As for the Khawārij: they label the people of the Sunnah and the Community as “Murjiʾah,” yet the Khawārij have lied (1); rather, they themselves are the Murjiʾah. They claim that faith [and the truth] (2) belongs to them alone, excluding everyone else, and they declare anyone who opposes them to be a disbeliever (3).

As for the “people of opinion” [and analogical reasoning] (4): they call the adherents of the Sunnah nābita—[and ḥashwiyyah (rabble) (5)] (6). But the people of opinion, enemies of Allah, have lied; in fact, they are the nābita [and the ḥashwiyyah] (7). They abandoned the legacy (8) of the Messenger—may Allah bless him and grant him peace— (9) and his hadith, relied on mere opinion, measured the religion by their own preferences, and issued rulings contrary to the Book and the Sunnah. They are innovators, ignorant, astray, and self-seeking (10)