Abu Saeed Al Khidree narrated: A man came to Muhammad (saw), with squinted eyes, with large jaws, with a big forehead and a huge beard, a completely shaven head, with a very high izaar, and he shouted at the Prophet (saw) Fear Allah! and he (saw) replied: dare you, am I not the most god fearing man? Allah trusts me from the seventh heaven, and you do not trust me? Khalid bin Waleed was there at that time, he said shouldnt I strike his neck? he (saw) said, No, because he prays. Khalid said: how many pray on their tongue, what is not in their heart? the Prophet (saw) said: Allah did not order me to open their chest to judge on what is in the heart. From this man will be descendants who recite Quran so beautifully, but it will not reach their throat, they will leave the deen like the arrow from the bow, and if I meet them, I will kill them like the people of Thamud were killed. [Muslim] This man was Dhul Khuwaisirah Al Tamimie, The Prophet (SAW) knew that he was khawaarij, and that from his children will be khawaarij, and that he conceals kufr, but he judged his imaan on his sayings and his actions, not from what was in his heart. Imam Ali killed thousands from the khawaarij, but only after they made takfeer upon and killed one sahabi - Abdullah ibn Khabbab. He did not judge their hearts, rather he judged them when they committed actions and made takfeer on them when they did, despite that they do believe and testify that laa ilaaha illallah. Khalid bin Waleed learnt from this that he should not judge someone by intention, but rather by his actions. This helped him in the time of Musailamah Kazab, who used to claim to be the brother of Muhammad and another messenger. Musailamah even used to try to make ayat, similar to the Quran. However even his own followers told him that it is better to repeat the ayats revealed to Prophet Muhammad (SAW), and that they will accept it from him, because his own verses were so obviously defective.
Posted on: Thu, 08 May 2014 15:59:57 +0000