‘Alī b. Abī Khālid – Allāh have mercy on him – reports: I once said to Aḥmad, “This shaykh – referring to an older man who was with us – is my neighbor. I told him not to keep the company of a certain person, and he would like to hear what you have to […]
Imam Ahmad on Boycotting the Khawarij
Al-Khallāl records that Imām Aḥmad – may Allāh have mercy on him – said about the Khawārij:
Do not sell food or clothes to them, and do not buy from them. And he said, The Khawārij are renegades, an evil people.
Al-Khallāl, Al-Sunnah 1:155
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