Answered by Shaykh Mashhoor Hasan Salmaan

As for the statement that the Khawaarij are people of ‘ibaadah and worship, then this is true. The Messenger has indeed described them by stating that, “There will come a people, and you will render as insignificant your salaah compared with their salaah, and your fast compared with their fast. They will recite the Qur’aan but it will not pass their throats." So where is the deviance? The source of deviance lies in two matters: it is either because of corrupted intentions which hinder the person from righteous deeds, or it can be because of having a corrupted understanding. A person can worship and make great effort; however his understanding of Allaah’s deen is incorrect.

A selection of questions on salaah, the masaajid, fasting, rights and the scholars.

[Q1]: What is the ruling for the one who is fasting and has relations with his wife whilst he is fasting ‘an optional fast’?

[Q2]: How is it that the Khawaarij are deviant in spite of the fact that they are people of ‘ibaadah and worship?

[Q3]: Is betting (Ar-Rihaan) halaal or haraam?

[Q4]: My husband treats me differently in comparison with the way he deals with his mother and his sisters, and I always feel like there is a barrier between him and me. So what is the ruling on such interaction?   

[Q5]: What is the ruling on women dancing?

[Q6]: Is it permissible for the husband to force his wife to fast the optional fast?

[Q7]: Should we give to those who come to the masjid and beg?

[Q8]: What is the ruling on the one who boycotts his brother for more than three days then reconciles with him, should he repent?

[Q9]: What is permissible to look at for the one who intends to marry a sister? 

[Q10]: Is it permissible for the one who has a debt to perform Hajj?

[Q11]: What do you think of a young person who is practicing and he is able to work yet he does not want to work? 

[Q12]: Is it permissible to combine the salaah (in jama’aah) after the appointed Imaam of the masjid has already combined the salaah?