Do not fight the Khawarij after me ...

Amir al-Mu’minin also said concerning the Kharijites: Do not fight1the Kharijites after me, because one who seeks right but does not find it, is not like one who seeks wrong and finds it. As-Sayyid ar-Radi says:(By “one who seeks wrong and finds it”) Amir al-Mu’minin means Mu’awiyah and his men.

وقال (عليه السلام) فيهم لاَ تَقْتُلُوا الْخَوَارِجَ بَعْدِي، فَلَيْسَ مَنْ طَلَبَ الْحَقَّ فَأَخْطَأَهُ، كَمَنْ طَلَبَ الْبَاطِلَ فَأَدْرَكَهُ. قال السيد الشريف: يعني معاوية وأصحابه.