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Remember, many sunni scholars witnessed this and spoke against it! For example Muhammad ibn Abidin a major Hanafi scholar said in his - Radd al-Muhtar, 3/339-340, chapter regarding the followers of ‘Abd al-Wahhab, said that the Khawarij of our times -
"The followers of M. Ibn Abdul Wahhab believed that they were Muslims and that whoever opposed them were idol worshippers. By doing this, they declared the killing of the scholars and laymen of Muslim Orthodoxy as permissible.”
(Shafi Mufti in Mecca, Sheikh Ahmad Zayni Dahlan (d. 1304 H.) says in his book ‘umara’ al-balad al-haram.
”When the Wahhabis entered at-Ta’if they killed the people en mass including the elderly and the children, the honourables, the princes and the layman. They even slaughtered the suckling infants by their mothers’ breasts. They also assaulted the pilgrims to Mecca through extortion and murder.''
The Maliki Sheikh Ahmad as-Sawi (d. 1241 H.) mentioned in his commentary on al-Jalalayn [vol.3 p.307-308]
”They are a sect in the Hijaz region (East Arabia) who are called the Wahhabis, they think they have a legitimate authority but indeed they are the liars who have been deceived by the devil who has made them forget the remembrance of their Lord. Those are the evil satanic sect; in fact the sect of Satan is defeated.
Maliki scholar, Imam Ahmad as-Sawi continues -
"The Khawarij corrupted the meaning of the Book and the Sunnah. This can be witnessed now in a cult that appeared in Al-Hijaz by the name of the Wahhabis. They think they are upon something, but they are only liars."
Najdi Qadi, Sulaiman ibn Suhaim [d. 1773] says -
”Whoever does not agree with him [Ibn Adul Wahhab], then he judges them with having committed major kufr... So in reality he is calling to the Tawhid of himself rather than to the Tawhid of Allah."
Imam Anwar Shah al-Kashmiri says in his commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, ‘Faydh al-Bari ‘ala Sahih al-Bukhari’, 1/171:
''As for Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab al-Najdi, then indeed he was an idiotic man of little knowledge, thus he would be hasty in making takfir. Diving into this river (of takfir) is not appropriate except for the one who is cautious upon, proficient in, and well-acquainted with the existence of disbelief and it’s causes.''
~ Hanbali, Dawud ibn Sulaiman Al-Khalidi [d.1881\ says -
”The Wahhabis] oppose Muslim Orthodoxy and the madhabs while leading the Ummah astray, declaring the blood & wealth of MUSLIMS halal for spilling and seizure. This group took filthy, dark doubts & used them to surround people.”
Sulayman ibn Abdul Wahhab a major critic of the early Wahhabi movement. Sulayman wrote a significant refutation of his brother’s work, called The Divine Lightning in Refutation of the Wahhabis (al-Sawa‘iq al-Uluhiyya fi-l-Radd ‘ala al-Wahabiyya): The document stands as one of the earliest, if not the earliest, refutations of Wahhabism in Islamic history.
''You are now pronouncing takfir over he who witnesses that there is no god but god alone, and that Muhammad is his slave and messenger, and of he who performs the prayer and gives zakat and fasts during ramadan and performs pilgrimage, believing in god, his angels, books and messengers … (yet) you make them unbelievers and their lands the lands of war. So we ask you…from where have you taken this madhab?! “if your madhab is correct, then there has not been any Muslim left on the earth for the last eight hundred years except yourselves!”
He continues -
“He [Ibn Abdul Wahhab] does not possess one characteristic of the people of ijtihad. By Allah, indeed he does not possess one tenth! Yet he is opening his mouth and speaking a great deal of ignorance!”
And more -
“The entire Ummah speaks with one voice, and when this individual [MIAW] is not able to refute them with one word, he declares them all unbelievers or grossly ignorant. Allah! Guide this misguided innovator!”
The Divine Lightning in Refutation of the Wahhabis (al-Sawa‘iq al-Uluhiyya fi-l-Radd ‘ala al-Wahabiyya
This is when Ibn Abdul Wahhab's issued takfir to his brother and his followers and town!
"The followers of M. Ibn Abdul Wahhab believed that they were Muslims and that whoever opposed them were idol worshippers. By doing this, they declared the killing of the scholars and laymen of Muslim Orthodoxy as permissible.”
(Shafi Mufti in Mecca, Sheikh Ahmad Zayni Dahlan (d. 1304 H.) says in his book ‘umara’ al-balad al-haram.
”When the Wahhabis entered at-Ta’if they killed the people en mass including the elderly and the children, the honourables, the princes and the layman. They even slaughtered the suckling infants by their mothers’ breasts. They also assaulted the pilgrims to Mecca through extortion and murder.''
The Maliki Sheikh Ahmad as-Sawi (d. 1241 H.) mentioned in his commentary on al-Jalalayn [vol.3 p.307-308]
”They are a sect in the Hijaz region (East Arabia) who are called the Wahhabis, they think they have a legitimate authority but indeed they are the liars who have been deceived by the devil who has made them forget the remembrance of their Lord. Those are the evil satanic sect; in fact the sect of Satan is defeated.
