The story of an incident that occurred to Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab with a scholar in Makkah

The Shaykh : It is mentioned that the Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him), when he traveled to Makkah, saw one of its scholars sitting on a chair narrating to the people. He was pleased with his narration and he was pleased with him. When the old, respected Shaykh among the people of Makkah wanted to rise from the chair, he said: "O Ka'bah of Allah, O Ka'bah of Allah". What is this problem? What happened? He associated partners with Allah, he associated partners with Allah, and he did not know. And the Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) was intelligent. So when he sat down waiting for the iqamah, because when the adhan was called the lesson ended, he sat waiting for the iqamah. This Shaykh came down from the chair and sat waiting for the iqamah. Shaykh Muhammad said: Greet him and ask how he is and where he is from. He said: I am from Najd. He spoke to him and said: But I was pleased with your speech. May Allah reward you with good. It is good speech and you are a scholar. And I want to read to you from the knowledge. I am young, I do not want to read to you from the Qur'an. He said: Please, my son. So he read from the end of the Qur'an: and he went on: al-Kafirun, al-Nasr, yes, al-Kawthar, al-Ma'un. He reached . He said: He said: He said: How do they worship the House? He said: This is how I learn from you. He said: It is not possible. If they worshipped the House, they would associate partners with Allah. By Allah, He does not command shirk. He said: What is the correct thing? He said: The correct thing is: . He says to the Shaykh: May Allah reward you with good and open up for you. Good. The Shaykh says to him: And do not call upon the Ka'bah or the House? He said: I do not call upon anyone but Allah. No one is called upon except Allah. And he said: I heard you, O my Shaykh, when you wanted to rise from the chair, you said: O Ka'bah of Allah. He said: May Allah open up for you, O my son. Yes. Then he thanked him and said: May Allah reward you with good. This is how it was mentioned. Yes.