Did Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab rebel against the Ottoman Caliphate, and did he say that supplicating for the ruler in the sermon is a religious innovation (bid'ah)?

Question:
In the name of Allah. Your Eminence, father, the questioner asks: What is the response to those who say that Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) was a Khariji who rebelled against the Ottoman Caliphate, and that he did not supplicate for the Caliph in the Friday prayer, as some historians mention, and that Shaykh Muhammad used to say that supplicating for the ruler in the sermon is a religious innovation (bid'ah)?

Answer:
First, the claim that the Shaykh said that supplicating in the sermon is a religious innovation (bid'ah) is a lie. The Shaykh has no statement on this matter; rather, he supplicated for the rulers with righteousness and guidance. As for his rebelling against the state, the state had not taken control of the lands of Najd. The lands of Najd were in the hands of their rulers. Every city or every village had an emir who ruled it, and the Turks had no authority over them. So he did not rebel against the state; he did not rebel against the state, but he called to Allah and called the existing emirs, so Allah guided them, and their words agreed and united in accepting the truth. Yes.