Maliki scholar, Imam Ahmad as-Sawi continues -
"The Khawarij corrupted the meaning of the Book and the Sunnah. This can be witnessed now in a cult that appeared in Al-Hijaz by the name of the Wahhabis. They think they are upon something, but they are only liars."
Najdi Qadi, Sulaiman ibn Suhaim [d. 1773] says -
”Whoever does not agree with him [Ibn Adul Wahhab], then he judges them with having committed major kufr... So in reality he is calling to the Tawhid of himself rather than to the Tawhid of Allah."
Imam Anwar Shah al-Kashmiri says in his commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, ‘Faydh al-Bari ‘ala Sahih al-Bukhari’, 1/171:
''As for Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab al-Najdi, then indeed he was an idiotic man of little knowledge, thus he would be hasty in making takfir. Diving into this river (of takfir) is not appropriate except for the one who is cautious upon, proficient in, and well-acquainted with the existence of disbelief and it’s causes.''
~ Hanbali, Dawud ibn Sulaiman Al-Khalidi [d.1881\ says -
”The Wahhabis] oppose Muslim Orthodoxy and the madhabs while leading the Ummah astray, declaring the blood & wealth of MUSLIMS halal for spilling and seizure. This group took filthy, dark doubts & used them to surround people.”
Sulayman ibn Abdul Wahhab a major critic of the early Wahhabi movement. Sulayman wrote a significant refutation of his brother’s work, called The Divine Lightning in Refutation of the Wahhabis (al-Sawa‘iq al-Uluhiyya fi-l-Radd ‘ala al-Wahabiyya): The document stands as one of the earliest, if not the earliest, refutations of Wahhabism in Islamic history.
''You are now pronouncing takfir over he who witnesses that there is no god but god alone, and that Muhammad is his slave and messenger, and of he who performs the prayer and gives zakat and fasts during ramadan and performs pilgrimage, believing in god, his angels, books and messengers … (yet) you make them unbelievers and their lands the lands of war. So we ask you…from where have you taken this madhab?! “if your madhab is correct, then there has not been any Muslim left on the earth for the last eight hundred years except yourselves!”
He continues -
“He [Ibn Abdul Wahhab] does not possess one characteristic of the people of ijtihad. By Allah, indeed he does not possess one tenth! Yet he is opening his mouth and speaking a great deal of ignorance!”
And more -
“The entire Ummah speaks with one voice, and when this individual [MIAW] is not able to refute them with one word, he declares them all unbelievers or grossly ignorant. Allah! Guide this misguided innovator!”
The Divine Lightning in Refutation of the Wahhabis (al-Sawa‘iq al-Uluhiyya fi-l-Radd ‘ala al-Wahabiyya
This is when Ibn Abdul Wahhab's issued takfir to his brother and his followers and town!
(Hussein Ibn Ghannam writes: In the month of Shawwal of the year 1165, the people of Al-Huraymila apostatized and their Qadi was Sulayman Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab, the brother of Muhammad Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab.
The sheikh came to know that his brother was encouraging sedition and spreading doubts among the people so he sent him writings in which he advises him, reprimands him about what he was doing and warns him about the possible outcome. Sulayman then sent a letter to the sheikh in which he embellished his words, confirms the covenant and mentionned that he would not stay even for one day in Al-Huraymila if apostasy appeared from its people.) -
Medhat Al-Faraj, a contemporary najdi, quotes from Hussein Ibn Ghanam. Medhat Al-Faraj writes explaining the cause of the ”apostasy” of the people of Al-Huraymila in his commentary on Mufeed Al-Mustafeed:
Speaking about the actions of Sulayman Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab, Ahmad Ibn Abd Al-Aziz Al-Hasseen writes in Da’wa Muhammad Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab salafiyat la wahhabiyat :
(The ustadh Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Al-Oqeili says: ”He did not content himself to schemes and provocations. He singularly wrote a lengthy letter to the people of Al-‘Uyyayna in which he attacked the salafi aqeedat and contradicted the position of his brother (IAW), disproved his words and his focus on takfir of his opponents and fighting apostates. He sent the letter with a person known as Al-Khouweitir and wrote a letter he called : (Fasl Al-Khitab Fi al-rrad ‘ala Muhammad Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab) and from the impact of this letter came the withdrawal of the people of Al-Huraylima from the followers of the da’wa. The affair didn’t stop here : the book was even read in Al-‘Uyayna. Some people who pretend knowledge in Al-‘Uyayna questionned the da’wa and had doubts about the truthfulness and the authenticity of the da’wa.”*
Abd Al-Rahman Ibn Abd Al-Lateef wrote: ”In the beggining of the affair, Sulayman Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab was hostile to his brother, in opposition to his da’wa, because he was unjust and envious. He wrote a letter in which he contradicts the da’wa of tawheed and he refutes his brother the sheikh Muhammad. The enemies of the tawhîd gave it a title and called: (Al-Sawaiq Al-Ilahiya Firrad ala Al-Wahhabiya)IAW then wrote Mufeed Al-Mustafeed fi kufr Tarik Al-Tawheed as an answer to that letter (of his brother) and to explain the rules of takfir almu’ayyan as it is written in the beggining of it:
(And from what said the shaikh, the Imam, the ‘âlim from the guided ulamâ-, Muhammad Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab rahimahullah taala, when some of the people who pretend ‘ilm from the people of Al-Uyyayna had doubts and when the people of Al-Huraymila apostatized*, the sheikh was asked to write a statement which Allah would make beneficial.)*
There you can see that Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahhab not only takfirs his brother, but the entire town Al-Huraymila. You can see that he does this to other regions as well. He (MIAW) says:
ومعلوم: أن أهل أرضنا، وأرض الحجاز، الذي ينكر البعث منهم أكثر ممن يقر به، والذي يعرف الدين أقل ممن لا يعرفه
“It’s known regarding the people of our land (i.e. Najd)and the land of al-Hijazthat those among them who reject the resurrection are more than those who accept and that those among them who know the religion are less than those who do not…”
This is such a shameless lie from him and whoever believes his claim must have lost his mind.
