the hadeeth is clear cut, please bring another interpretation if you are truthful. This is the problem, anything you dont like you explain away. You have been belittling the importance of tawheed, i give u a hadeeth and u just say 'oh im not a muhaddith'. Why dont u look at the hadeeth and decide for urself? Also where is your evidence that the khawarij were cautious of shirk. I think you confused them for the prophets and sahaba. They were the ones who were ultra cautious of shirk. The khawarij even indulged in innovations