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When the arbitration agreement was formed during the [[Battle of Siffin]] on Safar 17, [[37 AH]]/[[657]] , Imam 'Ali’s army returned to [[Kufa]]. However, a group of his soldiers, later known as the [[Kharijites]] (Khawarij), separated from his army, chanting the slogan "ruling is for none but Allah". They settled in Harura, near Kufa, and refused to return. They even threatened to denounce the Imam and fight against him if he did not revoke the [[arbitration]]. | When the arbitration agreement was formed during the [[Battle of Siffin]] on Safar 17, [[37 AH]]/[[657]] , Imam 'Ali’s army returned to [[Kufa]]. However, a group of his soldiers, later known as the [[Kharijites]] (Khawarij), separated from his army, chanting the slogan "ruling is for none but Allah". They settled in Harura, near Kufa, and refused to return. They even threatened to denounce the Imam and fight against him if he did not revoke the [[arbitration]]. | ||
Relying on the slogan, "la hukm illa li Allah" they asked to cancel people’s arbitration in matters of religion, breach the treaty with [[Mu'awiya]], and continue to fight against him. They claimed that they had [[Repentance|repented]] to God from the sin of having accepted arbitration at first. They believed that [[Imam 'Ali]] and other [[muslim|Muslims]] were sinful and [[unbeliever|unbelievers]], asking them to repent to God; otherwise, they would fight them. This was despite the fact that Imam 'Ali opposed arbitration at first and had to accept it with the coercion and threat of his companions, including those who later joined the Kharijites. However, after having accepted the arbitration, he did not agree to violate the treaty. [[Ibn Kawwa']], a Kharijite leader, was initially a proponent of arbitration. He was among those who had opposed to [['Abd Allah b. 'Abbas]] as the arbiter of the Kufan army and imposed [[Abu Musa al-Ash'ari]] on the Imam, but later, along with [[Shabath b. Rib'i al-Tamimi]], he was among the first to reject human arbitration by the slogan | Relying on the slogan, "la hukm illa li Allah" they asked to cancel people’s arbitration in matters of religion, breach the treaty with [[Mu'awiya]], and continue to fight against him. They claimed that they had [[Repentance|repented]] to God from the sin of having accepted arbitration at first. They believed that [[Imam 'Ali]] and other [[muslim|Muslims]] were sinful and [[unbeliever|unbelievers]], asking them to repent to God; otherwise, they would fight them. This was despite the fact that Imam 'Ali opposed arbitration at first and had to accept it with the coercion and threat of his companions, including those who later joined the Kharijites. However, after having accepted the arbitration, he did not agree to violate the treaty. [[Ibn Kawwa']], a Kharijite leader, was initially a proponent of arbitration. He was among those who had opposed to [['Abd Allah b. 'Abbas]] as the arbiter of the Kufan army and imposed [[Abu Musa al-Ash'ari]] on the Imam, but later, along with [[Shabath b. Rib'i al-Tamimi]], he was among the first to reject human arbitration by the slogan "ruling is for none but Allah". | ||
=== Disputation with Imam 'Ali === | === Disputation with Imam 'Ali === | ||