Just imagine: He accuses the majority of the people of Hijaz - which by the way was full of scholars [of Ahl al-Sunnah] at that time. I mean even in our time, when ignorance regarding the religion is becoming widespread we do not see any muslim rejecting the resurrection!
Source: al-Durar al-Saniyyah 10/43 A Wahhabi collection of MIAW’s letters and Wahhabi positions, MIAW claims that the bulk of every Muslim country is astray and, somehow, deny the resurrection - which obviously makes you a kafir, blood and wealth halal for spilling and seizure.
The sheikh came to know that his brother was encouraging sedition and spreading doubts among the people so he sent him writings in which he advises him, reprimands him about what he was doing and warns him about the possible outcome. Sulayman then sent a letter to the sheikh in which he embellished his words, confirms the covenant and mentionned that he would not stay even for one day in Al-Huraymila if apostasy appeared from its people.) -
Medhat Al-Faraj, a contemporary najdi, quotes from Hussein Ibn Ghanam. Medhat Al-Faraj writes explaining the cause of the ”apostasy” of the people of Al-Huraymila in his commentary on Mufeed Al-Mustafeed:
Speaking about the actions of Sulayman Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab, Ahmad Ibn Abd Al-Aziz Al-Hasseen writes in Da’wa Muhammad Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab salafiyat la wahhabiyat :
(The ustadh Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Al-Oqeili says: ”He did not content himself to schemes and provocations. He singularly wrote a lengthy letter to the people of Al-‘Uyyayna in which he attacked the salafi aqeedat and contradicted the position of his brother (IAW), disproved his words and his focus on takfir of his opponents and fighting apostates. He sent the letter with a person known as Al-Khouweitir and wrote a letter he called : (Fasl Al-Khitab Fi al-rrad ‘ala Muhammad Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab) and from the impact of this letter came the withdrawal of the people of Al-Huraylima from the followers of the da’wa. The affair didn’t stop here : the book was even read in Al-‘Uyayna. Some people who pretend knowledge in Al-‘Uyayna questionned the da’wa and had doubts about the truthfulness and the authenticity of the da’wa.”*
Abd Al-Rahman Ibn Abd Al-Lateef wrote: ”In the beggining of the affair, Sulayman Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab was hostile to his brother, in opposition to his da’wa, because he was unjust and envious. He wrote a letter in which he contradicts the da’wa of tawheed and he refutes his brother the sheikh Muhammad. The enemies of the tawhîd gave it a title and called: (Al-Sawaiq Al-Ilahiya Firrad ala Al-Wahhabiya)IAW then wrote Mufeed Al-Mustafeed fi kufr Tarik Al-Tawheed as an answer to that letter (of his brother) and to explain the rules of takfir almu’ayyan as it is written in the beggining of it:
(And from what said the shaikh, the Imam, the ‘âlim from the guided ulamâ-, Muhammad Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab rahimahullah taala, when some of the people who pretend ‘ilm from the people of Al-Uyyayna had doubts and when the people of Al-Huraymila apostatized*, the sheikh was asked to write a statement which Allah would make beneficial.)*
There you can see that Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahhab not only takfirs his brother, but the entire town Al-Huraymila. You can see that he does this to other regions as well. He (MIAW) says:
ومعلوم: أن أهل أرضنا، وأرض الحجاز، الذي ينكر البعث منهم أكثر ممن يقر به، والذي يعرف الدين أقل ممن لا يعرفه
“It’s known regarding the people of our land (i.e. Najd)and the land of al-Hijazthat those among them who reject the resurrection are more than those who accept and that those among them who know the religion are less than those who do not…”
This is such a shameless lie from him and whoever believes his claim must have lost his mind.
Just imagine: He accuses the majority of the people of Hijaz - which by the way was full of scholars [of Ahl al-Sunnah] at that time. I mean even in our time, when ignorance regarding the religion is becoming widespread we do not see any muslim rejecting the resurrection!
Source: al-Durar al-Saniyyah 10/43 A Wahhabi collection of MIAW’s letters and Wahhabi positions, MIAW claims that the bulk of every Muslim country is astray and, somehow, deny the resurrection - which obviously makes you a kafir, blood and wealth halal for spilling and seizure.
