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These brutal measures had surely put an end to the movements of the Khawārij
and had imposed upon them the awe of the dynasty. 1 However, their evil was not
completely extirpated due to the dynasty not bothered about doing so from the
very beginning.
ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz was the only exception. His manner of dealing with them
was very different than that of his predecessors. He was eager to establish the
evidence against them and remove their doubts before engaging in warfare
with them. Hence when some Khawārij revolted in Iraq he sent a message to his
governor ordering him to call them to the truth and be lenient with them. He
ordered him not to fight them till they wreaked havoc on the earth. 2 He also sent
debaters to others amongst them and had also gone on to the extent of debating
with them himself. 3
1 Al-Bakkāʾī: Ḥarakah al-Khawārij p. 71.
2 Al-Bidāyah wa al-Nihāyah 9/187.
3 Al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kubrā 5/358; Ḥilyah al-Awliyāʾ 5/309; al-Bidāyah wa al-Nihāyah 9/187.
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