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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Life</strong>, <strong>Teachings</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Influence</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Muhammad</strong> ibn Abdul-Wahhaab<br />

“Supplication is the [essence <strong>of</strong>] worship.” 1<br />

Furthermore, if the <strong>com</strong>mon non-scholar Muslim truly believes<br />

that these people he is praying to actually have no affect, why then do<br />

they pray to them? Is it not true that the Messenger <strong>of</strong> Allah (peace<br />

<strong>and</strong> blessings <strong>of</strong> Allah be upon him) <strong>and</strong> his Companions never<br />

prayed to anyone or sought refuge from anyone in a grave, not from<br />

the earlier prophets nor from the Prophet <strong>Muhammad</strong> (peace <strong>and</strong><br />

blessings <strong>of</strong> Allah be upon him) after his death? If this is such a<br />

beneficial act that truly helps one’s prayers be answered by Allah,<br />

why did that best generation not set the example for that supposed<br />

beautiful <strong>and</strong> important act <strong>of</strong> worship? Given that the answers to<br />

these questions are obvious <strong>and</strong> it is very possible, if not a fact, that<br />

praying in such matters is truly a violation <strong>of</strong> one’s tauheed, would it<br />

not be prudent for a Muslim to avoid such an act to safeguard the very<br />

foundation <strong>of</strong> his faith? However, the argument <strong>of</strong> the opponents <strong>of</strong><br />

ibn Abdul-Wahhaab, then <strong>and</strong> now, are no different from what Allah<br />

describes in the following verses concerning the polytheists <strong>of</strong><br />

Makkah:<br />

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⎯ψΣΣ⊕Ω⊃⇒ΩΤÿ ‚Ω�Ω⎝<br />

ΙΣ©ΠςΤ⇓ΜΞ…<br />

,−&Ψ©Ψ�ΗΤΩΤÿ†ΛΩΤΤΨΤŠ<br />

ð‡Πςϒς®<br />

⎯⎝ςΚ…<br />

†[ΤŠΨϒΩ{ ϑðΨ/≅…<br />

⎠ς∏Ω∅ υ⎫Ω≤Ω�

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