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The Life, Teachings and Influence of Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhaab
The views of the followers of ibn Abdul-Wahhaab are well
expressed by his grandson Sulaimaan who wrote,
Verily, dua [supplications, prayers, beseeching] is a form of
worship, of the greatest forms of worship. In fact, it is the most
honorable of all worship to Allah… If directing it towards others is
not a type of shirk, then there is no shirk on earth. If there is shirk
on earth, then shirk with respect to dua must definitely be
considered more of a shirk than associating partners with Allah in
any other act of worship. In fact, shirk with respect to dua is the
greatest form of the shirk practiced by the polytheists that the
Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was
sent to. They would pray to the prophets, righteous and angels.
They would get close to them so that they could intercede for them
with Allah. Thus, during times of hardship, they would make their
prayers purely to Allah and they would forget their [supposed]
partners. It is even related that if they would face hardships while
on the seas, they would throw their idols overboard and say, “O
Allah, O Allah,” due to their knowledge that their “gods” could not
remove any harm or save the one in need. 1
Hamid ibn Naasir ibn Muammar further strengthened the
above argument by writing,
We know by necessity that the Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allah be upon him) never sanctioned for his Nation to pray to any
of the deceased, not a prophet, a righteous person or anyone else.
Such prayers are not to be done with the wording of seeking help or
any other words. In fact, we know that he prohibited all of those
matters. We also know that such is from the greater shirk that
Allah and His Messenger have forbidden… Allah says,
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