A Response to Those Who Criticize Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab and His Call
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Question:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: A new crop has sprung up in this era. They are people of our own skin who speak our language, and they engage in criticizing the call of the Imam, the reformer, Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him). This has led many young people from this land to be deceived by them. You now hear them making veiled criticisms of this call, claiming that it is not infallible, and that we do not adhere to it or restrict ourselves to what is in it. Rather, they say that we must all return directly to the Book and the Sunnah and take from them directly, without looking at this call. What is your guidance regarding this?
Answer:
This is not strange. They have criticized the message of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and they have criticized the Imams before Shaykh Imam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab. This is not strange. The people of misguidance criticize and say whatever they please.
If you want to prove the falsity of their words, return to the Shaykh's words and his writings. Look and see if what is in them is truth and not falsehood. You do not debate the words of so-and-so and the words of so-and-so. If you want to know a person's school of thought or what he holds, look at his writings and his books. Praise be to Allah, the Shaykh's books are available, and they blind them with envy, praise be to Allah, because they contain clear, explicit truth with no ambiguity. So they are defeated, praise be to Allah, and the Shaykh's words and writings are thrust into their throats. As for their claim that they engage in independent legal reasoning and that they do not need the Imams, this is a new thing. If they become self-sufficient without the Imams and always return directly to the Book and the Sunnah, this is misguidance. This is clear misguidance. This is a negation of what the Ummah is upon. This is a negation of what the Ummah is upon, and the invention of something new. There is no power and no strength except with Allah. Yes.
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: A new crop has sprung up in this era. They are people of our own skin who speak our language, and they engage in criticizing the call of the Imam, the reformer, Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him). This has led many young people from this land to be deceived by them. You now hear them making veiled criticisms of this call, claiming that it is not infallible, and that we do not adhere to it or restrict ourselves to what is in it. Rather, they say that we must all return directly to the Book and the Sunnah and take from them directly, without looking at this call. What is your guidance regarding this?
Answer:
This is not strange. They have criticized the message of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and they have criticized the Imams before Shaykh Imam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab. This is not strange. The people of misguidance criticize and say whatever they please.
If you want to prove the falsity of their words, return to the Shaykh's words and his writings. Look and see if what is in them is truth and not falsehood. You do not debate the words of so-and-so and the words of so-and-so. If you want to know a person's school of thought or what he holds, look at his writings and his books. Praise be to Allah, the Shaykh's books are available, and they blind them with envy, praise be to Allah, because they contain clear, explicit truth with no ambiguity. So they are defeated, praise be to Allah, and the Shaykh's words and writings are thrust into their throats. As for their claim that they engage in independent legal reasoning and that they do not need the Imams, this is a new thing. If they become self-sufficient without the Imams and always return directly to the Book and the Sunnah, this is misguidance. This is clear misguidance. This is a negation of what the Ummah is upon. This is a negation of what the Ummah is upon, and the invention of something new. There is no power and no strength except with Allah. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [712 -1024] الرد على الطاعنين في الشيخ محمد بن عبد الوهاب ودعوته - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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