The opinion of Sunni scholars on Wahhabism (part 3)

Zaini Dihlan Sheikh al-Islam, the Mufti of Masjid al-Haram (the greatest mosque in the world), about Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab, in the book of Alderar Al Sunniah Fi Alrad ala Al Wahhabiah says that he considered the Muslims before his age as "infidels" and made Muslims confess their infidelity before converting to Wahhabism.

He explains about it:

إذا أراد أحد أن يتبعهم على دينهم طوعا أو كرها، يأمرونه بالإتيان بالشهادتين أولا ثم يقولون له إشهد على نفسك إنك كنت كافرا و إشهد على والديك إنهما ماتا كافرين و إشهد على فلان و فلان إنه كان كافرا و يسمون له جماعة من أكابر العلماء الماضين، فإن شهدوا بذلك قبلوهم و إلا أمروا بقتلهم و كانوا يصرحون بتكفير الأمة من منذ ستمائة سنة.و اول من صرح بذلک محمد بن عبدالوهاب، فتبعوه في ذلک. و اذا دخل انسان في دينه و کان قد حجّ حجة الاسلام قبل ذلک يقولون له: حجّ ثانياً؛ فانّ حجتک الأولي فعلتها و انت مشرک فلاتسقط عنک الحجّ. ويسمون من اتبعهم من الخارج المهاجرين و من کان من اهل بلدهم يسمونهم الانصار

Anyone who wanted to convert to Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab's religion, was forced to confess that they have been infidels before, also confess that their parents have left the world being infidels and confess that such scholar and that scholar has died infidels. And he named many other great scholars who lived before, if the person confessed that they all were infidels he would then accept his confession otherwise he would kill them. They announced the entire Umma who lived 600 years before, "infidels". The first person introduced such innovation was Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab. The others, followed him and if anybody who accepted his religion had already done Haaj, they were ordered to redo their Haaj, as the previous one was done in the time of their infidelity (paganism) and so was not accepted! He called his followers Ansaar (supporters) if they were from his region, and if they were from other regions, called them Muhajirin (immigrants).

Then, the book reports about ignoring religious books by Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab and killing his criticizers:

The opinion of Sunni scholars on Wahhabism (part 2)

 Zaini Dihlan Sheikh al-Islam, the Mufti of Masjid al-Haram (the greatest mosque in the world), considers the existence of Wahhabism as a sedition appeared in the Islamic community, in the book of Kholasat al-Baian fi Baian Omara al-Balad al-Haram, he writes:

ابتداء فتنة الوهابية مع الرد عليهم بما يبطل ما ابتدعوه سنة 1205 وفي هذه السنة كان ابتداء الحرب والقتال بين مولانا الشريف غالب وطائفة الوهابية التابعين لمحمد ابن عبد الوهاب في عقيدته التي كفر بها المسلمين وينبغي قبل ذكر المحاربة والقتال ذكر ابتداء أمرهم وحقيقةحالهم فان فتنتهم من أعظم الفتن التي ظهرت في الاسلام

"The truth about Wahhabism', is that their conspiracy is the biggest sedition which has ever emerged in Islam."

The opinion of Sunni scholars on Wahhabism (part 1)

Zaini Dihlan, was the great Sheikh and Mufti of Mecca. In the book of "Fitna al-Wahhabia", he quoted the anticipation of the professors of Muhammad ibn Abdulwahhab about his deviation. And he was actually misled just as it had been anticipated. Zaini says:

وكان كثير من مشايخ ابن عبدالوهاب بالمدينة يقولون سيضل هذا أو يضل الله به من أبعده وأشقاه فكان الأمر كذلك

A significant number of the great scholars and professors of Muhammad ibn Abdulwahhab used to say, in the city of Medina: He is going to be astray or Allah will mislead him and he will mislead the people who are far from blesses of Allah and recalcitrant and the same thing happened.

