The reason for the attack on Ibn Taymiyyah and Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We hear and read of the great attack and disparagement directed at the two Shaykhs, Ibn Taymiyyah and Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on them both), which we do not hear regarding other scholars. What is the reason for that?
Answer:
It is because they refuted the people of innovation. These two Imams refuted the people of innovation, the people of shirk (associating partners with Allah), and the grave-worshippers. Therefore, their refutation of them intensified, and their hatred for them intensified because of the reform and advice they carried out. This does not harm them (may Allah have mercy on them both). They did not do this to please so-and-so, Zayd, or 'Abd; they did it for Allah the Exalted and Majestic, for the sake of Allah. They did not do it seeking praise and eulogy. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We hear and read of the great attack and disparagement directed at the two Shaykhs, Ibn Taymiyyah and Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on them both), which we do not hear regarding other scholars. What is the reason for that?
Answer:
It is because they refuted the people of innovation. These two Imams refuted the people of innovation, the people of shirk (associating partners with Allah), and the grave-worshippers. Therefore, their refutation of them intensified, and their hatred for them intensified because of the reform and advice they carried out. This does not harm them (may Allah have mercy on them both). They did not do this to please so-and-so, Zayd, or 'Abd; they did it for Allah the Exalted and Majestic, for the sake of Allah. They did not do it seeking praise and eulogy. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 25-05-1434هـ — alfawzan.live (49:07)
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