Muhakkima

Muḥakkima (Arabic: محكّمة) and al-Haruriyya (Arabic: الحرورية) refer to the Muslims who rejected arbitration between Ali and Mu'awiya I at the Battle of Siffin in 657 CE.^[1] The name Muḥakkima derives from their slogan lā ḥukma illā li-llāh (لا حكم إلا لله), meaning "no judgment (hukm) except God's".^[1] The name al-Haruriyya refers to their withdrawal from Ali's army to the village of Harura' near Kufa.^[1] This episode marked the start of the Kharijite movement, and the term muḥakkima is often also applied by extension to later Kharijites.^[1]

In recent times, some adherents of Ibadi Islam, which is commonly identified as a moderate offshoot of the Kharijite movement, have said that the precursors of both Ibadism and extremist Kharijite sects should be properly called Muḥakkima and al-Haruriyya rather than Kharijites.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Levi Della Vida, G. (2012). "K̲h̲ārid̲j̲ites". In P. Bearman; Th. Bianquis; C.E. Bosworth; E. van Donzel; W.P. Heinrichs (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (2nd ed.). Brill. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_0497.

[EI2-1] Levi Della Vida, G. (2012). "K̲h̲ārid̲j̲ites". In P. Bearman; Th. Bianquis; C.E. Bosworth; E. van Donzel; W.P. Heinrichs (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (2nd ed.). Brill. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_0497.

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