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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Attraction and Repulsion of Ali (a.s.) Emergence of the Kharijites ( 97 ) Kharijites, that is, rebels, is a derivative of 'Khorooj' which means revolt or rebellion. They emerged from "arbitration". In the battle of Siffeen the last day was going to end in victory of Ah. Mo'awiyah in consultation with Amr bin 'As took a very clever step. He saw that all his pains and efforts had failed and defeat was just a pace ahead.

He thought that but for creation of confusion nothing would lead to their escape. He ordered that Qurans should be hoisted atop the launces. Thereby meaning: "O Men! We are people of the Quran and the Qibla, let us make it our arbitrator amongst us". It was not a plea to have been innovated by them. Earlier Ali had proposed in the very same words, but they did not agree. Even now they would not agree. It was an excuse to avoid a total defeat.

Ali rose his voice: "Kill them, they now exploit the leaves and the letters of the Quran as a hidey-hole but soon hereafter they will continue in their anti-Quranic manners. The leaves and the letters of the Book have no supremacy over and preference to its spirit. I am the spirit and the real manifestation of the Quran. They have hoisted the Quran while they mean to destroy its significance and spirit".

A group of the ignorant the vague and spurious divines who were in large numbers, among themselves looked through Ali: "What does he say"? They cried out, "Should we fight with the Quran? Our war is for restoration of the Quran; if they have submitted to the Quran why this fighting affair?" ( 98 ) Ali said, "I also say fight for the sake of the Quran. But they do not have any interest in the Quran. They want to have only a shelter in its letters and script".

In Islamic jurisprudence, in the Chapter of 'Al-Jehad' (the Crusade) there is a proposition called "The Infidels Warding off harm through Muslims".

The proposition means that if the enemies of Islam, while at war with the Muslims, use the Muslim prisoners of war as a means to their own protection and keep them ahead of themselves as a shield and themselves keep busy in their rear to cause damage to the Muslim fighters, in such a manner that if the Muslim forces want to defend themselves or to lead an advance or to halt the enemy offensive, they will be inevitably killing their enemies' human shield device viz.