Kharaj

Who are the Kharijites?

Kharji are the ones who left the Sunnah and the Jamaat, and left the Jamaat because of leaving the Muslim Jamaat.

Allama Ibn Katheer (may Allah have mercy on him) says: He is called Kharji because he had disobeyed Imam Barhaq, and had become free from the observance of the Shariah of Islam (1). Hafiz Ibn Hajar (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Khawarij is the plural of Kharaj, which means group, they are heretical people, they were called Khawarij because they left the religion, and against the best people of the Islamic Ummah. They had revolted (1). Allama Shahristani says that the Imam (Hakim Barhaq on whom the whole congregation agrees, who will revolt against him) will also be called Khar, even if this revolt is against the Righteous Imams in the time of the Companions, or their After the followers and of all times

Be against Muslim rulers (1).

(2) Tafsir Ibn Kathir (2)
(۴) فتح الباري (٫ ٫ ۱۲)
(1) Amal and Dissolution (2)