Eeman and its Components Published by www.qsep.com

caused blood-shed throughout Islamic history, by revolting
against legitimate rulers they saw as sinful.
A contemporary example is that of Juhayman and his
followers who, having been affected by Khawarij-like ideas,
attacked al-Masjid al-Haraam in the 1980s and shed the blood of
innocent Muslims (details on how their extreme views led to this
appalling incident can be read in the course of the booklet).
In opposition to the Khawarij, appeared the Fitna of
Murjiyah, who were deficient in their understanding of Eeman and
Kufr and thus, took to the other extreme and claimed that Kufr
only occurs by rejection and denial of faith in the heart; and not
due to actions. Their misguided approach led to the belittling and
easy escape from the practices of Islam and its obligations. Their
way implies that someone is a Mu’min (complete believer) by just
verbally confessing belief in Allah, even if he prays to the cross,
goes to church, and commits major sins! This is the reason why
the Salaf considered the deviation of the Murjiyah to be more
severe than that of the Khawarij. The Khawarij cause destruction
to life and property whereas the Murjiyah cause ruin to the Deen.
This booklet seeks to expound how failure to seek
guidance from the learned scholars in issues of the Deen can lead
to devastating consequences, which was the main sickness of the
Khawarij since their origin.
The Murjiyah too, fell into the same pitfall when they tried
to counter one form of misguidance with another. They sought
their own understanding instead of referring back to the Salaf.
The common misunderstanding of both the Khawarij and
the Murjiyah was that they both consider Eeman to be one entity
that does not increase or decrease. So, Eeman is either there
altogether (even if one performs actions like prostration to other
than Allah) as the Murjiyah believe, or Eeman is not there
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