Describing the people of Saudi Arabia as Wahhabis and fanatics
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The questioner:
As for the one who says, "You Saudis are Wahhabis and fanatics?"
The Shaykh:
Yes, indeed, the Wahhabis are Muslims who are not fanatics. You are the ignorant one; learn so that you may know the truth.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
Because you learn so that you may know the truth. The truth is not known by men; the truth is known by evidence. It is made clear to you that you study the evidence and reflect upon the evidence, for the evidence is the axis, it is what the matter revolves around. The followers of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) are not fanatics. The fanatic is the imitator who follows the people of falsehood in their falsehood because they are his sheikhs, or because they are his ancestors, or because they are his fathers, or because they are his companions, so he follows them and imitates them out of reverence for them. This is fanaticism.
Another questioner:
By Allah, now, unfortunately, the reputation of the Wahhabi da'wah is good, but in this Peninsula, as for East Asia,
The Shaykh:
This is a lot. It does not harm them, or it does not harm them, that the people of falsehood call to it. We ask Allah for safety. Just as the polytheists, in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and after him, sold the fragmentation of shirk (associating partners with Allah), and the call to it, and the execution of Muhammad (peace be upon him) and his Companions (peace and blessings be upon them).
Another questioner:
But the two wounds are deluded by the words of these people.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
Another questioner:
They say the truth is with us.
The Shaykh:
It is obligatory for the people of knowledge to be employed. It is obligatory for the people of knowledge who have insight and guidance and correct 'aqidah (creed) in their lands to be employed. But I ask Allah, I ask Allah, that He bring the people of knowledge. I ask Allah that He bring the righteous people of knowledge. Rely on Allah. They are absent. The brothers are not successful.
As for the one who says, "You Saudis are Wahhabis and fanatics?"
The Shaykh:
Yes, indeed, the Wahhabis are Muslims who are not fanatics. You are the ignorant one; learn so that you may know the truth.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
Because you learn so that you may know the truth. The truth is not known by men; the truth is known by evidence. It is made clear to you that you study the evidence and reflect upon the evidence, for the evidence is the axis, it is what the matter revolves around. The followers of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) are not fanatics. The fanatic is the imitator who follows the people of falsehood in their falsehood because they are his sheikhs, or because they are his ancestors, or because they are his fathers, or because they are his companions, so he follows them and imitates them out of reverence for them. This is fanaticism.
Another questioner:
By Allah, now, unfortunately, the reputation of the Wahhabi da'wah is good, but in this Peninsula, as for East Asia,
The Shaykh:
This is a lot. It does not harm them, or it does not harm them, that the people of falsehood call to it. We ask Allah for safety. Just as the polytheists, in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and after him, sold the fragmentation of shirk (associating partners with Allah), and the call to it, and the execution of Muhammad (peace be upon him) and his Companions (peace and blessings be upon them).
Another questioner:
But the two wounds are deluded by the words of these people.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
Another questioner:
They say the truth is with us.
The Shaykh:
It is obligatory for the people of knowledge to be employed. It is obligatory for the people of knowledge who have insight and guidance and correct 'aqidah (creed) in their lands to be employed. But I ask Allah, I ask Allah, that He bring the people of knowledge. I ask Allah that He bring the righteous people of knowledge. Rely on Allah. They are absent. The brothers are not successful.
Source
شرح كشف الشبهات [ ابن باز ]، بداية من الفصل الأول : بيان أن مهمة الرسل الأولى : تحقيق توحيد العبادة — islamhouse.com (1:16:11)
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