Now look at this letter of Sa’ud I. bin ‘Abd al-‘Aziz [bin Muhammad bin Sa’ud] (d. 1229 AH) addressing the people of Makkah:
من سعود بن عبد العزيز , إلى كافة اهل مكة والعلماء والآغوات وقاضي السلطان , السلام على من اتبع الهدى
أما بعد: فأنتم جيران الله وسكان حرمه آمنون بأمنه.
إنما ندعوكم لدين الله ورسوله , ( قل يا اهل الكتاب تعالوا الى كلمة سواء بيننا وبينكم ان لا نعبد الاّ الله ولا نشرك به شيئاً ولا يتخذ بعضنا بعضاً أرباباً من دون الله ، فان تولوا فقولوا: اشهدوا باننا مسلمون ) , فأنتم في أمان الله ثم في أمان أمير المسلمين سعود بن عبد العزيز , وأميركم عبد المعين بن مساعد ، فاسمعوا له وأطيعوا ما أطاع الله والسلام
“From Sa’ud bin ‘Abd al-‘Aziz to all of the people of Makkah, the scholars, the chiefs and the judge of the Sultan: Peace be upon the one who follows guidance.
''To proceed: You’re are the neighbours of Allah and the inhabitants of his sanctity and secure by his safety. We are calling you to the religion of Allah and that of his Messenger (!!!), { Say: O People of the Scripture! Come to an agreement between us and you: that we shall worship none but Allah, and that we shall ascribe no partner unto Him, and that none of us shall take others for lords beside Allah. And if they turn away, then say: Bear witness that we are they who have surrendered (unto Him). } [3:64].
''You’re in the safety of Allah and then in the safety of the leader of the Muslims (!) Sa’ud bin ‘Abd al-‘Aziz, and your leader ‘Abd al-Mu’in bin Musa’ad. So listen to him and obey him as long as he obeys Allah. Peace.”
Source: Hashiyyah of ‘Unwan al-Majd 1/261 by Ibn Bishr (d. 1288 AH)
Look how he greets them with “Peace be upon the one who follows guidance” instead of “Peace be upon you”. (It should be obvious by now why he’s doing that!)
Then he’s calling them “to the religion of Allah and that of his Messenger? Why? Are the People of Makkah not already upon the religion of Allah?
And then look at the Ayah he qoutes and how we declares himself to be the leader of Muslims!
There are two important things that you need to know about this Sa’ud I. bin ‘Abd al-‘Aziz (d. 1229 AH):
– He was not just the third leader/ruler of the first Saudi state, but also a direct student of Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab (d. 1206 AH) himself
– The one who commanded all of the people of Najd to make Bay’ah to him after ‘Abd al-‘Aziz bin Muhammad bin Sa’ud (d. 1218 AH) was none other than Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab as Ibn Bishr mentioned in his ‘Unwan al-Majd 1/162: “أمر الشيخ محمد بن عبد الوهاب جميع أهل نجد أن يبايعوا سعود بن عبد العزيز , وأن يكون ولي العهد بعد أبيه , وذلك بإذن عبد العزيز , فبايعوه” – end of the qoute –
Know that he’s still trying to sound nice in the above letter, because he said that after being able to control the city.
Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab also says:
لكن هو أتى من الشام، وهم يعبدون ابن عربي، جاعلين على قبره صنما يعبدونه، ولست أعني أهل الشام كلهم، حاشا وكلا; بل لا تزال طائفة على الحق، وإن قلّت، واغتربت
“But he came from al-Sham, and they worship Ibn ‘Arabi and have made an idol upon his grave to worship it. I do not mean all of the people of al-Sham, no of course not; rather there does not cease a group from them to be upon the truth, even if they’re only few.”
Source: al-Durar al-Saniyyah 2/45
Let us see now how the Wahhabis treated the people of al-Sham: Ibn Bishr proudly reported in his 'Unwan al-Majd the following incident which happened in the year 1225 AH:
بلغه الخبر أن بوادي الشام وعربانه من عنزة وبني صخر وغيرهم فيها , فلما وصل تلك الناحية لم يجد فيها أحداً منهم , وإذا قد سبقه النذير إليهم , فاجتمعوا على دوخي بن سمير رئيس ولد علي من عنزة , وهو من وراء الجبل المعروف بطويل الثلج قرب نابلس , نازلين عين القهوة من جبال حوران , ولما بلغ ابن سمير ومن معه إقبال سعود إليهم انهزم بمن معه من البوادي ونزلوا الغور من حوران , فسار سعود في تلك الناحية , وأقبل فيها وأدبر , واجتاز بالقرى التي حول مزيريب وبصرى , فنهبت الجموع ما وجدوا فيها من المتاع والطعام , وأشعلوا فيها النيران , وكان أهلها قد هربوا عنها لما سمعوا بمسيره , ثم نزل عين البجة , وروى منها المسلمون!! وشربت خيلهم وجيوشهم....
من سعود بن عبد العزيز , إلى كافة اهل مكة والعلماء والآغوات وقاضي السلطان , السلام على من اتبع الهدى
أما بعد: فأنتم جيران الله وسكان حرمه آمنون بأمنه.
