to the texts. The texts are infallible if their chain of transmission are established to be authentic. As for the intellects, they are fallible. A person is susceptible to mistakes, shortcoming and desires. As for the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, what he conveyed from Allah is infallible. Similarly, the Qur’an is infallible- the speech of Allah. Therefore, it is obligatory that the Qur’an and Sunnah passes a judgement on your intellect and that you give precedence to the Qur’an and Sunnah over your intellect- over the intellect of the Shaikh, the Mashaayikh, your forefathers, ancestors and all the people. The texts are given precedence over all the intellects. (2)

Al-Allamah Salih Al-Fawzaan, may Allah preserve him, said:

“The khawaarij are of different types: amongst them are those who carry weapons; there are those who speak like the who said to the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, “Be Just”. Amongst them are those who write and amongst them is the one who believes in his heart, but he neither speaks nor does anything; however he has the belief of the khawarij in his creed. But some of them are worse than others”. (3)

[1] Irwaa Al-Ghaleel- By Imam Al-Albaanee (may Allaah have mercy upon him). An Excerpt from Vol 1. Page 220-221. slightly paraphrased. Publisher: Al-Maktabah Al-Islaamiy. 2nd Edition 1405 (1985)]

[2]https://binbaz.org.sa/fatwas/28730/%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7-%D9%8A%D8%B9%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%B9%D9%82%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%84-%D9%8A%D8%B9%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B5 [paraphrased]

[3]Al-Ijaabaat Al-Muhimmah Fil-Mashaakil Al-Mulimmah. page: 10-11