What is your opinion of those who say that the fifth school of jurisprudence is the Wahhabi school?
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The questioner : They call the Wahhabi school the fifth school, outside of the four schools of jurisprudence.
The Shaykh : What contradicts it, please.
They say: There is a scholar in a certain place who teaches his students and says, "This is the religious innovation that the Wahhabi started," and they began to curse and insult him. He had a resident from Najd. When the morning came, the resident brought him a copy of the book *Tawhid*, but the first page had been torn out. He said to him, "Take this, O Shaykh. I just found it. It is a book that I liked." The Shaykh took it and read it. After two or three days, the resident came to him and said, "What do you say about this book?" He said, "This book contains verses, hadiths, and issues. This book is excellent, and there is nothing wrong with it." He said, "Good. The author of this book is Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab." So, on the second day, he said to his students, "Follow the path of this man. Allahu Akbar." Look, the truth can be obscured from people, just as the disbelievers are doing now, obscuring Islam and the greatness of Islam from their peoples. Then, when one of those who claim to be Muslim makes a mistake and displays violence and harshness, they attribute this to Islam and say that Islam is a religion of terrorism. We ask Allah for safety.
The Shaykh : What contradicts it, please.
They say: There is a scholar in a certain place who teaches his students and says, "This is the religious innovation that the Wahhabi started," and they began to curse and insult him. He had a resident from Najd. When the morning came, the resident brought him a copy of the book *Tawhid*, but the first page had been torn out. He said to him, "Take this, O Shaykh. I just found it. It is a book that I liked." The Shaykh took it and read it. After two or three days, the resident came to him and said, "What do you say about this book?" He said, "This book contains verses, hadiths, and issues. This book is excellent, and there is nothing wrong with it." He said, "Good. The author of this book is Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab." So, on the second day, he said to his students, "Follow the path of this man. Allahu Akbar." Look, the truth can be obscured from people, just as the disbelievers are doing now, obscuring Islam and the greatness of Islam from their peoples. Then, when one of those who claim to be Muslim makes a mistake and displays violence and harshness, they attribute this to Islam and say that Islam is a religion of terrorism. We ask Allah for safety.