إنما ندعوكم لدين الله ورسوله , ( قل يا اهل الكتاب تعالوا الى كلمة سواء بيننا وبينكم ان لا نعبد الاّ الله ولا نشرك به شيئاً ولا يتخذ بعضنا بعضاً أرباباً من دون الله ، فان تولوا فقولوا: اشهدوا باننا مسلمون ) , فأنتم في أمان الله ثم في أمان أمير المسلمين سعود بن عبد العزيز , وأميركم عبد المعين بن مساعد ، فاسمعوا له وأطيعوا ما أطاع الله والسلام
“From Sa’ud bin ‘Abd al-‘Aziz to all of the people of Makkah, the scholars, the chiefs and the judge of the Sultan: Peace be upon the one who follows guidance.
''To proceed: You’re are the neighbours of Allah and the inhabitants of his sanctity and secure by his safety. We are calling you to the religion of Allah and that of his Messenger (!!!), { Say: O People of the Scripture! Come to an agreement between us and you: that we shall worship none but Allah, and that we shall ascribe no partner unto Him, and that none of us shall take others for lords beside Allah. And if they turn away, then say: Bear witness that we are they who have surrendered (unto Him). } [3:64].
''You’re in the safety of Allah and then in the safety of the leader of the Muslims (!) Sa’ud bin ‘Abd al-‘Aziz, and your leader ‘Abd al-Mu’in bin Musa’ad. So listen to him and obey him as long as he obeys Allah. Peace.”
Source: Hashiyyah of ‘Unwan al-Majd 1/261 by Ibn Bishr (d. 1288 AH)
Look how he greets them with “Peace be upon the one who follows guidance” instead of “Peace be upon you”. (It should be obvious by now why he’s doing that!)
Then he’s calling them “to the religion of Allah and that of his Messenger? Why? Are the People of Makkah not already upon the religion of Allah?
And then look at the Ayah he qoutes and how we declares himself to be the leader of Muslims!
There are two important things that you need to know about this Sa’ud I. bin ‘Abd al-‘Aziz (d. 1229 AH):
– He was not just the third leader/ruler of the first Saudi state, but also a direct student of Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab (d. 1206 AH) himself
– The one who commanded all of the people of Najd to make Bay’ah to him after ‘Abd al-‘Aziz bin Muhammad bin Sa’ud (d. 1218 AH) was none other than Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab as Ibn Bishr mentioned in his ‘Unwan al-Majd 1/162: “أمر الشيخ محمد بن عبد الوهاب جميع أهل نجد أن يبايعوا سعود بن عبد العزيز , وأن يكون ولي العهد بعد أبيه , وذلك بإذن عبد العزيز , فبايعوه” – end of the qoute –
Know that he’s still trying to sound nice in the above letter, because he said that after being able to control the city.
Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab also says:
لكن هو أتى من الشام، وهم يعبدون ابن عربي، جاعلين على قبره صنما يعبدونه، ولست أعني أهل الشام كلهم، حاشا وكلا; بل لا تزال طائفة على الحق، وإن قلّت، واغتربت
“But he came from al-Sham, and they worship Ibn ‘Arabi and have made an idol upon his grave to worship it. I do not mean all of the people of al-Sham, no of course not; rather there does not cease a group from them to be upon the truth, even if they’re only few.”
Source: al-Durar al-Saniyyah 2/45
Let us see now how the Wahhabis treated the people of al-Sham: Ibn Bishr proudly reported in his 'Unwan al-Majd the following incident which happened in the year 1225 AH:
بلغه الخبر أن بوادي الشام وعربانه من عنزة وبني صخر وغيرهم فيها , فلما وصل تلك الناحية لم يجد فيها أحداً منهم , وإذا قد سبقه النذير إليهم , فاجتمعوا على دوخي بن سمير رئيس ولد علي من عنزة , وهو من وراء الجبل المعروف بطويل الثلج قرب نابلس , نازلين عين القهوة من جبال حوران , ولما بلغ ابن سمير ومن معه إقبال سعود إليهم انهزم بمن معه من البوادي ونزلوا الغور من حوران , فسار سعود في تلك الناحية , وأقبل فيها وأدبر , واجتاز بالقرى التي حول مزيريب وبصرى , فنهبت الجموع ما وجدوا فيها من المتاع والطعام , وأشعلوا فيها النيران , وكان أهلها قد هربوا عنها لما سمعوا بمسيره , ثم نزل عين البجة , وروى منها المسلمون!! وشربت خيلهم وجيوشهم....
Furthermore, in another passage of Al-Durar al-Saniyyah [10/10] he attributes shirk to the vast majority of Muslims who declare the two shahadas - those people of the Two Holy Mosques, Basra, Iraq and Yemen.
If all this as not enough, in Kitab At-Tawhid he claims: “It has been explicitly stated that idolatry would happen in this Ummah to the vast throngs of the people. The good news is that the truth will always be present, even as it has been in the past. There will always be a small group upon it.”
So it’s pretty clear that he considered the Muslims around him to be in jahiliyyah, shirk, and all sorts of heresies.
