The Ruling on Speaking About Imam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab
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Question:
What is your opinion of the one who says about Imam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab that he is naive and not a scholar, and that he adopted naive issues?
Answer:
This is a compound ignoramus. We ask Allah for well-being. He deserves to be disciplined.
Q: What is said about his apostasy; because he called the issues of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) naive issues?
The Shaykh: It is a matter for consideration. Ruling on apostasy is a matter for consideration.
Q: But it is established against him, O Shaykh, and he is witnessed against, and his case is raised to the one in authority?
The Shaykh: If it is established, it is obligatory for the one in authority to give him a discretionary punishment. All of this is well known. His companion is in a land of disbelievers. May Allah guide us and them, and may Allah turn them back to repentance.
What is your opinion of the one who says about Imam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab that he is naive and not a scholar, and that he adopted naive issues?
Answer:
This is a compound ignoramus. We ask Allah for well-being. He deserves to be disciplined.
Q: What is said about his apostasy; because he called the issues of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) naive issues?
The Shaykh: It is a matter for consideration. Ruling on apostasy is a matter for consideration.
Q: But it is established against him, O Shaykh, and he is witnessed against, and his case is raised to the one in authority?
The Shaykh: If it is established, it is obligatory for the one in authority to give him a discretionary punishment. All of this is well known. His companion is in a land of disbelievers. May Allah guide us and them, and may Allah turn them back to repentance.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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