Page 19-25 ( Correction of the Historical Errors About AL-WAHHABIYYAH)

Then I asked:

Is it possible to get the Life History of Al Lakhmy? He said Yes, and then he went straight to one of the book shelves of his Library and brought a book of biographies which contained the biography of Ali Bin Muhammad Al-Lakhmy Mufti of Andalusia anf North Africa, a lengthy biography that praised him and states a lot about his versatile knowledge. I wanted to know when he died. The old cleric found that died in 478 AH. 1[Al-A'lam by Al-Zakarkali 5/148. see  Al-Hilalul Al-Sundusiyya p. 142]

I asked Sheikh Ahmad to put down the day Al-Lakhmy died and he wrote 478 AH. Dr. Abdullaah said, are you doubtful our scholars and their religious rulings.? 

I said: What evidence do you have to support such claim? I faced the scholars and asked if they thought  I doubted them; they said NO,

Then I said: I want to clear the air; we respect the Moroccan acjolars and abide by all their rulings as long as they are in accord with the Qur'an and the Sunnah.

The anticipated results will not be achieved unless if we exercise some patience, however, in order to speedily reply, I asked all of them if it is possible for the Ulama to issue a Fatwah arenting any organization with a non-existent founder or any sect which is yet to come to Lime Light. They unanimously answered NO!. This has never happened except ...

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the prophetic miracles and these occur only in general instances and not specific situations.

I faced the speaker and said: 

Do you Believe the Muhammad Bin Abdul Wahhab from Najd was the founder of Wahhabism? 

He said: " YES". 

Then I said Sheikh Muhammad Bin Abdul Wahhab, by the time Lakhmy and others scholars of Malikiyya from Andalusia and North Africa were alive his 12th grandfather was yet to be born. If we assume that ib each century there are three generations. In other words, these are about 30 grandfathers between Abdul Wahhab Bin Rustum and Muhammad Bin Abdul Wahhab of Najd. We know that your scholars; indeed all Muslim scholars, do not the unseen and they do not engage in witchcraft or sorcery as such, they cannot foresee the unseen Allaah says:

{قُل لَّا يَعْلَمُ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ الْغَيْبَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ ۚ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ أَيَّانَ يُبْعَثُونَ}

" No body knows the unseen except him!. They cannot perceive when they will be resurrected"

[Qur'an Surah An-Naml 27:65]

He said: سبحانك يارب, هذا بهتان عظيم.

" We need more explanation"

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Then I said: Sheikh Muhammad Bin Abdul Wahhab was born in 1115 AH and died in 1206 AH, there are about 292 years difference between him and Ahmad Al-Wansharisi, the author of Al-Myar who quoted the religious  ruling of Al-Lakhmy. There is also a gap of 728 years between Sheikh Muhammad Bin Abdul Wahhab and Al-Lakhmy who made the statement of the religious verdict. Moreover, we should note the comparative age differences between Muhammad Bin Abdul-Wahhab and any scholar who issued rulings concerning Wahhabiyya.

He said: Can you shed more light on what do you mean by giving a comprehensive evidence?

I told them that the scholars of North Africa and Andalus were very much interested in giving religious verdict against Wahhabiyya in order to warn people against its doctrines because they are living witness to the dangers that accorded this sect in their area; as it is contrary to other Muslims' region where this sect (Wahhabiyya in question) did not materialize. For instance, Al-Shahristaniy in his book Al-Milal wal Nihal and Ibn Hazn in his book. 'Al-Fasal fil Milala wal Ahwaa wal Nihal,' explained the type of sects in the other Muslim nations, but they did not talk about Wahhabiyya. And on this topic you can find a book called "The Islamic Sects in North Africa" and it is in one volume..

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by a french author called Alfred Bell which was translated into arabic language by Abdur-Rahman Baway.

