A claim against Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab
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What is your opinion on this statement: Is it true that Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him), when he explained the creed, did not explain it from all its aspects, but only from the aspect of the oneness of the names and attributes? And that Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) did not explain it except in the oneness of worship?
We say: This is a claim, and a claim is not accepted unless there is evidence. It comes either from a person who has not read the books of the two Shaykhs and has not comprehended what they wrote on tawhid (the oneness of Allah), or from a person who has an agenda with this speech, seeking to diminish the status of these two Shaykhs, through whom Allah bestowed a favor upon the servants.
And Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) has much speech on the oneness of lordship with the philosophers and others, and he has much speech on the oneness of worship. In fact, he has independent books on that,For example: such as Risalat al-'Ibadah (The Treatise on Servitude), which is entirely about establishing the oneness of worship. Likewise, Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) has writings on both of these. However, because the onslaught in the era of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) was from the people of Kalam (speculative theology), and most of their speech was on the attributes and what relates to them, he wrote more on this aspect. And Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, because the onslaught in his era was from shirk (associating partners with Allah) in worship, wrote more on the oneness of worship.
We say: This is a claim, and a claim is not accepted unless there is evidence. It comes either from a person who has not read the books of the two Shaykhs and has not comprehended what they wrote on tawhid (the oneness of Allah), or from a person who has an agenda with this speech, seeking to diminish the status of these two Shaykhs, through whom Allah bestowed a favor upon the servants.
And Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) has much speech on the oneness of lordship with the philosophers and others, and he has much speech on the oneness of worship. In fact, he has independent books on that,For example: such as Risalat al-'Ibadah (The Treatise on Servitude), which is entirely about establishing the oneness of worship. Likewise, Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) has writings on both of these. However, because the onslaught in the era of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) was from the people of Kalam (speculative theology), and most of their speech was on the attributes and what relates to them, he wrote more on this aspect. And Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, because the onslaught in his era was from shirk (associating partners with Allah) in worship, wrote more on the oneness of worship.