Ref: Zaini Dihlan, Fitna al-Wahhabia, page 4

The horns of the Satan

The devilry anticipated by the prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessing be Upon Him)

Cartoon by MohammadReza Kordian

In 1157 AH (1744 CE) Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab made Bay'ah (oath of allegiance) with Muhammad ibn Sa'ud where it was agreed to hold the political power in the hands of the clan of Aal al-Saud (House of Saud, Royal family) and the religious leadership in the hands of the clan of Aal al-Sheikh (Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab and his generations) and this power division has been kept until now. This event (the oath) is written in the book of Unwan al-Majd fe Tarikh al-Najd, Vol. 1, Page 41 , which was written and printed in Saudi Arabia.

Let's have a look at the origin of these two clans.

The origin of Al-Saud

The book titled Tarikh al-Bilad al-Arabia al-Saudia by al-Ostaz al-Doctur Munir al-Ijlani , the first chapter named 'al-Daulate al-Saudia al-Awla' and the first section, 'the tradition of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab and Da'wa and tradition of Muhammad ibn Saud wa Haruba' is a very reliable source.
In the page 67 of this book, the origin of al-Saud is explained as:
Muhammad ibn Saud ibn Muqran ibn Markhan ibn Ibrahim ibn Musa ibn Rabi`a ibn Maane'...
All of Wahhabi authors agree that the origin of al-Saud is from Rabi`a ibn Nazar ibn Ma'd ibn Adnan.

Imam Mahdi (A.S) and the Wahabbis

Imam Mahdi (A.S) and the Wahabbis

After propounding the Qur'an and traditional arguments there remains no doubt amongst the Muslims, irrespective of his religion either Sunni, Shiite, Wahabi or non-Wahabi, regarding the belief in imam al-Mahdi (A.S) and it is proved beyond doubt that it is a genuine Islamic belief, but since the Wahabi sect is having a very narrow-minded belief about some of the concepts of Islam hence from its very inception, it has been a butt of rebuke from the Muslim scholars, therefore we analyze in this brief study Wahabis point of view about imam al-Mahdi (A.S). In fact the following proofs will clarify that like other Muslim scholars Wahabi Scholars also believe in the existence of al-Mahdi (Mahdaviyat) and they regard this belief as the climax of the Islamic creed.

1- The Wahabi sect is an offshoot of Ahlus-Sunnah and like other Muslims, believes in Qur'an and traditions, they also have faith in the traditions of Sehah-e-Sittah and other authentic books, Since the traditions pertaining to imam al-Mahdi (A.S) are quoted from the holy prophet (PBUH) and are found in abundance in the books of traditions, then they are bound to believe in imam al-Mahdi (A.S).

2- Ibn Taimiyyah (exp. 728 A.H.) was a Hanbali scholar in 7th- 8th century and known as the ideological leader of the Wahabis, in his book 'Minhaajus-Sunnah' (that is a strong attack on Shiites), he considers the traditions regarding Hazrat al-Mahdi (A.S) as authentic and says about him as follows: " Those traditions recorded by abuu Daawood,Tirmidhi, Ahmad Hanbal and other traditionalist that there was dispute over them in regard to the advent of imam al-Mahdi (A.S) are all correct, for example the tradition of the holy prophet (PBUH) that was related by Ibn Mas'ud as follows:

 

"Even if a single day remains from the eve of doomsday, Allah the Almighty will prolong that day to such an extent till He raises a man from my house hold i.e. Ahl-ul-bayt (A.S)."

 

3- Shamsuddin Mohammad bin abi-Bakr popularly known as ibn Qayme-aj-Jauzi (exp. 751 A.H.), a famous personality of the Hanbali sect, ardent follower and preacher of Ibn Taimiyah's idealogies has compiled an complete book on the topic of imam al-Mahdi (A.S), he has adorned his book with the title of 'Al-Mahdi'.

The same scholar wrote another book named 'Al- Munaar Al Munif Fis-Sahih Waz Zaeef that is actually an explanation of Ibn Jauzi's book 'Al-Mauzoo'aat', he quoted some traditions about imam al-Mahdi (A.S) and also the debate over their authenticity in chapter 15 of this book from page 326 to 344, he concluded that all traditions that are in regard of imam al-Mahdi (A.S) are genuine and completely part of the Islamic tradition, he also wrote in the same book while quoting from the book of 'Abdul Hussein Aberi ' that: "The traditions regarding imam al-Mahdi (A.S) are plenty (Mutawatir) and abundantly that prove he will be from the progeny of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) ."

