'Abd Allah b. Wahb al-Rasibi: Difference between revisions

After the event of Hakamiyya, [[Khawarij]] elected 'Abd Allah b. Wahb as their leader<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 2, p. 360; Ibn Ḥajar, ''al-Iṣāba'', vol. 5, p. 78.</ref> on [[Shawwal 10]], [[37]] ([[March 21]], 658).<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 5, p. 75.</ref> He wrote a letter to Khawarij in [[Basra]] and asked them to join him in [[Nahrawan]].<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 5, p. 75.</ref> Imam 'Ali (a) wrote a letter to him and his followers to join him for a war with [[Mu'awiya]]. In response, they asked the Imam (a) to admit his [[disbelief]] and [[tawba|repent]] from it.<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 5, p. 79.</ref> Following the activities of the Imam (a), a number of Khawarij joined him or sidestepped from the war, but others insisted on the war with the Imam (a) under the leadership of 'Abd Allah b. Wahb.