The Call of Imam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab to Tawhid and the Distortion of It by the Callers of Falsehood

The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. Shaykh Salih, when Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) is mentioned, certain issues and questions arise in the minds of some people. Is there a word to say? May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh:
Yes, doubts or accusations arise in some people because this Shaykh has been distorted in their ears; he has been distorted by the callers of evil and misguidance. This is the Sunnah of Allah: whoever stands for the truth, the people of falsehood will inevitably distort him and attach accusations to him. The best example of this is the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).

The presenter:
No.

The Shaykh:
The polytheists called him by names and criticized and belittled him, saying he is a sorcerer, a liar, a madman, and so on, up to saying he is of limited understanding, and other such names they threw at him, which Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, mentioned in His Book: that he receives from others, that he learns from others, from the Jews or the Christians. They said all this about the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), even though he is the Messenger of the Lord of the Worlds. Why? For nothing else but because he called them to the oneness of Allah, the sincerity of worship to Allah, and abandoning the worship of idols. The same applies to the sincere callers who follow the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), among them Shaykh Imam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab. When he called people to the oneness of Allah, abandoning the worship of graves, calling for aid from the dead, rejecting the creed of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, and returning to the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), this did not please the eyes of the deceptions, liars, and sorcerers who want to keep their leadership, their deception of people, and the status and money they obtain. If they had repented to Allah, turned to Allah, and accepted the call of Allah, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, would have raised them, honored them, and replaced what they lost with something better, for whoever abandons something for the sake of Allah, Allah replaces it with something better. So it is no surprise that there are doubts or surprise among some people when Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab or his writings are mentioned, because they heard from the deceptions and liars things about this Shaykh from which he is innocent. His call is clear, praise be to Allah. His call, praise be to Allah, has become clearer with the passage of time and experience, and his books call out to the soundness of his purpose, the soundness of his goal, and his sincerity to Allah, Mighty and Majestic.
I recall that he (may Allah have mercy on him), when he mentioned the saying of Allah the Exalted , said that it means sincerity in this verse, meaning sincerity in the call.

The presenter:
Allah is the Greatest.

The Shaykh:
For some people only call to themselves and do not call to Allah.

The presenter:
Allahu Akbar, yes, Allahu Akbar.

The Shaykh:
Be mindful of this subtle point from his deductions (may Allah have mercy on him). Allahu Akbar.

The questioner:
When the call is to Allah, what is its echo, Shaykh Salih?

The Shaykh:
When the call is to Allah, its echo remains, continues, and is beneficial, by the permission of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Even if those who oppose it oppose it and those who stand in its way stand in its way, all of this will disappear, disappear, and the truth will remain, and the outcome is for the righteous. Whatever was said about the Imams of guidance regarding criticism and defamation, and whatever stood in their faces, their calls remained clear and explicit, and Allah benefited people with them. As for those opponents, their obscenity went with them and was buried with them, praise be to Allah. Yes.