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The Life, Teachings and Influence of Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhaab
ﺍﹶﺫﹺﺇ �ﻚـ�ﻫﺎ�ﺠ�ﺗ �ﻩ�ﺪـﹺﺠ�ﺗ �ﻪﱠﻠﻟﺍ �ﻆﹶﻔ�ﺣﺍ �ﻚﹾﻈﹶﻔ�ﺤ�ﻳ �ﻪﱠﻠﻟﺍ �ﻆﹶﻔ�ﺣﺍ �ﺕﺎ�ﻤ�ﻠﹶﻛ �ﻚ�ﻤﱢﻠ�ﻋﹸﺃ ﻲ�ﻧﹺﺇ �ﻡﹶﻼﹸﻏ ﺎ�ﻳ
ﹾﻥﹶﺃ ﻰـﹶﻠ�ﻋ �ﺖ�ﻌ�ﻤ�ﺘ�ﺟﺍ ﹺﻮﹶﻟ ﹶﺔ�ﻣُﻷﺍ ﱠﻥﹶﺃ �ﻢﹶﻠ�ﻋﺍ�ﻭ �ﻪﱠﻠﻟﺎﹺﺑ �ﻦ�ﻌ�ﺘ�ﺳﺎﹶﻓ �ﺖ�ﻨ�ﻌ�ﺘ�ﺳﺍ ﺍﹶﺫﹺﺇ�ﻭ �ﻪﱠﻠﻟﺍ ﹺﻝﹶﺄ�ﺳﺎﹶﻓ �ﺖﹾﻟﹶﺄ�ﺳ
�ﻙﻭ�ﺮ�ﻀ�ﻳ ﹾﻥﹶﺃ ﻰﹶﻠ�ﻋ ﺍﻮ�ﻌ�ﻤ�ﺘ�ﺟﺍ ﻥﹺﺇ�ﻭ �ﻚﹶﻟ �ﻪﱠﻠﻟﺍ �ﻪ�ﺒ�ﺘﹶﻛ �ﺪﹶﻗ ٍﺀ�ﻲ�ﺸﹺﺑ ﱠﻻﹺﺇ �ﻙﻮ�ﻌﹶﻔ�ﻨ�ﻳ �ﻢﹶﻟ ٍﺀ�ﻲ�ﺸﹺﺑ �ﻙﻮ�ﻌﹶﻔ�ﻨ�ﻳ
�ﻒ�ﺤ�ﺼﻟﺍ �ﺖﱠﻔ�ﺟ�ﻭ �ﻡﹶﻼﹾﻗَﻷﺍ �ﺖ�ﻌ�ﻓ�ﺭ �ﻚ�ﻴﹶﻠ�ﻋ �ﻪﱠﻠﻟﺍ �ﻪ�ﺒ�ﺘﹶﻛ �ﺪﹶﻗ ٍﺀ�ﻲ�ﺸﹺﺑ ﱠﻻﹺﺇ �ﻙ�ﻭ�ﺮ�ﻀ�ﻳ �ﻢﹶﻟ ٍﺀ�ﻲ�ﺸﹺﺑ
“O young man, I shall teach you some words [of advice]. Be mindful
of Allah and Allah will protect you. Be mindful of Allah, and you will
find Him in front of you. If you ask, ask of Allah. If you seek help,
seek help in Allah. Know that if the nation were to gather together to
benefit you with something, they would not benefit you with anything
except that which Allah has already recorded for you. If they gather to
harm you by something, they would not be able to harm you by
anything except what Allah has already recorded against you. The
pens have been lifted and the pages have dried.” 1
If it is hoped that someone is going to come along to revive
this Muslim nation, it should be realized that many revivers such as
ibn Taimiyyah and ibn Abdul-Wahhaab were not produced in a
vacuum. Instead, they were brought up on the proper knowledge of
this religion via parents and relatives who themselves were dedicated
to learning this faith and passed that dedication along to their later
generations. Thus the individual is able to grow and develop with a
clear insight into the foundations of the faith and what is needed to
revive the faith among the Muslim masses. This also protects the
individual from straying and seeing as solutions aspects that are in
reality diseases in themselves. For example, in the case of ibn Abdul-
Wahhaab, he recognized the major diseases and problems that the
Muslim Nation had fallen into. Indeed, the Muslim Nation had
become weak not simply due to the industrial revolution of the West
but because the Nation had left the path of the Prophet Muhammad
(peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). The Nation left the path
of worshipping Allah alone and not associating any partners with
Him. This was the root cause of the evil that inflicted the Muslim
world. Based on his proper knowledge of the Quran and Sunnah, Ibn
1 Recorded by al-Tirmidhi. It is a sahih hadith. For a discussion of the
authenticity of this hadith, see Zarabozo, Commentary, vol. 2, pp. 731-734.