days in which to repent. So if they refuse to do so they must be killed and all their rights as Muslims such as "walayah', marriage, Muslim burial, and inheritance, are to be abolished.

4) Baraah from those who recant their Ibadhi views and adopt those of other schools, taking the leaders of those schools as their "awliya" and declaring 'baraah' from the Ibadhi Imams. The believers must dissociate themselves from such defaulters until they repent. Those who relinquish Ibadhism and malign the Ibadhis are to be killed or assassinated by any means possible.93

A 'waliy' who commits a major sin, the believers must ask to repent. If he refuses, they must declare 'baraah From him. Some scholars say that the believers declare 'baraah' from him first, then ask him to repent. In such cases, repentance may be sought up to three times, then the believer is not further obliged to ask the sinner to repent. According to the second Imam of the Ibadhis Abu Ubaidah Muslim b. Abi Karimah, this rule must be carried out "till the devil become the loser."

94. (حتى يكون الشيطان هو الخاسر)

RESERVATION (AL-WUQUF)

Reservation is another obligatory duty connected with 'assocation' and 'dissociation' (al-walaya and al-bara `ah). If the person was not qualified for association or dissocation, his state must be of 'reservation'. 'Reservation' is an obligation as long as the persom `s case is not clear. This attitude is established on the basis of the following verses of the Qur'an:(حتي يكون الشيطان هو الخاسر)

1. "And pursue not that thou hast no knowledge of; hearing, the sight, the heart- all those shall be questioned of"95

2. "O Believers, if an ungodly man come to you with a tiding, make clear, lest you afflict a people unwittingly, and then repent of what you have done"96

The following Traditions of the Prophet are produced to strengthen this view :- It is reported that the Prophet said:

1. Human affairs are of three types: One whose rightness is obvious to you; you must follow it. And one whose error is clear to you; you must avoid it. And one which is dubious; you must leave this affair to God".97

2. The Prophet also said: "The beliver is cosiderate, and the hyprocrite is hot-headed".98

Al-Salimi pointed out five sections of 'reservation'99 the first of which is