The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

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told 'Ali: There is no rule except that of Allah. 'AII replied: There is
no rule except that of Allah. Hurqus replied: Then repent from your
sin and retreat from this affair of yours and take us to our enemy so
we fight them until we meet our Lord. And if you do not stop allowing
men to interfere in Allah's rule I will fight you for the sake of
Allah.
Later, Kharijites gathered in the house of 'Abdullah al-RasibI, so
'Ali (ratfiyAl/dhu 'anhu) sent them a letter saying: Those two men whom
we have appointed as judges have disobeyed Allah's Book and followed
their own desires, and we shall proceed with our initial plan.
They replied to him: You did not become angry for Allah's sake, you
became angry for your own sake. So if you declare that you have
become a kdfi r (disbeliever) and pursue repentance, we would look
into your case, otherwise, we will fight all the way.
During their travels, the Kharijites met 'Abdullah Ibn Khabbab
and asked him: Have you heard your father narrating any Prophetic
tradition that you can narrate to us? He said: Yes, I heard him narrating
that Allah's Messenger ) mentioned a fitnah in which the
person sitting will be better than the person standing, and the person
standing will be lx;tter than the person walking, and the person
walking will be better than the person running (the less active is
better than the more active), so if you meet this time then be the
person who ends up killed (and not the one who kills).
Then they took him to the river, beheaded him, and slit the stomach
of his pregnant maid.
Also, while they were resting under a palm tree one date fell off a
tree. One of them picked it up and put it in him mouth. Another
one of them said: (you ate it) without its due right and without paying
for it?! So he spat it from his mouth.
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