4- Allamah Mohammad bin Ali Shaukani (exp. 1250 A.H.) was formerly a Zaidi who later after convertion to Wahabism became the Wahabis prolific preacher in Yemen, he was such a staunch believer in Mahdaviyat (believe in the existence of al-Mahdi A.S) to the extent that he wrote a complete book on this subject named 'Al-Tauzeeh Fi Tawatir Ma Ja'aa Fil-Mahdi wad-Dajjal wal Maseeh, The above mentioned book serves as a major source of reference for most of the scholars, there is need for attention to the following sentence from the mentioned book: "Those narrated traditions in regard to Hazrat al-Mahdi (A.S) are so numerous that can suffice that one that possesses little faith and justice."

5- Shaikh Abdul Mohsin bin Ahmad Abbad, a learned professor of the Wahabi university of Medina wrote a book named 'Aqidato Ahle-Sunnat wal-Asar Fil Mahdi Al-Muntazar' in which he has debated that the belief in Mahdaviyat is not confined only to Shiites rather it is a pure Islamic ideology, the traditions in regard to Mahdawiyah are continuous while believing in Hazrat imam al-Mahdi (A.S) is also fundamental. Hazrat al-Mahdi (A.S) is from the progeny of Fatima Zahra (S.A) and she is going to appear in the last era of the world Moreover he has enlisted the names of one-hundred and twenty-six companions who have quoted the traditions regarding imam al-Mahdi(A.S), thirty-eight among them are notable scholars and traditionalists that related the traditions that four of them are the compilers of the Sihah Sitah i.e. the six authentic traditional books of Ahlus-Sunnah, he also mentioned the names of the renowned Sunni scholars that wrote books on this subject.

Shaikh Abbad wrote another book to refute the book of of his Kuwaiti contemporary scholar named Sheikh Abdullahi bin Zaid that made some objections harshly to the said belief, the above mentioned book is named: " Ar-Raddo Ala Man Kazeba bil Ahadith As Sahiha fil Mahdi."

In this study, firstly the vitriol objections of the Kuwaiti writer are quoted word to word then after been acquainted with them he gave the replies that matched them i.e. the objections.

While keeping these facts in mind is there any one among the Muslims that can doubt the truthfulness of this belief? Is it possible that someone should claim to be a Muslim without believing in this fundamental creed?

May Allah help us in following the right path (amen).

ref: al-shia.org
http://english.tebyan.net/newindex.aspx?pid=284042

Wahhabism is the enemy of Islam.

When `Ali was in Yemen, he sent some gold in its ore to the Prophet. The Prophet (PBUH) distributed it among Al-Aqra' bin H`Abis Al-Hanzali who belonged to Bani Mujashi, 'Uyaina bin Badr Al-Fazari, 'Alqama bin 'Ulatha Al-`Amiri, who belonged to the Bani Kilab tribe and Zaid AI-Khail at-Ta'i who belonged to Bani Nabhan. So the Quraish and the Ansar became angry and said, "He gives to the chiefs of Najd and leaves us!" The Prophet (PBUH) said, "I just wanted to attract and unite their hearts (make them firm in Islam)." Then there came a man with sunken eyes, bulging forehead, thick beard, fat raised cheeks, and clean-shaven head, and said, "O Muhammad! Be afraid of Allah! " The Prophet (PBUH) said, "Who would obey Allah if I disobeyed Him? (Allah). He trusts me over the people of the earth, but you do not trust me?" A man from the people (present then), who, I think, was Khalid bin Al- Walid, asked for permission to kill him, but the Prophet (PBUH) prevented him. When the man went away, the Prophet said, "Out of the offspring of this man, there will be people who will recite the Qur'an but it will not go beyond their throats, and they will go out of Islam as an arrow goes out through the game, and they will kill the Muslims and leave the idolators. Should I live till they appear, I would kill them as the Killing of the nation of 'Ad."

Reference	: Sahih al-Bukhari 7432
In-book reference	: Book 97, Hadith 59
USC-MSA web (English) reference	: Vol. 9, Book 93, Hadith 527
(deprecated numbering scheme)

http://sunnah.com/bukhari/97/59