Deel II Fitnatul Wahhabiyyah - The menace of Wahhabism Mawlana Shaykhu-l-Islam Ahmad Zayni Dahlan al-Makki ash-Shafii (Chief Mufti of Mecca al-Mukarramah). May Allah be pleased with him Alliance With The Saudi Family Moreover, Ibn Abdul-Wahhab called upon the princes of eastern Arabia and the people of ad-Dariyyah(8) to support him. They carried his doctrine and made this endeavor a means to strengthen and expand their kingdom. They worked together to suppress the Bedouins of the deserts until they overcame them and those Bedouins followed them and became foot-soldiers for them without pay. After that, these masses started to believe that whoever does not believe in what Ibn Abdul-Wahhab said is a blasphemer, and it is Islamically lawful (halal) to shed his blood and plunder his money. The matter of Ibn Abdul-Wahhab started to evidence itself in 1143 A.H. and began spreading after 1150 A.H. Subsequently, the scholars--even his brother, Shaykh Sulayman and the rest of his shaykhs-- authored many treatises to refute him. But Muhammad Ibn Suud, the Prince of ad-Dariyyah in eastern Arabia, supported him and worked to spread his ideology. Ibn Suud was from Banu Hanifah, the people of Musaylimah al-Kadhdhab(9). When Muhammad Ibn Suud died, his son Abdul-Aziz Ibn Muhammad Ibn Suud took over the responsibility of fulfilling the vile task of spreading the Wahhabi beliefs. Many of the shaykhs of Ibn Abdul-Wahhab in Medina used to say, He will be misguided, and he will misguide those for whom Allah willed the misguidance. Things took place as per the speculation of the scholars. Ibn Abdul-Wahhab claimed his intention behind the madhhab he invented was to purify the Tawhid and repudiate the shirk. He also claimed people had been following the shirk for six-hundred years and he revived their Religion for them!! The Methodology of Ibn Abdul-Wahhab Ibn Abdul-Wahhab took the verses revealed to speak about the blasphemers and applied them to the Muslims. The following examples from the Quran illustrate this point. Allah, taala, said in Surat al-Ahqaf, Ayah 5: Who is more astray than the one who performs supplication (dua) to [worship] other than Allah; the one other than Allah he supplicates to will not answer his dua. Allah, taala said in Surat Yunus, Ayah 106 : Do not perform supplication (dua) to [worship] other than Allah; the one other than Allah you supplicate to will not benefit you and will not harm you The verses in the Quran similar to these ones are numerous. Muhammad Ibn Abdul-Wahhab gravely misinterpreted the previously cited verses and said: The Muslim who asks help from the Prophet, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, other prophets, or the righteous people (salihun), or who calls or asks any of them for intercession is like those blasphemers mentioned in the Quran. According to the false claim of Ibn Abdul-Wahhab, the Muslims who do these things are blasphemers. He also considered visiting the grave of Prophet Muhammad and the graves of other prophets and righteous Muslims for blessings as blasphemy. Allah revealed Ayah 3 of Surat az-Zumar in reference to the mushrikun: Those who worship the idols said: We do not worship them except to achieve a higher status from Allah Ibn Abdul-Wahhab falsely stated: Those who perform tawassul (asking Allah by the prophets, for example) are similar to those blasphemers mentioned in Surat az-Zumar, Ayah 3, who claim they do not worship the idols except to achieve a higher status from Allah. He said: The blasphemers did not believe the idols create anything; they believed Allah is the Creator. He gave his version of proof from the Quran by citing Surat Luqman, Ayah 25 and Surat az-Zumar, Ayah 38, in which Allah said: If you ask them, `Who created the heavens and earth? They will say, `Allah. In Surat az-Zukhruf, Ayah 87, Allah said: If you ask them, `Who created them? They will say,’Allah’. Ibn Abdul-Wahhab falsely concluded from these verses that the Muslims who perform tawassul are similar to those blasphemers. The Scholars refute Ibn Abdul-Wahhab In their writings to refute Ibn Abdul-Wahhabs sayings, the scholars said his deduction was false. The believers did not consider the prophets or the awliya’ as gods and they did not deem them partners to Allah. Instead, they correctly believe the prophets and awliya’ are good slaves and creations of Allah, and they do not deserve to be worshipped. The blasphemers intended in these verses believed their idols deserved Godhood. They exalted them as one would exalt his Creator, even though they believed the idols did not create the heavens and the earth. The believers, on the other hand, do not believe the prophets or righteous Muslims (awliya’) deserve to be worshipped, nor do they deserve to be attributed with Godhood, nor do they exalt them as one would exalt God. They believe these people are good slaves of Allah, His beloved ones whom He chose, and by their blessings (barakah) Allah grants His mercy to His creation. Hence, when the slaves of Allah seek the blessings (barakah) of the prophets and righteous Muslims (awliya’) they are seeking these blessings as a mercy from Allah. There are many proofs and examples from the Quran and Sunnah about this basic belief of the Muslims. Muslims believe Allah is the Creator, the One Who grants benefit and inflicts harm, and the only One Who deserves to be worshipped. Muslims believe that no one other than Allah has the power to affect the creation. The prophets and righteous people do not create anything. They do not possess the power to bestow benefit or inflict harm on others, but Allah is the One Who bestows the mercy upon the slaves by the righteous Muslims blessings. Hence, the belief of the blasphemers, i.e., the belief their idols deserve to be worshipped and have Godhood, is what makes them fall into blasphemy. This saying of the blasphemers, as previously cited in Surat az-Zumar, Ayah 3, was said in an effort to justify their belief when they were disproved and shown idols do not deserve to be worshipped. How can Ibn Abdul-Wahhab and those who follow him find it permissible to equate the believers, who believed in Tawhid, to those blasphemers, who believed in the Godhood of the idols? All the previously cited verses and the verses which are similar to them are specific to the blasphemers who associate partners with Allah--none of the believers are included. Al-Bukhari narrated by the route of Ibn Umar, may Allah raise their ranks, that the Prophet, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, described the Khawarij as those who took the verses revealed about the blasphemers and attributed them to the believers! In the narration by the route of Ibn Umar the Prophet said: What I fear most for my nation is a man who mis-explains the Quran and takes it out of context.
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