Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 2 of 2

520 'Ali's attitude towards the Kharijites and Shia
such as the Kharijites, R%@s and all followers of whims and desires.
The same applies to those evildoers who go to extremes in injustice
and denying people's rights, and those who commit major sins
openly. For all of these people, there is the fear that they may be
among those who are meant in this repori. And Allah (%) knows
best."916
Al-Qumbi (may Allah have mercy on him) said in at-
Tadhkirah: "Our scholars (may Allah have mercy on them all) say
that everyone who apostatises from the religion of Allah, or
introduces into it something with which He is not pleased and which
He has not ordained,917 will he among those who are kept far away
from the reservoir, and those who are kept farthest away will be those
who went against the main body of the Muslims and split from their
way, such as the Kharijites and R%@s of various groups and the
Mutazilites of different types. All of these people changed their
re~igion."~'~
Once this is established, the innocence of all the Companions
of all that the Shia accused them of becomes apparent. Being
prevented from reaching the reservoir is because of apostasy and
introducing innovations into Islam, and the Companions are the most
unlikely of all people to have done anything of that nature; on the
contrary, they were the enemies of the apostates and fought them in
the most diicult and critical circumstances after the death of the
Prophet (g). According to the report narrated by at-Tahari in his
hook of history, with his chain of narration from 'Urwah ibn az-
Zuhayr from his father: "Arabs from every tribe apostatised, whether
it was the entire tribe or some individuals of the tribe. Hypocrisy
became apparent, the hopes of the Jews and Christians were raised,
and the Muslims were like sheep on a rainy winter night because of
the loss of their Prophet (B) and because of their small number and
the great number of their enemies."919