The term wahhabi was first used by Muhammad bin Abdul Wahab’s brother Sulaiman in his book “Ash Shaw’iqul Ilahiyah firraddi all Wahabiyah”. The term was also adopted by the Mufti of Mecca, Sheik Sayid Ahmad Zaini Dahlan who had a personal encounter with the wahhabi bandits when they conquered Mecca. His book entitled “Ad Durarus Saniyah firraddi alal Wahabiyah” has the term wahhabi. The problem with this movement was its penchant for declaring those who do not follow them as kufur or non believers. They spend too much time in semantic, redefining what constitute bida’ah (innovation) and shirk (or polytheism), and label their opponents, including those who follow the imam madhab guilty of such practice. It was an effective way to identify an enemy and destroy them. The employment of mutawwa is a manifestation of these wahhabi philosophy. Off course these movement regard the label wahhabi as derogatory because it is associated with its dark past. Realising this pitfall of promoting distorted version of Islam King Abdullah has recently introduced reform which has now include the madhab scholars in its Ulema Council. youtube/watch?v=VP9RMZAHEF0&sns=em
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 11:33:09 +0000
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