The Response to the Khawarij’s Use of Shaykh Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab’s Actions as Evidence
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Question:
He says: May Allah reward you. Some of those influenced by the Khawarij argue that what they are doing in the Levant and elsewhere, namely killing Muslims, is like what Shaykh Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab did in destroying idols and reviving the rule of Allah. What is the response to them?
Answer:
Shaykh Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab did not carry out anything by his own hand except through the one in authority. The one in authority, in the first place, forbids these matters. When the one in authority pledged allegiance to Imam Muhammad ibn Sa‘ud (may Allah have mercy on him), it was the one in authority who carried this out. Yes.
He says: May Allah reward you. Some of those influenced by the Khawarij argue that what they are doing in the Levant and elsewhere, namely killing Muslims, is like what Shaykh Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab did in destroying idols and reviving the rule of Allah. What is the response to them?
Answer:
Shaykh Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab did not carry out anything by his own hand except through the one in authority. The one in authority, in the first place, forbids these matters. When the one in authority pledged allegiance to Imam Muhammad ibn Sa‘ud (may Allah have mercy on him), it was the one in authority who carried this out. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-107-وصية النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:14:21)
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