[Machine] I was walking with my father Umama on his donkey until we reached the steps of Damascus. Suddenly, we saw decapitated heads and my father asked, "What are these heads?" It was said, "These are the heads of the Kharijites brought from Iraq." He then said, "The dogs of Hellfire, the dogs of Hellfire, three times worse than those killed under the sky, three times better than those who killed them and were killed by them, three times they say." Then he cried, and I asked him, "What makes you cry, O Abu Umama?" He said, "Out of mercy for them, for they were from the people of Islam and then they left Islam." Then he recited, "It is He who sent down upon you the Book, from it are verses that are precise - they are the foundation of the Book," until he finished reciting the verses. Then he recited, "And do not be like those who became divided and differed after the clear proofs had come to them," until he reached, "So they will abide in it eternally." So I said, "O Abu Umama, are these the people?" He said, "Yes." I asked him, "Is this something you say according to your own opinion or something you heard from the Messenger of Allah?" He said, "If that is the case, then I am bold enough to say it three times. I heard it from the Messenger of Allah, not once or twice, but seven times." Then he placed his finger in his ears and said, "Otherwise, we would have remained silent."  

كُنْتُ أَمْشِي مَعَ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ وَهُوَ عَلَى حِمَارٍ لَهُ حَتَّى انْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى دَرَجِ دِمَشْقَ فَإِذَا رُءُوسٌ مَنْصُوبَةٌ فَقَالَ مَا هَذِهِ الرُّءُوسُ؟ فَقِيلَ رُءُوسُ الْخَوَارِجِ جِيءَ بِهَا مِنَ الْعِرَاقِ فَقَالَ «كِلَابُ النَّارِ كِلَابُ النَّارِ ثَلَاثًا شَرُّ قَتْلَى قُتِلَتْ تَحْتَ السَّمَاءِ ثَلَاثًا يَقُولُهَا خَيْرُ قَتْلَى مَنْ قَتَلَهُ هَؤُلَاءِ ثَلَاثًا يَقُولُهَا طُوبَى لِمَنْ قَتَلَهُمْ وَقَتَلُوهُ ثَلَاثًا يَقُولُهَا » ثُمَّ بَكَى فَقُلْتُ مَا يُبْكِيكَ يَا أَبَا أُمَامَةَ؟ قَالَ «رَحْمَةً لَهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْإِسْلَامِ فَخَرَجُوا مِنَ الْإِسْلَامِ» ثُمَّ قَرَأَ {هُوَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ مِنْهُ آيَاتٌ مُحْكَمَاتٌ هُنَّ أُمُّ الْكِتَابِ} حَتَّى فَرَغَ مِنَ الْآيَاتِ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ {وَلَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ تَفَرَّقُوا وَاخْتَلَفُوا مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَهُمِ الْبَيِّنَاتُ} حَتَّى بَلَغَ {فَفِي رَحْمَةِ اللهِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ} فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا أُمَامَةَ هَؤُلَاءِ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قُلْتُ شَيْئًا تَقُولُهُ بِرَأْيِكَ أَمْ شَيْئًا سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «إِنِّي إِذًا لَجَرِيءٌ ثَلَاثًا لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَا مَرَّةً وَلَا اثْنَتَيْنِ حَتَّى عَدَّ سَبْعَةً» ثُمَّ وَضَعَ إِصْبَعَهُ فِي أُذُنَيْهِ فَقَالَ وَإِلَّا فَصَمَتَا  

[Machine] I was in Sham (Syria) when Al-Muhallab sent seventy heads of the Khawarij (a deviant sect) and they were placed at the gate of the mosque. I was on the roof of a house when Abu Umamah passed by, intending to enter the mosque. When he saw them, his eyes filled with tears and he said, "Glory be to Allah, what does Shaytan do to the children of Adam!" He repeated this three times, and then he said, "The dogs of Hell, the worst of killers under the sky." He repeated this three times, and then he said, "The best of those who are killed under the sky are the ones whom they (i.e., the Khawarij) kill." He repeated this three times, and then he turned to me and said, "O Abu Galib, you are in their land where there are many of them, may Allah protect you from them. Do you recite the Surah (i.e., Surah Al-Imran)? I said, Yes, I recite it. He said, "I wept out of mercy for them. They were among the people of Islam." Then he recited, "It is He Who has sent down to you (Muhammad) the Book (this Qur'an). In it are Verses that are entirely clear, they are the foundations of the Book..." until he reached the verse, "Seeking Al-Fitnah (polytheism and disbelief in the Oneness of Allah) and seeking it's interpretation..." and indeed they (i.e., the Khawarij) had deviation in their hearts, so he recited, "And be not as those who divided and differed among themselves..." until he reached the verse, "Have you then become disbelievers after having a true faith (Iman)?" I said, "Are these the people you were referring to, O Abu Umamah?" He said, "Yes." I said, "O Abu Umamah, did you say this based on your own opinion or something you heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ?" He said, "I am bold enough to say it (based on my own opinion), rather, it is something I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ not once or twice, but until he repeated it six times."  