He also explicitly said that NONE of his teachers knew Tawheed and that only HE and HIS followers did! How arrogant can you be!? He says:
وأنا أخبركم عن نفسي والله الذي لا إله إلا هو لقد طلبت العلم واعتقد من عرفني أن لي معرفة وأنا ذلك الوقت لا أعرف معنى لا إله إلا الله، ولا أعرف دين الإسلام قبل هذا الخير الذي من الله به. وكذلك مشايخي ما منهم رجل عرف ذلك، فمن زعم من علماء العارض أنه عرف معنى لا إله إلا الله أو عرف معنى الإسلام قبل هذا الوقت أو زعم عن مشايخه أن أحداً عرف ذلك فقد كذب وافترى ولبس على الناس ومدح نفسه بما ليس فيه
“And I inform you about myself – I swear by Allah whom there is none worthy to worship except Him – I have sought knowledge and those who knew me believed that I had knowledge while I did not know the meaning of La Ilaha illa Allah at that time and did not know the religion of Islam before this grace that Allah favored. As well as my teachers (Mashayikh) no one among them knew that. And if someone from the scholars of al-‘Aridh (the lands of Najd and surrounding areas) claims that he knew the meaning of La Ilaha illa Allah or knew the meaning of Islam before this time, or claims on behalf of his teachers that someone from them knew that, then he has lied and said falsehood and deceived the people and praised himself with something he does not possess.”
Source: al-Rasa`il al-Shakhsiyyah and al-Durar al-Saniyyah 10/51
Just look at this person's arrogance and narcissism, and how he says that he alone knows Tawhid, while accusing the scholars of the entire area of not understanding it. And where did this "knowledge" come from if no one ever taught it to him? And you're going to be surprised how many times he makes such ridiculous claims in his letters, and how much he lies.(like for example by accusing anyone who critises him of "Sabb al-Din"/"cursing the religion") in a very clear way without having any shame whatsoever!
His takfir on the people of Makkah. He said:
''So whoever does not make Takfir upon the polytheists of the turkish state (i.e. the Ottomans!) and the grave-worshippers like the people of Makkah! and [upon] others from those who worship the righteous and left the Tawhid of Allah for Shirk and exchanged the Sunnah of his Messenger with innovations, then he is a disbeliever like them even if dislikes their religion und hates them and loves Islam and its people.''
''This is so because the one who does not declare the polytheists to be disbelievers has not accepted the Quran. The Quran declares the polytheists as disbelievers, and commands to declare them as such and to show enmity towards them and to fight them.”
الأمر الثاني: الكفر بما يعبد من دون الله، والمراد بذلك تكفير المشركين، والبراءة منهم، ومما يعبدون مع الله. فمن لم يكفر المشركين من الدولة التركية، وعباد القبور، كأهل مكة وغيرهم، ممن عبد الصالحين، وعدل عن توحيد الله إلى الشرك، وبدّل سنّة رسوله صلى الله عليه وسلم بالبدع، فهو كافر مثلهم، وإن كان يكره دينهم، ويبغضهم، ويحب الإسلام والمسلمين ; فإن الذي لا يكفر المشركين، غير مصدق بالقرآن، فإن القرآن قد كفر المشركين، وأمر بتكفيرهم، وعداوتهم وقتالهم
Source: al-Durar al-Saniyya 9/291
Look what a great lie they made against the people of Makkah, who were from the people of Tawhid and Tanzih! (And do you see the Takfir against the Ottomans?)
And look how they make Takfir even upon the one who does not make Takfir upon them. If this is not extremism then I don’t know what is!
If all this as not enough, in Kitab At-Tawhid he claims: “It has been explicitly stated that idolatry would happen in this Ummah to the vast throngs of the people. The good news is that the truth will always be present, even as it has been in the past. There will always be a small group upon it.”
So it’s pretty clear that he considered the Muslims around him to be in jahiliyyah, shirk, and all sorts of heresies.
He also explicitly said that NONE of his teachers knew Tawheed and that only HE and HIS followers did! How arrogant can you be!? He says:
وأنا أخبركم عن نفسي والله الذي لا إله إلا هو لقد طلبت العلم واعتقد من عرفني أن لي معرفة وأنا ذلك الوقت لا أعرف معنى لا إله إلا الله، ولا أعرف دين الإسلام قبل هذا الخير الذي من الله به. وكذلك مشايخي ما منهم رجل عرف ذلك، فمن زعم من علماء العارض أنه عرف معنى لا إله إلا الله أو عرف معنى الإسلام قبل هذا الوقت أو زعم عن مشايخه أن أحداً عرف ذلك فقد كذب وافترى ولبس على الناس ومدح نفسه بما ليس فيه
“And I inform you about myself – I swear by Allah whom there is none worthy to worship except Him – I have sought knowledge and those who knew me believed that I had knowledge while I did not know the meaning of La Ilaha illa Allah at that time and did not know the religion of Islam before this grace that Allah favored. As well as my teachers (Mashayikh) no one among them knew that. And if someone from the scholars of al-‘Aridh (the lands of Najd and surrounding areas) claims that he knew the meaning of La Ilaha illa Allah or knew the meaning of Islam before this time, or claims on behalf of his teachers that someone from them knew that, then he has lied and said falsehood and deceived the people and praised himself with something he does not possess.”
Source: al-Rasa`il al-Shakhsiyyah and al-Durar al-Saniyyah 10/51
Just look at this person's arrogance and narcissism, and how he says that he alone knows Tawhid, while accusing the scholars of the entire area of not understanding it. And where did this "knowledge" come from if no one ever taught it to him? And you're going to be surprised how many times he makes such ridiculous claims in his letters, and how much he lies.(like for example by accusing anyone who critises him of "Sabb al-Din"/"cursing the religion") in a very clear way without having any shame whatsoever!
