The Salafī Imām, Ḥarb bin Ismāʿīl al-Kirmānī (280H), from the associates and students of Imām Aḥmad, stated:

As for the Khārijites, they passed through the religion and separated from it. They broke loose from Islām and isolated themselves from the jamāʿah. They strayed away from the path of guidance, revolted against the ruler and the leaders, raised the sword against the ummah and made lawful [the spilling] of their blood.

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