Erasing the Accusation of Shirk

Imam Muslim writes:
Jabir reported: I heard Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying:
Verily, the Iblis has lost all hopes that the worshippers would ever worship
(him) in the peninsula of Arabia, but he (is hopeful) that he would sow the
seed of dissension amongst them. 22
In the first hadith I presented, the beloved Prophet informs us he is not afraid
that the Muslim Ummah will worship besides Allah. The Messenger is
giving us a guarantee that his ummah will not commit shirk. In the second
Hadith, we learn that even Iblis has no hope of causing the Muslim Ummah
to commit shirk. From this we understand that the beloved Prophet himself
has said his ummah will not commit shirk and then he who tells the people
to commit shirk ( Iblis) has no ability to persuade Muslims to do so,
especially in the Arabian Peninsula.
Do you now understand how unfortunate and wrong it is at how the khawarij
(who by the way, are a minority of the Muslim Community!) allegedly say
the majority of the Muslim Ummah, the Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama’a are
committing shirk. Some further claim that the Arab Peninsula was full of
Shirk and Muhammad bin Abdul-Wahab al-Najdi, removed this shirk!
Astagfirullah! What kind of an absurd claim is this? From the hadiths that I
have just mentioned, we understand that the Muslim Ummah will never
commit shirk as a whole. If an ignorant individual commits shirk this is a
different matter. The Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama’a are the majority of the
Muslim Ummah. Does this mean that the majority of the Muslim community
is committing shirk, even though the blessed Prophet gave the guarantee that
his ummah will not commit shirk?
An Example
The Zabur, (Psalms) Injil, (Gospel) and the Torat (Torah) and many others
were all previous books sent down by Allah, though Allah Almighty did not
give any guarantee or promise that He would preserve any of these books.
The reason was that Allah was to send a continuing line of Prophet’s that
would constantly remind people of their duties and to correct any changes
made by the people to the books or Allah would simply reveal a new book to
the Prophet. On the other hand, the Qu’an has been given a perfect guarantee
and promise that it will be preserved for eternity. The reason for this is
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