His takfir on the people of Makkah. He said:
''So whoever does not make Takfir upon the polytheists of the turkish state (i.e. the Ottomans!) and the grave-worshippers like the people of Makkah! and [upon] others from those who worship the righteous and left the Tawhid of Allah for Shirk and exchanged the Sunnah of his Messenger with innovations, then he is a disbeliever like them even if dislikes their religion und hates them and loves Islam and its people.''
''This is so because the one who does not declare the polytheists to be disbelievers has not accepted the Quran. The Quran declares the polytheists as disbelievers, and commands to declare them as such and to show enmity towards them and to fight them.”
الأمر الثاني: الكفر بما يعبد من دون الله، والمراد بذلك تكفير المشركين، والبراءة منهم، ومما يعبدون مع الله. فمن لم يكفر المشركين من الدولة التركية، وعباد القبور، كأهل مكة وغيرهم، ممن عبد الصالحين، وعدل عن توحيد الله إلى الشرك، وبدّل سنّة رسوله صلى الله عليه وسلم بالبدع، فهو كافر مثلهم، وإن كان يكره دينهم، ويبغضهم، ويحب الإسلام والمسلمين ; فإن الذي لا يكفر المشركين، غير مصدق بالقرآن، فإن القرآن قد كفر المشركين، وأمر بتكفيرهم، وعداوتهم وقتالهم
Source: al-Durar al-Saniyya 9/291
Look what a great lie they made against the people of Makkah, who were from the people of Tawhid and Tanzih! (And do you see the Takfir against the Ottomans?)
And look how they make Takfir even upon the one who does not make Takfir upon them. If this is not extremism then I don’t know what is!
ثم رجع قافلاً إلى وطنه ومعه غنائم كثيرة من الخيل والمتاع , والأثاث والطعام , وقتل من أهل الشام عدّة قتلى , وحصل في الشام رجفة ورهب عظيم بهذه الغزوة , في دمشق وغيرها من بلدانه وجميع بواديه Source: 'Unwan al-Majd 1/309-310
Here it is described how they robbed the property of Muslims, burned their things down and how the people had fled from the areas they were attacking. It's also mentioned that a number of people from al-Sham got killed and that this attack (he refers to it as a Ghazwah) caused huge fear in the hearts of the people of al-Sham - especially those in Dimashq (Damascus) and other towns and villages.
Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab accuses the people of al-Ahsa of worshiping idols: While addressing someone who is from al-Ahsa, he tells him that idols are worshipped in his land (which is again a clear-cut lie!): وقد بلغني أنكم في هذا الأمر قمتم وقعدتم، فإن كنتم تزعمون أن هذا إنكار للمنكر، فيا ليت قيامكم كان في عظائم في بلدكم تضاد أصلي الإسلام: شهادة أن لا إله إلا الله وأن محمداً رسول الله! منها، وهو أعظمها: عبادة الأصنام عندكم من بشر وحجر Source: al-Rasail al-Shakhsiyyah
His blind followers attacked al-Ahsa
Ibn Bishr (d. 1288 AH) said while speaking about the incidents of the year 1210 AH:
فلما كان قبل طلوع الشمس ثور المسلمون بنادقهم دفعة واحدة , فأرجفت الأرض وأظلمت السماء , وثار عج الدخان في الجو , وأسقط كثير من الحوامل في الأحساء , ثم نزل سعود في الرقيقة المذكورة , فسلم له , وظهر له جميع أهل الأحساء على إحسانه وإساءته , وأمرهم بالخروج فخرجوا , فأقام في ذلك المنزل مدّة أشهر يقتل من أراد قتله ويجلي من أراد جلاءه ، ويحبس من أراد حبسه ، ويأخذ من الأموال ، ويهدم من المحال ، ويبني ثغوراً ، ويهدم دوراً ، وضرب عليهم ألوفاً من الدراهم وقبضها منهم ... وأكثر سعود فيهم القتل ... فهذا مقتول في البلد ، وهذا يخرجونه إلى الخيام ، ويضرب عنقه عند خيمة سعود ، حتى أفناهم إلا قليلا ، وحاز سعود من الأموال في تلك الغزوة ما لا يعد ولا يحصى
"Then before the sunrise the Muslims (the Wahhabis) shot with their rifles [all at] once, so that the earth trembled, and the heaven became dark, and smoke rose into the sky and many of the pregnant women in al-Ahsa had a miscarriage (due to extreme fear). Then Sa'ud settled in the [earlier] mentioned al-Raqiqah, so it was given to him. All of the people of al-Ahsa [then] appeared in front of him in kindness and badness. He commanded them to leave so they left.
He stayed there for [several] months [while] kiling whomever he wanted to kill, and exiling whomever he wanted to exile, and imprisoning whomever he wanted to imprison, and taking from the wealth, and destroying places, and building strongholds, and destroying houses and wanting thousands of Dirhams from them and taking it from them. And Sa'ud killed many of them.
