Imam Al-Sadiq

that day was over, Abd al- Wahid left Mecca and allowed Abu Hamza to enter it without
fighting.
Entering Medina, Abd al- Wahid prepared an army to fight Abu Hamza. The two armies met
at Qadid. Abu Hamza defeated Abd al- Wahid. He killed 2230 men from the people of
Medina. Then Balakh entered Medina without fighting. Abd al- Wahid left for Sham. So,
Marwan formed an army of four thousand men, who were the horsemen and the great figures
of his camp. He provided them with whatever they needed. The army was under the
leadership of Abd al- Malik b. 'Atiya al- Sa'idy.
When the Kharijites heard about the movement of the Army of Sham, they quickly
constituted an army of six hundred fighters headed by Balakh b. 'Aqaba al- Mas'udy. The two
armies met at Wady al- Qura on some days of Jamadi al- 'ula in the year 130 (A.H.). The
Army of Sham defeated the Army of the Kharijites All were killed except thirty people. They
escaped to Medina. Al- Mufaddal al- Azdy was the governor of Medina. So, 'Amr b. Abd al-
Rahman b. Zayd b. al- Khattab summoned people to fight the Kharijites in Medina but no one
answered him. Any how, the Berbers, the ngroes, and common people supported him to fight
the Kharijites. So, he killed al- Mufaddal and most of his companions and the rest ran away.
Then b. 'Atiya came to Medina and stayed there for a month. Then he went to Mecca. There a
fierce battle took place between him and Abu Hamza. Many of the Kharijites were killed.
Four hundred of them were captured and killed. And b. 'Atiya hanged Abu Hamza, Ibrahim
and 'Ali b. al-Husayn on the Mountains of al- Khif. When the Abbasids took the reins of
authority, they were brought down during the days of al- Saffah. Then b. 'Atiya went to Ta'if
When Abd Allah b. Yahya Talib al- Haq, who was in Sana, heard about the killing of Abu
Hamza and his group, he headed for b. 'Atiya to wage war against him. So, b. 'Atiya advanced
towards him. When they met, a large group of the two parties was killed. Abd Allah and a
thousand fighters dismounted.
They fought until they were all killed. Abd Allah was killed, too. Bin 'Atiya sent his head to
Marwan. After he had defeated the Kharijites, b. 'Atiya stayed at Hadramout. A letter from
Marwan came to him to go quickly to Mecca to lead people during the hajj. B. 'Atiya with
nineteen horsemen went there quickly. But Marwan regretted and said: "I have killed b.
'Atiya. He will leave Yemen quickly to reach Mecca at the time of Hajj. So, the Kharijites
will kill him." It was as he said. A disguised group of the Kharijites and others met him by
chance. The Kharijites knew him and they attacked and killed him. 58
After that, the Kharijites were nothing but belief and idea. They had no strength to wage war
against the kings. Till today, some of them have insisted on that deviation. And some of them
are in Uman. But they have neither importance nor strength.
The Kharijites are deviated people. About them, the Prophet, may Allah bless him and his
family, told the Commander of the Faithful that he would wage war against them and defeat