كُنْتُ بِالشَّامِ فَبَعَثَ الْمُهَلَّبُ سَبْعِينَ رَأْسًا مِنَ الْخَوَارِجِ فَنُصِبُوا عَلَى بَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ وَكُنْتُ عَلَى ظَهْرِ بَيْتٍ لِي فَمَرَّ أَبُو أُمَامَةَ يُرِيدُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَلَمَّا وَقَفَ عَلَيْهِمْ دَمِعَتْ عَيْنَاهُ فَقَالَ «سُبْحَانَ اللهِ مَا يَفْعَلُ الشَّيْطَانُ بِبَنِي آدَمَ» ثَلَاثًا قَالَ «كِلَابُ جَهَنَّمَ شَرُّ قَتْلَى تَحْتَ ظِلِّ السَّمَاءِ» ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ «خَيْرُ قَتْلَى تَحْتَ ظِلِّ السَّمَاءِ مَنْ قَتَلُوهُ» ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ «يَا أَبَا غَالِبٍ إِنَّكَ بِأَرْضِ هَؤُلَاءِ بِهَا كَثِيرٌ فَأَعَاذَكَ اللهُ مِنْهُمْ هَلْ تَقْرَأُ السُّورَةَ الَّتِي فِيهَا آلُ عِمْرَانَ؟» قُلْتُ بَلَى إِنِّي رَأَيْتُكَ دَمِعَتْ عَيْنَاكَ قَالَ «بَكَيْتُ رَحْمَةً لَهُمْ كَانُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْإِسْلَامِ» فَتَلَا {هُوَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ مِنْهُ آيَاتٌ مُحْكَمَاتٌ} إِلَى أَنْ بَلَغَ {ابْتِغَاءَ الْفِتْنَةِ وَابْتِغَاءَ تَأْوِيلِهِ} وَإِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ كَانَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ زَيْغٌ فَزِيغَ بِهِمْ ثُمَّ تَلَا {وَلَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ تَفَرَّقُوا} إِلَى أَنْ بَلَغَ {أَكَفَرْتُمْ بَعْدَ إِيمَانِكُمْ} قُلْتُ هَؤُلَاءِ يَا أَبَا أُمَامَةَ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قُلْتُ يَا أَبَا أُمَامَةَ مِنْ قِبَلِ رَأْيِكَ تَقُولُ أَمْ شَيْئًا سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «إِنِّي لَجَرِيءٌ ثَلَاثًا بَلْ شَيْءٌ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَا مَرَّةً وَلَا مَرَّتَيْنِ حَتَّى بَلَغَ سِتَّةً»  

[Machine] I was in Sham (Syria) when Al-Muhallab sent seventy heads of the Khawarij (a deviant sect) and they were placed at the entrance of the mosque. I was on the back of my house when Abu Umamah passed by, wanting to enter the mosque. When he stood in front of them, his eyes teared up and he said, "Glory be to Allah, what does Satan do to the children of Adam?" three times. He said, "The dogs of Hell are the worst of killers under the sky's shade," three times. Then he said, "The best of those killed under the sky's shade are those who were killed," three times. Then he turned to me and said, "O Abu Galib, you are in the land of these people, there are many of them, may Allah protect you from them. Do you recite the Surah of Al Imran?" I said, "Yes, indeed I saw your tears." He said, "I cried out of mercy for them, as they were from the people of Islam." Then he recited, "It is He who has sent down to you, [O Muhammad], the Book; in it are verses [that are] precise - they are the foundation of the Book - and others unspecific. As for those in whose hearts is deviation [from truth], they will follow that of it which is unspecific, seeking discord and seeking an interpretation [suitable to them]. And no one knows its [true] interpretation except Allah. But those firm in knowledge say, "We believe in it. All [of it] is from our Lord." And no one will be reminded except those of understanding." until he reached, "And do not be like the ones who became divided" until he reached, "Have you disbelieved after your belief?" I said, "Are these the people, O Abu Umamah?" He said, "Yes." I said, "O Abu Umamah, is this your personal opinion or something you heard from the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ ?" He said, "I am brave enough to say it three times, but it is something I heard from the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , not once or twice, but six times."  

