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Describing the Dawah as Wahhabi and Naming It Jam'iyyah

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Question:
This is a question that came via the internet. It says: We hear outside this country that the dawah carried out by Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab and the imams of the dawah after him is described as Wahhabi, and its people as Wahhabis. And we hear inside the country that those who hold fast to it and care for it are described as Jam'iyyah, and that they are among the misguided sects. They are described as compromising, hypocritical, dividing people, and slandering scholars and preachers. They are called agents and Murji'ah with the rulers. This description has spread until some of the common people repeat it while ignorant of its meaning and implication. Indeed, some of the ignorant have gone so far as to declare the creed and methodology of the people of the Sunnah to be contrary to the people of the Sunnah, declaring this to the common people and the herd. Then he calls upon the Jam'iyyah in the Friday sermon, and the people believe in him from behind him. So I ask you, may Allah reward you, to answer some matters: the validity of these warnings and names, and the ruling on one who uses this word for any of the Muslims. Advise us, may you be rewarded.

Answer:
As for Wahhabi, we do not know of anything called Wahhabi. We only know the dawah of tawhid (the oneness of Allah). The dawah of tawhid is not Wahhabi; rather, it is Muhammadi, the dawah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab did not bring anything from himself to be attributed to him. Rather, he brought the dawah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). In fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), he is on the madhhab (school of jurisprudence) of Imam Ahmad, so he is Hanbali, not Wahhabi. Rather, he is Hanbali. In 'aqidah (creed), he is on the madhhab of the Salaf (the earliest generations) al-salih (the righteous). There is nothing called Wahhabi. Rather, this is a title they coined to make people averse to the Shaykh's dawah, so that the listener thinks the Shaykh contradicts the other imams and that he singled out a specific madhhab. This is from lying and slander. Is there not a Wahhabi?
As for Jam'iyyah, this is the first time I have heard of it. I do not know Jam'iyyah. I do not know Jam'iyyah. But these people insult each other with titles. Each one mocks the other. You are such-and-such, and you are such-and-such.
It is obligatory for Muslims to be brothers.
be as fellow-brothers and servants of Allah. A Muslim is the brother of a Muslim. He neither oppresses him nor humiliates him norكونوا عباد الله إخوانا. المسلم أخو المسلم. لا يحقره ولا يخذله ولا
Sahih Muslim 2564a
He is to be given salam. And the one who disagrees is to be shown the truth, advised, and called to the right. This is our duty. As for insulting each other with titles and warning against some people without evidence and without understanding, we demand: does the Jam'iyyah explain to us what the madhhab of the Jam'iyyah is?
By Allah, if the madhhab of the Jam'iyyah is batil (invalid), we reject it and warn against it. But if there is no Jam'iyyah and they have no madhhab, and it is only insulting each other with titles, then he must repent to Allah and leave this thing, because he is harming himself. He is only harming himself, and there is no power and no strength except with Allah.
Perhaps a person says a word of the anger of Allah, and by it he falls into the Fire farther than the distance between the east and the west. He says it to take revenge. He relieves himself, he vents himself, but by it he falls into the Fire farther than the distance between the east and the west. So a person must weigh his words and not speak except with what contains good and benefit, and he should reconcile between people and call to Allah. This is what is required. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-51-منهج أئمة الدعوة في مسائل التكفير والخروج|صالح الفوزان|العام — youtube.com (1:07:10)

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