Assisting the callers to tawhid (the oneness of Allah) or distributing the books of Imam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: I am from an area where grave worship is prevalent. Which is better for me: to assist the callers to tawhid in my country with money, or to buy books by Imam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) and distribute them to the grave worshippers?
The Shaykh:
If you can do both, that is better. If you cannot, then you should assist the callers who explain this matter of shirk (associating partners with Allah) or the means of shirk to the people. As for buying books, that is not sufficient, because most of them are common people who do not read books, or they read them but do not understand them, or they say, "This is the opinion of Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, and Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab is an outsider (Khariji), so we do not obey him." But the callers explain it to the people and clarify it for them. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab is an outsider from the Khawarij, because he calls to tawhid and singling out Allah in worship, and he forbids shirk. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: I am from an area where grave worship is prevalent. Which is better for me: to assist the callers to tawhid in my country with money, or to buy books by Imam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) and distribute them to the grave worshippers?
The Shaykh:
If you can do both, that is better. If you cannot, then you should assist the callers who explain this matter of shirk (associating partners with Allah) or the means of shirk to the people. As for buying books, that is not sufficient, because most of them are common people who do not read books, or they read them but do not understand them, or they say, "This is the opinion of Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, and Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab is an outsider (Khariji), so we do not obey him." But the callers explain it to the people and clarify it for them. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab is an outsider from the Khawarij, because he calls to tawhid and singling out Allah in worship, and he forbids shirk. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين24-06-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (1:07:05)
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