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The Life, Teachings and Influence of Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhaab what they think is evil, we think is evil. However, we act upon that thing that is good and we hate for the sake of that good and we forbid the evil and we discipline the people accordingly [and that is the cause of the friction].” 1 (7) Arrogance and envy. It is amazing that to this day people speak about ibn Abdul-Wahhaab in a derogatory manner. They speak about him as a crude, uncouth, uncivilized Bedouin and nothing more. This author has personally heard Muslims refer to ibn Abdul- Wahhaab in this fashion. The true test of a person’s worth is his taqwa and his knowledge of Allah. It is not his wealth or his “level of civilization” as judged according to today’s Western, secular, disbelieving standards. Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhaab, who merely presented the true teachings of the Quran and Sunnah, is a trial for mankind. Are his teachings going to be loved, supported and followed regardless of where he came from or what his background was, as long as what he taught was consistent with the Quran and Sunnah? If any Muslim should hesitate in answering this question properly, he should recall the behavior of the disbelievers and the trial that Allah put them to. Allah says, % :†Ω⇒ΨΤ⇒⎯∼ΤΩΤŠ ?⇑ΨΘ∨ ψΞ⎯∼ς∏Ω∅ ϑðΣ/≅… Υφ⇔Ω∨ Ψ∫:‚Ω�Σ⎣; ΗΤΤΩ∑ςΚ… Νϖ…⎡ΣΤ√⎡Σ⊆ΩΤ∼ΠΨ√ ω×⎯⊕Ω‰ΨŠ ¬ΣΩ∝⎯⊕ΩΤŠ †Πς⇒ΤΤΩ�ΩΤ⊇ Ω⇑ÿΞ≤Ψ|ΗΤΤΠς↑√≅†ΨŠ Ω¬ς∏⎯∅ςΚ†ΨŠ 208 ð∠Ψ√.ΩϒΩ{Ω⎝ ϑðΣ/≅… Ω♦⎯∼ς√ςΚ… “Thus We have tried some of them with others, that they might say, ‘Is it these that Allah has favored from among us?’ Does not Allah know best those who are grateful?” (al-Anaam 53). The Opponents and Critics The opposition began with sometimes a political and sometimes a religious flavor to it. Often though, there was a political and religious alliance opposing ibn Abdul-Wahhaab. This would be expected as each party would have reason to defend its own interests against the call of ibn Abdul-Wahhaab. Thus, one finds the continual opposition that came from Dahhaam ibn Dawaas2 in Riyadh, the 1 Quoted in Nusair, p. 95. 2 The actions of the purely political opponents, such as Dahhaam, were discussed in Chapter 2, while presenting the life of ibn Abdul-Wahhaab.
209 The Life, Teachings and Influence of Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhaab political leader, accompanied by the refutations of Sulaimaan ibn Suhaim, the mutawwa of Riyadh. Similarly, in conjunction with the opposition of the leader of al-Ahsaa, Shaikh Muhammad ibn Afaaliq also sent letters warning the Ameer Uthmaan concerning the teachings of ibn Abdul-Wahhaab. In his introduction to his work on the opponents of ibn Abdul- Wahhaab, Abdul-Azeez al-Abdul-Lateef states that he noted how many refutations there are of ibn Abdul-Wahhaab in the bibliographies and indices of Arabic libraries. Although these works are filled with falsehood and lies, they have spread throughout the Muslim lands, especially in these days (1990s) where the Sufis, Shiah and Asharis are spreading their beliefs. Unfortunately, during times of ignorance and well-entrenched heresies, such writings have an acceptance among the people. 1 The first of ibn Abdul-Wahhaab’s opponents appeared during his lifetime and appeared in his own land of Najd. This is clear from the letters of ibn Abdul-Wahhaab, wherein he refers to at least twenty scholars or students of knowledge who had taken positions against him, many of whom he refuted directly. Of these opponents, some, like Abdullah al-Muwais, were opponents from the beginning and continued to be so throughout their lives. Others, like ibn Suhaim, first acknowledged the truth of ibn Abdul-Wahhaab’s call and then turned against him. Yet others, like Abdullah ibn Isa, were opponents at first and then embraced the call. 2 In general, the “scholarly” attempts to refute ibn Abdul- Wahhaab were made up of four approaches: (1) writing letters or epistles against ibn Abdul-Wahhaab; (2) debating with his followers and scholars, such as ibn Suhaim’s debate with ibn Saalih in the presence of the leaders of the society in Riyadh; (3) contacting scholars outside of Najd to warn them about ibn Abdul-Wahhaab and to encourage them to work against him; and (4) circulating books and epistles written by people outside of Najd against ibn Abdul- 1 Al-Abdul-Lateef, pp. 7-8. 2 Cf., Abdullah al-Uthaimeen, “al-Rasaail al-Shakhsiyyah li-l-Shaikh Muhammad ibn Abdil-Wahhaab,” Buhooth Asboo al-Shaikh, vol. 1, pp. 108-109.
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