A Response to Those Who Distort the Reformist Call in the Media
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Question:
This questioner says: In these days, there are those who write in the media, and they are given the opportunity to present a bad image of the call of Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab. We ask you to respond to these ignorant people, and we did not come unless we wanted to respond to them.
Answer:
This is not strange. They distorted the call of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). They spoke about the Messenger, they spoke about Islam in general, and they wanted to blur Islam and make it like the other religions. To the disbeliever, there is no difference in their eyes. This is what they want. Is it strange that they attack Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab? They attacked Islam in general, they attacked the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), so why should we be surprised that they attack a scholar among the scholars of the Muslims and an imam among the imams of the Muslims? This is part of their falsehood and their objection to the religion of Allah, the Exalted, and to the people of the religion. I am surprised by this from them.
But praise be to Allah, they do not harm except themselves. Islam is in a good state, and the callers to Allah are in a good state. May we hope for good for the Shaykh of Islam, Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab. They will not diminish him, and they will not harm him. Rather, they only harm themselves. They want to extinguish the light of Allah with their mouths, but Allah will perfect His light, even if the disbelievers hate it. They only harm themselves, and they do not harm Allah in any way. Yes.
This questioner says: In these days, there are those who write in the media, and they are given the opportunity to present a bad image of the call of Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab. We ask you to respond to these ignorant people, and we did not come unless we wanted to respond to them.
Answer:
This is not strange. They distorted the call of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). They spoke about the Messenger, they spoke about Islam in general, and they wanted to blur Islam and make it like the other religions. To the disbeliever, there is no difference in their eyes. This is what they want. Is it strange that they attack Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab? They attacked Islam in general, they attacked the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), so why should we be surprised that they attack a scholar among the scholars of the Muslims and an imam among the imams of the Muslims? This is part of their falsehood and their objection to the religion of Allah, the Exalted, and to the people of the religion. I am surprised by this from them.
But praise be to Allah, they do not harm except themselves. Islam is in a good state, and the callers to Allah are in a good state. May we hope for good for the Shaykh of Islam, Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab. They will not diminish him, and they will not harm him. Rather, they only harm themselves. They want to extinguish the light of Allah with their mouths, but Allah will perfect His light, even if the disbelievers hate it. They only harm themselves, and they do not harm Allah in any way. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-03-التوبة آداب وأحكام|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:03:33)
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