كُنْتُ بِالشَّامِ فَبَعَثَ الْمُهَلَّبُ سَبْعِينَ رَأْسًا مِنَ الْخَوَارِجِ فَنُصِبُوا عَلَى بَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ وَكُنْتُ عَلَى ظَهْرِ بَيْتٍ لِي فَمَرَّ أَبُو أُمَامَةَ يُرِيدُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَلَمَّا وَقَفَ عَلَيْهِمْ دَمِعَتْ عَيْنَاهُ فَقَالَ «سُبْحَانَ اللهِ مَا يَفْعَلُ الشَّيْطَانُ بِبَنِي آدَمَ» ثَلَاثًا قَالَ «كِلَابُ جَهَنَّمَ شَرُّ قَتْلَى تَحْتَ ظِلِّ السَّمَاءِ» ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ «خَيْرُ قَتْلَى تَحْتَ ظِلِّ السَّمَاءِ مَنْ قَتَلُوهُ» ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ «يَا أَبَا غَالِبٍ إِنَّكَ بِأَرْضِ هَؤُلَاءِ بِهَا كَثِيرٌ فَأَعَاذَكَ اللهُ مِنْهُمْ هَلْ تَقْرَأُ السُّورَةَ الَّتِي فِيهَا آلُ عِمْرَانَ؟» قُلْتُ بَلَى إِنِّي رَأَيْتُكَ دَمِعَتْ عَيْنَاكَ قَالَ «بَكَيْتُ رَحْمَةً لَهُمْ كَانُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْإِسْلَامِ» فَتَلَا {هُوَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ مِنْهُ آيَاتٌ مُحْكَمَاتٌ} إِلَى أَنْ بَلَغَ {ابْتِغَاءَ الْفِتْنَةِ وَابْتِغَاءَ تَأْوِيلِهِ} وَإِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ كَانَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ زَيْغٌ فَزِيغَ بِهِمْ ثُمَّ تَلَا {وَلَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ تَفَرَّقُوا} إِلَى أَنْ بَلَغَ {أَكَفَرْتُمْ بَعْدَ إِيمَانِكُمْ} قُلْتُ هَؤُلَاءِ يَا أَبَا أُمَامَةَ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قُلْتُ يَا أَبَا أُمَامَةَ مِنْ قِبَلِ رَأْيِكَ تَقُولُ أَمْ شَيْئًا سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «إِنِّي لَجَرِيءٌ ثَلَاثًا بَلْ شَيْءٌ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَا مَرَّةً وَلَا مَرَّتَيْنِ حَتَّى بَلَغَ سِتَّةً»  

[Machine] The heads of the Khawarij were brought to Damascus and were placed on a platform. People started looking at them, and I also went to see them. Then Abu Umamah came on a donkey, wearing a yellowish shirt. He looked at them and said, "What has Shaytan done to this Ummah?". He repeated it three times, "The worst of those killed under the sky are better than the best of those killed under the sky. Those who killed them are the dogs of Hellfire." He repeated it three times, then he cried and left. Abu Ghaleb said, "I followed him and asked, 'I heard you say something, did you really say it?'. He said, 'Subhan Allah, Indeed, I am very bold. Rather, I have heard it from the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , repeatedly.'" I told him, "I saw you crying." He said, "Out of mercy for them, they were once from the people of Islam." Then he said to me, "Do you recite?" I said, "Yes." He said, "Then recite from the family of Imran." So, I recited, and he said, "Do you hear what Allah says, 'But those in whose hearts is deviation [from truth], they will follow that of it which is unspecific.' There is deviation in the hearts of these people, so read up to the beginning of the hundredth verse." So, I recited until I reached, 'On the Day when some faces will turn white and some faces will turn black. As for those whose faces turn black (to them will be said): "Did you disbelieve after your belief?"' I said, 'O Abu Umamah, are they those people?' He said, 'Yes, they are those people.' This hadith has not been narrated except by Khalid bin Dailaj and Al-Walid."  

