from this prohibition.

In His Book, He has declared Muslims’ lives, property, and honour inviolable, and forbidden backbiting, mockery, and disparagement; yet they are the foremost in deeming such violations lawful. In His Book, He has commanded unity and concord and forbidden division and discord, yet no one is further than they from these teachings. In His Book, He has enjoined obedience to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, love for him, and adherence to his judgments, yet they depart from these commands. In His Book, He has set forth the rights of the Prophet’s wives, yet they disavow them. In His Book, He has affirmed His oneness, declared that sovereignty belongs exclusively to Him, and commanded that He alone be worshipped, without any partner, yet they depart from these teachings. Indeed, they are polytheists, as stated in the hadith concerning them, for no one venerates more than they the graves that have been made into idols besides Allah. This subject would take a long time to describe. In His Book, He has revealed His names and attributes, yet they disbelieve in them. In His Book, He has related the accounts of the prophets and forbidden seeking forgiveness for polytheists, yet they disbelieve in these teachings.

In His Book, He has declared that He has power over all things, that He is the Creator of all things, that whatever Allah wills comes to pass, and that there is no power except through Allah; yet they disbelieve in these truths. There is room in this fatwa for only a brief outline. It is known with certainty that the Kharijites’ faith in what Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, brought was greater than theirs. Thus, if the Commander of the Faithful, ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib, may Allah be pleased with him, killed them, and his troops plundered the mounts, weapons, and wealth in their camp, then these people are all the more deserving of being fought and having their property seized, just as the Commander of the Faithful, ‘Alī ibn