Source: 'Unwan al-Majd 1/216-217
Remember that Sa'ud I. bin 'Abd al-'Aziz later on became the third ruler of the first Saudi state and was a direct student of Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab.
The known Wahhabi historian Ibn Bishr (d. 1288 AH) said regarding the events of the year 1212 AH:
وفيها في رمضان سار سعود رحمه المعبود , بالجنود المنصورة والخيل العتاق المشهورة , من جميع نواحي نجد وعربانها وقصد الشمال , وأغار على سوق الشيوخ المعروف عند البصرة , وقتل منهم قتلى كثيرة , وهرب أناس وغرقوا في الشط
"And in [that year] in [the month of] Ramadhan (!) Sa'ud [I. bin 'Abd al-'Aziz] - may the worshipped One have mercy upon him - set out with the victorious armies and the famous horses, from all of the areas of Najd and its [bedouin] Arabs and intended the North (i.e. 'Iraq). He attacked the known al-Shuyukh market near al-Basrah and killed many of them. The people fled and drowned in the river." Source: 'Unwan al-Majd 1/240
Here it is described how they robbed the property of Muslims, burned their things down and how the people had fled from the areas they were attacking. It's also mentioned that a number of people from al-Sham got killed and that this attack (he refers to it as a Ghazwah) caused huge fear in the hearts of the people of al-Sham - especially those in Dimashq (Damascus) and other towns and villages.
Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab accuses the people of al-Ahsa of worshiping idols: While addressing someone who is from al-Ahsa, he tells him that idols are worshipped in his land (which is again a clear-cut lie!): وقد بلغني أنكم في هذا الأمر قمتم وقعدتم، فإن كنتم تزعمون أن هذا إنكار للمنكر، فيا ليت قيامكم كان في عظائم في بلدكم تضاد أصلي الإسلام: شهادة أن لا إله إلا الله وأن محمداً رسول الله! منها، وهو أعظمها: عبادة الأصنام عندكم من بشر وحجر Source: al-Rasail al-Shakhsiyyah
His blind followers attacked al-Ahsa
(which by the way is Ottoman land!), slaughtered its people, destroyed their property and stole whatever they could take several times during his lifetime and also after him. So let's see what they did in one of these attacks:
Terrorizing and mass-slaugtering the people of al-AhsaIbn Bishr (d. 1288 AH) said while speaking about the incidents of the year 1210 AH:
فلما كان قبل طلوع الشمس ثور المسلمون بنادقهم دفعة واحدة , فأرجفت الأرض وأظلمت السماء , وثار عج الدخان في الجو , وأسقط كثير من الحوامل في الأحساء , ثم نزل سعود في الرقيقة المذكورة , فسلم له , وظهر له جميع أهل الأحساء على إحسانه وإساءته , وأمرهم بالخروج فخرجوا , فأقام في ذلك المنزل مدّة أشهر يقتل من أراد قتله ويجلي من أراد جلاءه ، ويحبس من أراد حبسه ، ويأخذ من الأموال ، ويهدم من المحال ، ويبني ثغوراً ، ويهدم دوراً ، وضرب عليهم ألوفاً من الدراهم وقبضها منهم ... وأكثر سعود فيهم القتل ... فهذا مقتول في البلد ، وهذا يخرجونه إلى الخيام ، ويضرب عنقه عند خيمة سعود ، حتى أفناهم إلا قليلا ، وحاز سعود من الأموال في تلك الغزوة ما لا يعد ولا يحصى
"Then before the sunrise the Muslims (the Wahhabis) shot with their rifles [all at] once, so that the earth trembled, and the heaven became dark, and smoke rose into the sky and many of the pregnant women in al-Ahsa had a miscarriage (due to extreme fear). Then Sa'ud settled in the [earlier] mentioned al-Raqiqah, so it was given to him. All of the people of al-Ahsa [then] appeared in front of him in kindness and badness. He commanded them to leave so they left.
He stayed there for [several] months [while] kiling whomever he wanted to kill, and exiling whomever he wanted to exile, and imprisoning whomever he wanted to imprison, and taking from the wealth, and destroying places, and building strongholds, and destroying houses and wanting thousands of Dirhams from them and taking it from them. And Sa'ud killed many of them.
Source: 'Unwan al-Majd 1/216-217
Remember that Sa'ud I. bin 'Abd al-'Aziz later on became the third ruler of the first Saudi state and was a direct student of Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab.
The known Wahhabi historian Ibn Bishr (d. 1288 AH) said regarding the events of the year 1212 AH:
وفيها في رمضان سار سعود رحمه المعبود , بالجنود المنصورة والخيل العتاق المشهورة , من جميع نواحي نجد وعربانها وقصد الشمال , وأغار على سوق الشيوخ المعروف عند البصرة , وقتل منهم قتلى كثيرة , وهرب أناس وغرقوا في الشط
"And in [that year] in [the month of] Ramadhan (!) Sa'ud [I. bin 'Abd al-'Aziz] - may the worshipped One have mercy upon him - set out with the victorious armies and the famous horses, from all of the areas of Najd and its [bedouin] Arabs and intended the North (i.e. 'Iraq). He attacked the known al-Shuyukh market near al-Basrah and killed many of them. The people fled and drowned in the river." Source: 'Unwan al-Majd 1/240