جِيءَ برُءُوسِ الْخَوَارِجِ فَنُصِبَتْ عَلَى دَرَجِ دِمَشْقَ فَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيْهَا وَخَرَجْتُ أَنَا أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَا فَجَاءَ أَبُو أُمَامَةَ عَلَى حِمَارٍ وَعَلَيْهِ قَمِيصٌ سُنْبُلَانِيٌّ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ «مَا صَنَعَ الشَّيْطَانُ بِهَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ؟» يَقُولُهَا ثَلَاثًا «شَرُّ قَتْلَى تَحْتَ ظِلِّ السَّمَاءِ هَؤُلَاءِ خَيْرُ قَتْلَى تَحْتَ ظِلِّ السَّمَاءِ مَنْ قَتَلَهُ هَؤُلَاءِ كِلَابُ النَّارِ» يَقُولُهَا ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ بَكَى ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَقَالَ أَبُو غَالِبٍ فَاتَّبَعْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ سَمِعْتُكَ تَقُولُ قَوْلًا قَبْلُ أَفَأَنْتَ قُلْتَهُ؟ قَالَ «سُبْحَانَ اللهِ إِنِّي إِذًا لَجَرِيءٌ بَلْ سَمِعْتُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِرَارًا» قُلْتُ لَهُ رَأَيْتُكَ تَبْكِي فَقَالَ «رَحْمَةً لَهُمْ كَانُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْإِسْلَامِ مَرَّةً» ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي «أَمَا تَقْرَأُ؟» قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ «فَاقْرَأْ مِنْ آلِ عِمْرَانَ» فَقَرَأْتُ فَقَالَ أَمَا تَسْمَعُ اللهَ يَقُولُ {فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ زَيْغٌ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ مَا تَشَابَهَ مِنْهُ} كَانَ فِي قُلُوبِ هَؤُلَاءِ زَيْغٌ فَزِيغَ بِهِمْ اقْرَأْ عِنْدَ رَأْسِ الْمِئَةِ فَقَرَأْتُ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغْتُ {يَوْمَ تَبْيَضُّ وُجُوهٌ وَتَسْوَدُّ وُجُوهٌ فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ اسْوَدَّتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ أَكَفَرْتُمْ بَعْدَ إِيمَانِكُمْ} فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا أُمَامَةَ إِنَّهُمْ هَؤُلَاءِ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَهُمْ هَؤُلَاءِ «لَمْ يَرْوِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ خُلَيْدِ بْنِ دَعْلَجٍ إِلَّا الْوَلِيدُ»  

"عَنْ أبِي غَالِب قَالَ: كُنْتُ في مَسْجدِ دِمَشْق فَجاءُوا بِسَبْعِينَ مِنْ رُؤوسِ الْحَرُورِيَّة فنصبت عَلَى درج الْمَسْجِد، فَجَاءَ أبُو أُمَامَةَ فَنَظَر إِلَيْهِم فَقَال: كَلَابُ جَهَنَّمَ شَرٌّ قَتْلَى قُتِلُوا تَحْتَ ظِلِّ السَّمَاءِ، وَمَنْ قَتَلُوا خَير قَتَلَى تَحْتَ ظِلِّ السَّمَاء وَبَكَى ونَظَرَ إِلَى وَقَالَ: إِنَّكَ مِنْ بَلَدِ هَؤُلاءِ؟ يَا أَبَا غَالِب قُلتُ: نَعَمْ، قال: أَعاذَكَ، قال: أظنه قال: الله منهم، قال: تقرأُ آل عِمْرَانَ، قُلتُ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: {مِنْهُ آيَاتٌ مُحْكَمَاتٌ هُنَّ أُمُّ الْكِتَابِ

وَأُخَرُ مُتَشَابِهَاتٌ فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ زَيْغٌ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ مَا تَشَابَهَ مِنْهُ ابْتِغَاءَ الْفِتْنَةِ وَابْتِغَاءَ تَأْوِيلِهِ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ تَأْوِيلَهُ إِلَّا اللَّهُ}، وَقَالَ: {يَوْمَ تَبْيَضُّ وُجُوهٌ وَتَسْوَدُّ وُجُوهٌ فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ اسْوَدَّتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ أَكَفَرْتُمْ بَعْدَ إِيمَانِكُمْ فَذُوقُوا الْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ} قُلتُ: يَا أَبَا أمَامَةَ إِنِّى رَأَيْتُكَ تَهْرِيقُ عُيُونك، قَالَ: رَحْمَةً لَهُم إنَّهم كَانُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الإِسْلَامِ، قَالَ: افْتَرَقَتْ بُنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ وَاحِدَةً وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً، وَتَزِيدُ هَذِه الأُمَّة فِرْقَةً وَاحِدَة، كُلُّهَا في النَّارِ، إِلَّا السَّوَاد الأعْظَم، عَلَيهِمْ مَا حُمِّلُوا وَعَليكم مَا حُمِّلتُم، وَإِنْ تُطِيعُوه تَهْتَدُوا، السَّمْعُ والطَّاعَةُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْفُرْقَةِ وَالْمَعصية فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ: يَا أَبَا أُمَامَةَ، أَمِنْ رَأيِكَ تَقُولُ هَذَا، أَمْ شَيْئًا سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ الله ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: إِنِّى إِذًا لجرئ إِنِّى سَمِعْتهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ الله ﷺ غَيْر مَرَّة وَلَا مَرتيْن وَلَا ثَلاثٍ حَتَّى ذَكَرَ سَبْعًا".