[Machine] When the heads of the Azariqah were brought and placed on the steps of Damascus, Abu Umamah came. When he saw them, his eyes filled with tears and he said, "Dogs of Hellfire, dogs of Hellfire! These are the worst killers under the heavens, and the best of those killed under the heavens are those whom they killed." I asked him, "Why are your eyes filled with tears?" He said, "Out of mercy for them, as they were of the people of Islam." I said, "I ask your opinion, did you say dogs of Hellfire or is it something you heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He said, "If so, then I am bold. Rather, it is something I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ not once, not twice, but many times." Then he recited repeatedly, "On the Day when some faces will turn white and some faces will turn black," until he reached, "In which they will abide eternally," and recited, "It is He who has sent down to you the Book, from which are verses that are precise," until he reached, "Those of understanding." Then he took my hand and said, "Indeed, they are many in your land. May Allah protect you from them."  

لَمَّا أُتِيَ بِرُءُوسِ الْأَزَارِقَةِ فَنُصِبَتْ عَلَى دَرَجِ دِمَشْقَ جَاءَ أَبُو أُمَامَةَ فَلَمَّا رَآهُمْ دَمِعَتْ عَيْنَاهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ «كِلَابُ النَّارِ كِلَابُ النَّارِ هَؤُلَاءِ شَرُّ قَتْلَى تَحْتَ أَدِيمِ السَّمَاءِ وَخَيْرُ قَتْلَى تَحْتَ أَدِيمِ السَّمَاءِ الَّذِينَ قَتَلَهُمْ هَؤُلَاءِ» قُلْتُ فَمَا شَأْنُكَ دَمِعَتْ عَيْنَاكَ؟ قَالَ «رَحْمَةً لَهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْإِسْلَامِ» قَالَ قُلْتُ أَبِرَأْيِكَ قُلْتَ كِلَابَ النَّارِ أَمْ شَيْئًا سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «إِنِّي إِذًا لَجَرِيءٌ بَلْ شَيْئًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ وَلَا ثِنْتَيْنِ وَلَا ثَلَاثٍ» فَعَدَّدَ مِرَارًا ثُمَّ تَلَا {يَوْمَ تَبْيَضُّ وُجُوهٌ وَتَسْوَدُّ وُجُوهٌ} حَتَّى بَلَغَ {فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ} وَتَلَا {هُوَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ مِنْهُ آيَاتٌ مُحْكَمَاتٌ} حَتَّى بَلَغَ {أُولُو الْأَلْبَابِ} ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَقَالَ «أَمَا إِنَّهُمْ بِأَرْضِكَ كَثِيرٌ فَأَعَاذَكَ اللهُ مِنْهُمْ»  

[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 Damascus during the time of Abdul Malik, and the heads of the Khawarij were brought and impaled on stakes. I came to see if there was anyone I knew among them. And indeed, Abu Umamah was there, so I approached him. I looked at the stakes, and he said, "The dogs of hell, the worst of killers, are beneath the skies. And those who killed them are the best of killers beneath the skies." He said this three times, then he cried. I said to him, "O Abu Umamah, what makes you cry?" They used to be upon our religion, but then I remembered what they had become. I said to him, "Say something based on your opinion, or something you heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ?" He said, "If I had only heard it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ once or twice or three times, until seven, I would not have told it to you. Don't you recite this verse in Surah Al-Imran: 'On the day when some faces will be white and some faces will be black.' until the end of the verse 'And as for those whose faces have turned white, they are in the mercy of Allah, they will in it eternally'."  

كُنْتُ بِدِمَشْقَ زَمَنَ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ فَأُتِيَ برُءُوسِ الْخَوَارِجِ فَنُصِبَتْ عَلَى أَعْوَادٍ فَجِئْتُ لِأَنْظُرَ هَلْ فِيهَا أَحَدٌ أَعْرِفُهُ؟ فَإِذَا أَبُو أُمَامَةَ عِنْدَهَا فَدَنَوْتُ مِنْهُ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى الْأَعْوَادِ فَقَالَ «كِلَابُ النَّارِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ شَرُّ قَتْلَى تَحْتَ أَدِيمِ السَّمَاءِ وَمَنْ قَتَلُوهُ خَيْرُ قَتْلَى تَحْتَ أَدِيمِ السَّمَاءِ» قَالَهَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَبْكَى فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا أُمَامَةَ مَا يُبْكِيكَ؟ كَانُوا عَلَى دِينِنَا ثُمَّ ذَكَرْتُ مَا هُمْ صَائِرُونَ إِلَيْهِ غَدًا فَقُلْتُ لَهُ شَيْئًا تَقُولُهُ بِرَأْيِكَ أَمْ شَيْئًا سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ فَقَالَ «إِنِّي لَوْ لَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَّا مَرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا إِلَى السَّبْعِ مَا حَدَّثْتُكُمُوهُ أَمَا تَقْرَأُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ فِي آلِ عِمْرَانَ» {يَوْمَ تَبْيَضُّ وُجُوهٌ وَتَسْوَدُّ وُجُوهٌ} إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ {وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ ابْيَضَّتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ فَفِي رَحْمَةِ اللهِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ}  

[Machine] I was in Damascus during the time of Abdul Malik, and the heads of the Khawarij were brought and placed on stakes. I came to see if there was anyone I knew among them. Then I saw Abu Umamah near them, so I approached him. I looked at the stakes, and he said, "The dogs of Hell are the worst of the killers under the heavens, and those who kill them are the best of the killers under the heavens." He repeated this three times, then he wept. I said, "O Abu Umamah, what makes you cry?" They were upon our religion, but then I remembered what they would become the next day. So I said to him, "Do you say this based on your own opinion or something you heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He said, "If I had not heard it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ except once or twice or three times, up to seven, I would not have narrated it to you. Do you not recite this verse in Surah Al-Imran, 'The Day when some faces will turn white and some faces will turn black'? Until the end of the verse, 'And as for those whose faces have turned white, they will be within the mercy of Allah; they will abide therein eternally.'"  

كُنْتُ بِدِمَشْقَ زَمَنَ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ فَأُتِيَ برُءُوسِ الْخَوَارِجِ فَنُصِبَتْ عَلَى أَعْوَادٍ فَجِئْتُ لِأَنْظُرَ هَلْ فِيهَا أَحَدٌ أَعْرِفُهُ؟ فَإِذَا أَبُو أُمَامَةَ عِنْدَهَا فَدَنَوْتُ مِنْهُ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى الْأَعْوَادِ فَقَالَ «كِلَابُ النَّارِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ شَرُّ قَتْلَى تَحْتَ أَدِيمِ السَّمَاءِ وَمَنْ قَتَلُوهُ خَيْرُ قَتْلَى تَحْتَ أَدِيمِ السَّمَاءِ» قَالَهَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَبْكَى فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا أُمَامَةَ مَا يُبْكِيكَ؟ كَانُوا عَلَى دِينِنَا ثُمَّ ذَكَرْتُ مَا هُمْ صَائِرُونَ إِلَيْهِ غَدًا فَقُلْتُ لَهُ شَيْئًا تَقُولُهُ بِرَأْيِكَ أَمْ شَيْئًا سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ فَقَالَ «إِنِّي لَوْ لَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَّا مَرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا إِلَى السَّبْعِ مَا حَدَّثْتُكُمُوهُ أَمَا تَقْرَأُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ فِي آلِ عِمْرَانَ» {يَوْمَ تَبْيَضُّ وُجُوهٌ وَتَسْوَدُّ وُجُوهٌ} إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ {وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ ابْيَضَّتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ فَفِي رَحْمَةِ اللهِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ}