Beware of wahabies or the so-called "Salafies"

[Alsunna Teacher]

Muslims, Beware of the deviations of the wahabies or the so-called "Salafies"!

This sect is full of extreme beliefs that one must avoid and be warned from.

Muhammad Ibn ^Abdul-Wahhab (Founder of Wahaby Sect) started as a student of knowledge in the city of the Prophet, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam: al-Madinah al-Munawwarah. Ibn ^Abdul-Wahhab's father was a good, pious man among the people of knowledge as was his brother, Shaykh Sulayman. His father, his brother, and his shaykhs (teachers of religion) had the foresight Ibn ^Abdul-Wahhab would innovate a great deal of deviation and misguidance, because of their observance of his sayings, actions, and inclinations concerning many issues. They used to reprimand him and warn people against him.

[Alsunna Teacher]

Background On The Tribulations Of The Wahhabis

During the reign of Sultan Salim III (1204-1222 AH) many tribulations took place. One was the tribulation of the Wahhabiyyah which started in the area of al-Hijaz{1} where they captured al-Haramayn{2}, and prevented Muslims coming from ash-Sham{3} and Egypt from reaching their destination to perform Pilgrimage (Hajj). Another tribulation is that of the French who controlled Egypt from 1213 A.H. until 1216 A.H. Let us here speak briefly about the two adversities{4}, because each was mentioned in detail in the books of history and in separate treatises.


The fighting started between the Wahhabis and the Prince of Makkah, Mawlana Sharif Ghalib Ibn Bu Sa^id, who had been appointed by the honored Muslim Sultan as his ruling representative over the areas of al-Hijaz. This was in 1205 AH during the time of Sultan Salim III, the son of Sultan Mustafa III, the son of Ahmad. Previous to the outbreak of fighting, the Wahhabis began to build power and gain followers in their areas. As their territories expanded, their evil and harm increased They killed countless numbers of Muslims, legitimated confiscating their money and possessions, and captured their women. The founder of their wicked doctrine was Muhammad Ibn ^Abdul-Wahhab, who originated from eastern Arabia, from the tribe of Banu Tamim. He lived a long life, about one-hundred years. He was born in 1111 AH and died in 1200 AH. His history was narrated as follows:

Muhammad Ibn ^Abdul-Wahhab started as a student of knowledge in the city of the Prophet, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam: al-Madinah al-Munawwarah. Ibn ^Abdul-Wahhab's father was a good, pious man among the people of knowledge as was his brother, Shaykh Sulayman. His father, his brother, and his shaykhs (teachers of religion) had the foresight Ibn ^Abdul-Wahhab would innovate a great deal of deviation and misguidance, because of their observance of his sayings, actions, and inclinations concerning many issues. They used to reprimand him and warn people against him.

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Some Of The Beliefs Of Ibn ^Abdul-Wahhab
What Ibn ^Abdul-Wahhab's father, brother, and shaykhs speculated about him came true--by the Will of Allah, ta^ala. Ibn ^Abdul-Wahhab innovated deviant and misleading ways and beliefs and managed to allure some ignorant people to follow him. His deviant and misleading ways and beliefs disagreed with the sayings of the scholars of the Religion. His deviant beliefs led him to label the believers as blasphemers! He falsely claimed visiting the grave of the Prophet, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, and performing the tawassul{5} by him as shirk{6}. Additionally, he falsely claimed visiting the graves of other prophets and righteous Muslims (awliya') and performing tawassul by them was shirk as well. He added to this by saying, "To call upon the Prophet, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, when performing tawassul by the Prophet is shirk." He passed the same judgment of shirk on the ones who call upon other prophets and righteous Muslims (awliya') in performing tawassul by them.

In an effort to give credibility to his innovations Ibn ^Abdul-Wahhab embellished his sayings by quotations which he selected from Islamic sources, i.e., quotations which are used as proofs for many issues but not the issues which Ibn ^Abdul-Wahhab was attempting to support. He brought false statements and tried to beautify them for the laymen until they followed him. He wrote treatises for them until they believed that most of the People of Tawhid{7} were blasphemers.

Alliance With The Su^udiyy Family

Moreover, Ibn ^Abdul-Wahhab called upon the princes of eastern Arabia and the people of ad-Dar^iyyah{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 Su^ud, the Prince of ad-Dar^iyyah in eastern Arabia, supported him and worked to spread his ideology. Ibn Su^ud was from Banu Hanifah, the people of Musaylimah al-Kadhdhab{9}. When Muhammad Ibn Su^ud died, his son ^Abdul-^Aziz Ibn Muhammad Ibn Su^ud took over the responsibility of fulfilling the vile task of spreading the Wahhabi beliefs.

Many of the shaykhs of Ibn ^Abdul-Wahhab in al-Madinah 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 Qur'an illustrate this point. Allah, ta^ala, said in Surat al-Ahqaf, Ayah 5:

This verse means: [Who is more astray than the one who performs supplication (du^a') to [worship] other than Allah; the one other than Allah he supplicates to will not answer his du^a'.]
Allah, ta^ala said in Surat Yunus, Ayah 106 :

This verse means: [Do not perform supplication (du^a') 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 Qur'an 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 Qur'an." 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:

This verse means: [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 Qur'an by citing Surat Luqman, Ayah 25 and Surat az-Zumar, Ayah 38, in which Allah said:

 

These verses mean: [If you ask them, 'Who created the heavens and earth?' They will say, 'Allah'.]

In Surat az-Zukhruf, Ayah 87, Allah said:

 

Which means: [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.

Ya lateef.

[Alsunna Teacher]

Footnote

{1}Al-Hijaz refers to the western part of Arabia which includes Makkah and al-Madinah.
{2} Al-Haramayn refers to Makkah and al-Madinah.
{3}Ash-Sham refers to the area that includes Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Palestine.
{4}Only the first adversity will be presented in this booklet.
{5} Tawassul is asking Allah for goodness by a prophet, righteous believer, etc.
{6}Shirk refers to associating partners to Allah.
{7}The People of Tawhid refers to the Muslims.
{8} Ad-Dar^iyyah is a region north of the city of Riyad, Saudi Arabia.
{9}Musaylimah al-Kadhdhab was a blasphemous man who claimed the status of prophethood for himself after the death of Prophet Muhammad. He was killed by the Muslims during the caliphate of Abu Bakr, may Allah raise his rank.

[Alsunna Teacher]

SO: Muslims, Beware of the deviations of the wahabies or the so-called "Salafies"

[Alsunna Teacher]

Their misguidance and radical ideas towards Muslims:
- Wahhabis accuse hundreds of millions of Muslims with shirk
- They oppose all Sunni scholars and breach the unanimous agreement of Muslims Ijma^
- They say reciting Quran for the dead Muslims is dalal misguidance
- They claim that imitating the four schools of Ahlus-Sunnah (taqleed) is shirk
- They claim that majority of Muslims today are blasphemers
- They claim that visiting the graves of the Muslims is shirk
- They claim that Islam perished between Ibn Taimiah till Ibn Abdul-Wahhab
- They claim that all Asharies and Maturidis (Majority of Ahlus-Sunnah) are kuffar
- They claim that all Islamic Sufism is shirk and must be eradicated
- They claim that our master Adam is not a Prophet!
- They accuse our lady Eve with all the sins of mankind
- They follow Ibn Taymiah and claim that Hellfire will end when Allah said in Qur'an that it stays forever
- They defend the philosophy of Ibn Taymiah who says that this world is eternal
- They claim that triple divorce is not valid
- They ban women from driving a car
- They ban women from going on the internet alone
- They ban women from visiting the grave of the dead Muslims
- They ban women from merely wearing pants even in front of her husband
- They ban women from teaching in schools for kids
- They claim that saying "La ilaha illallah" in group zikr as forbidden bid^ah
- They forbid men from trimming their beard at any time
- They claim that saying Sadaqallahul-^Adhim after reciting Quran is forbidden bid^ah
- Their leader and found Muhammad bin Abdul-Wahhab considers all his sheikhs as Kuffar
- They claim if a man does not pray in Jama^ah then he is banned from marriage
- They claim that the voice of the women in front of men is ^awrah and forbidden
- They claim that hanging Quranic verses on the neck or wall (Hirz) is Haram
- They forbid saying Good Morning and claim its an initiations to jews
- They forbid saying the full Basmalah before eating
- They accuse Muslims with atheism for making taweel interoperations to Quran
- They claim that Muslims visiting each other on Eid festive is forbidden bid^ah
- They accuse people of Egypt as worshippers to Imam Ahmad al-Badawiy
- They accuse people of Sham (Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine) as Mushriks worshipping Ibn ^Arabi
- They accuse people of Hijaz and Yemen as grave and rock worshippers
- They claim saying tawheed kalimah in janazah as forbidden
- They ban using a vehicle to transfer the dead
- They claim that using the Masbahah beads for dhiker is forbidden bid^ah

All References are found here: www.alsunna.org/aqwal.htm