He said this book is available , and then he brought it out. I said let us read the end of the book, letter W, one of the scholars among them read "Al Wahhabiyya or Al-Wahhabiyyah" it is a sect of kharajite, the Ibadite, it was named after him. He destroyed the Islamic legal system and nullified pilgrimage to Makkah. A number of wars were waged against him by his opponents; he died in 197 AH in the city of Tahirt in North Africa. His division (sect) adopted the name Wahhabiyya because he brought a lot of changes and different beliefs in their enmity to the followers of the Prophetical tradition, the author of this book (Alfred Bell) enumerated all Islamic sects in North Africa from the Era of the Arab conquest to the present time. But, some writers confirmed Abdul-Wahhab Bin Rustum died in 190 AH and not 197 AH. From there I told and the audience in  attendance, this Wahhabiyya is the one that divided the Muslims. However, it is because of these sects that religious verdicts against it were strongly enhanced by the Muslim scholars and jurist from Andalus and North Africa. These verdicts were mostly available in your books of theology.

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And I agree with all that is stated about Wahhabiyya of Ibn Rustum.

But with regard to the teachings of Sheikh Muhammad Bin Abdul-Wahhab, which was supported by Imam Muhammad Bin Sa'ud رحمه الله his teachings are purely Salafiy in their entirely as a doctrine following the steps of the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and his companions. He therefore, came to reform the Muslim way of life as such he was against Kharijites and their works. Thus, he founded his call i.e. Da'wah upon the Qur'an and sound Prophetic traditions. He rejected any doctrine which goes against Ahlus-Sunnah-Wal-Jama'a the misconceptions about his teachings are deliberately fabricated by the enemies of Islam, the colonialists, the Jews and Western Orientalists, who refused to get clear understanding. Their sole intention is to disintegrate the Muslim Ummah. As the western colonialist already dominated a number of Muslim nations, so as to find it easy in facing their common enemy; pure unadulterated Islam (without innovations). This was the motive behind their crusade.

Misconceptions were therefore, battered by the colonialists, living in Muslim Countries at that period. The target was to create divisions among the Muslims. This mischievous methodology was tagged "Divide and Rule". They. therefore,

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went back about blackmailing and corrupting the teachings of Muhammad Bin Abdul-Wahhab.

As Monotheism is the backbone of Islam; confusion arose. For those Salahuddeen Ayyubi did not defeat crusaders (from syria) until he destroyed the Fatimid dynasty, who regin in Cairo and brought Sunni Scholars from Syria and dispatched them to all nooks and crannies of Egyptian cities. This sanitized Egyptian Muslim community and shi'ism was dropped aside in favor of Sunnah. (the Sunnah is a clean path in its entirety. It entails following the footsteps of the Messenger of Allaah in creed and worship).

The Europeans were afraid of the government founded by the two Imams, Muhammad Bin Abdul-Wahhab and Muhammad Bin Sa''ud. Having realized that history was repeating itself, the government was gaining support and people in large numbers were grasping (the meaning of) monotheism, their lies was gradually degraded and it was only matter of time before all innovations are wiped out, thereby establishing the real monotheism in all Islamic territories.

One of them put up another question; "Don't you think Muhammad Bin Abdul-Wahhab adopted the earlier Wahhabiyya and refined it then followed its steps?"

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Answer:

First of all, the distance and some cultural differences that exist between the two countries can prevent conveyance of information from one another. Thus, the teachings of Muhammad Bin Abdul Wahhab Bin Rustum was never mentioned in the History of Arabia. Writers who wrote about sects and organizations under Islamic umbrella like Shahristani, Bin Hajar and Ibn Taymiyya, only mentioned  the Wahhabism founded by Abdul-Wahhab Bin Abdur Rahman Bin Rustum while the founder died long time ago before the advent of Muhammad Bin Abdul Wahhab. So you could not catch a whiff from its branch except probably in North Africa and Andalus.

The preaching of Muhammad Bin Abdul Wahhab is totally different from that of other Islamic Sects. That are in contradiction with the teachings of the Qur'an and Sunnah. No Sect has the right to invent anything new in his calling.

To call such teachings Wahhabiyya is a grammatical mistake. Simply, because his surname happens to be Abdul Wahhab, therefore the sect is Wahhabiyya. His father did not invent or establish any movement of that kind; If he did, his sons including Muhammad should have surely followed his foot steps.

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