Advice for the Muslim

Muslim believes that Allah is the only One who creates and
makes everything, that no one besides Him can create anything. If
a Muslim says, “I won’t perform salât,” it should be understood
that he means that he will not perform salât at that moment or in
that place, or because he has already performed it. No one should
slander him by alleging that he meant he did not want to perform
salât any more. Because, his being a Muslim should prevent
others from calling him a “disbeliever” or “polytheist.” No one
has the right to use the word “disbeliever” or polytheist” for a
Muslim who visits graves, asks the dead for help and intercession
or says, “May my such-and-such wish be accepted,” or “Oh Rasûl-
Allâh! Please intercede for me!” His being a Muslim indicates
that his words and deeds are in accord with the permitted, lawful
belief and intention.
Ibn ’Abd al-Wahhâb’s beliefs and writing will be demolished
and refuted at their very foundation by the full comprehension
and judgement of the preceding explanations. In addition, many
books have been written to prove with documents that he was on
a wrong path, that he slandered Muslims and tried to demolish
Islam from within. Sayyid ’Abd ar-Rahmân (rahimah-Allâhu
ta’âlâ), the muftî of Zabid, Yemen, wrote that it would suffice to
quote nothing but the following hadîth ash-sharîf to show that he
was on a wrong path: “Some people will appear in eastern Arabia.
They will read the Qur’ân al-karîm. But the Qur’ân al-karîm will
not go down their throats. They will leave Islam as the arrow
leaves the bow. They shave their faces.” Their faces’ being shaved
clearly indicates that those people reported to be on a wrong path
are his followers. There is no need to read other books after
seeing this hadîth sharîf. It is ordered in Ibn ’Abd al-Wahhâb’s
books that his followers should shave the scalp and sides of the
face. There is no such order in any of the seventy-two heretical
groups.
A WOMAN’S SILENCING IBN ’ABD AL-WAHHÂB:
Ibn ’Abd al-Wahhâb also ordered women to shave off their
hair. A woman said to him: “Hair is the precious ornament of a
female as is the beard for a male. Is it apt to leave human beings
deprived of their ornaments bestowed upon them by Allâhu
ta’âlâ?” Ibn ’Abd al-Wahhâb was unable to give any answer to her.
Although many wrong, heretical beliefs exist in the path led by
Ibn ’Abd al-Wahhâb, there are three main beliefs:
1. He taught that rites (’a’mâl) make up a part of îmân and that
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