
Translator: Zahra. Kalaa
Source: rasekhoon.net
Source: rasekhoon.net
The topic of Vahabiat and the challenges created have damaged the luminous face of Islam in the contemporary world along with different attempts in relation to the religious and the Quran foundations. At the present time, some of the intellectuals that are against the Quran and Islam have tried to consider Islam a school that is dependent on grimness and killing and they have also introduced Islam as a terror and terrorism religion throughout the International.
All of us know that there were the Islamic religions in the Islamic society since the early days of the prophet’s decease (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) (apart from four religions that were not formal). The first religion was Hanafi (Naman Bn Sabet Abu Hanife‘s disciples, died in 154A.H.). After the Hanafi religion, it was the Maleki religion (Malek Bn Anes’s disciples, died in 179 A.H.). After the Maleki religion, it was the Shafei School, Muhammad Bn Odris Shafei’s disciples, died in 204 A.H.). The Hanbeli Religion was the last one, Ahmad Bn Hanbel’s disciples, died in 241 A.H.). Along with the mentioned religions, there was a Shiite school from the time of the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants). Some of them were the leader of believers ‘friends (peace be upon him) and his disciples and even some of the companions obeyed Imam Ali (peace be upon him) in time of the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) in the interpretation of some of the Sunni intellectuals.
There are different narrations (forty Hadiths in the sources of the Sunnite) related to the fact that the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) in the different religions and meetings bade
يا علي! انت و شيعتك هم الفائزون.
These five religions and their disciples lived in the Islamic society with all of their disagreements. The disagreement between the Shiite religion and the Sunnite religion was not less than disagreement between the Hanfi religion and the Maleki religion and Shafei with Hanbli. In the history, the severe struggles were founded among the Sunni religions by the colonization in Baghdad, Iran, Esfahan and Neishpur. Massacre among them was not less than the disagreement between the Sunnite and the Shiite. In spite of all of their disagreements, they lived together like a family. Two brothers and sisters( Sunnite and Shiite) from the same parents had disagreement one day and they reconciled with each other in the next day until in 7 and 8 A.H. Vahabiat emerged in the Islamic society and made the severe discord among the Islamic nations ( whether Sunni or Shiite).
Ebn Timieh Harani appeared in the critical stage of the history and in that time, the Islamic society was burning in a state of feverish excitement of the invasion between the western Salibian and the eastern Mongolia. The Islamic cities and the countries had been the victims of the west Christianity and the east Laic one after another and they made Baghdad city destroyed with their steps. In French Gustav Lebun’s interpretation, Salibian did crimes in the history of the Christianity and with these crimes they recorded the horror and the barbarity of the Christianity in the history. Christian Gustav Lebun writes ‘’ we should say that the way that the Christian nation behaved with the Muslims was the same as behavior of the most wild human with the most civilized human''.
In this stage of the history, the Islamic society really required the unity word and integration among the Muslims against the eastern and western enemies. Mr.Ebn Timieh appeared in the region of Shamat and made discord among the Islamic nations and struggle among the Muslims with the thought of resorting and going to the prophets’ graves and the righteous people’s grave are illegitimate and polytheism and seeking intercession from them is polytheism as well.
Firstly, he started standing against the Quran with his thoughts and actions. He fought with the Quran that considers resorting to the prophets a religious and legitimate behavior and represents seeking intercession an undeniable affair of the Islamic beliefs in many verses. In the time of Ebn Timie, the great theorists of the Vahabiat and the scientists of the Shiite and the Sunnite stood against this intrigue and the discord among the Muslims and they convicted Ebn Timie’s thoughts.
Many of the Shiite and the Sunni scientists decided and convicted En Timieh over and over again. Finally, En Timie was convicted to the prison in the rule of judge 4 of the Hanafi, Maleki, and Shafei and Hanbeli religions in 728 A.H. His life was imprisoned in the prison of Dameshgh forever.
After few centuries, En Timie’s thoughts were out of minds and only the names of his students were mentioned in books until they encouraged a person in the name, Muhammad Bn Abdol al-Vahab, to revive En Timie Harani’s thoughts that were against the religion and the Quran with the intrigue of the west colonization, especially Britannia and England.
I recommend you to study books that two persons of the Arabic scientific personalities have written about the criticism of Vahabiat thought, for example: One of Dr Hasan Bn Farhan Maleki’s books and the leader of Arab’s books (Muhammad Bn Alavi Maleki). To tell the truth, they have done well in revealing and abolishing the thoughts of Vahabiat. In most of the Shiite and Sunni sites, their books have been mentioned as the criticism of Vahabiat thought.They write ‘’ the instructor, Muhammad Bn Abd al-Vahab, felt that their thoughts were against the Islamic thoughts. His instructor, Sheikh Mohammad Bn Soleiman and.., said several times‘’ we feel that he has gone astray.
To study better about Vahabiat and Ebn Timie’s thoughts and the criticism of these thoughts, you had better refer to the book‘’ al-Derer al-Senie Fi al-Rad Ala al-Vahabie va Fetne al-Vahabie’’ that was written by Zini Dehlan, the Mufti of respectful Mecca, (died in 1304A.H.).The people that are familiar with my remarks on the Internet and the satellite in this topic know that I do not have a sentence and even a word from the Shiite books and Shiite scientists about the criticism of Vahabiat people’s thoughts. I have spent my time criticizing the thought of Vahabiat over twenty five years of my life. I have had over three hundred sessions of discussion and debate with the international students and professors Om Algharaye of Medina in the soil of Arab. Even I had a session with the great Mufti of respectful Mecca, Excellency Sheikh Abdul-Aziz Bn Abdullah Ale Sheikh, in Taef. I was obliged to behave with Islamic and Quran courtesy and respect and the same as Imams’ courtesy (peace be upon them) in the discussion with Vahabiat and it was the secret of my successes.
Mr. Zini Dehlan has written in the book ‘’ al-Derer al-Senie Fi al-Rad Ala al-Vahabie ‘’ (volume one / page forty two) ‘’ Muhammad Bn Abd al-Vahab‘s father that was a righteous man and the judges of Darie region felt that his child was astray. In addition, he recommended others not to have relationship with his child because he had deviational thoughts.
Muhammad Bn Abd al-Vahab’s brother, Suleiman, was the first person that stood against his brother’s thoughts, Muhammad Bn Abd al-Vahab, and criticized them. He wrote a book with the name ‘’al-Savaegh Ela Lahie’’. Maybe, it has been the first book that has been written in the history of Vahabiat rejection. In this book, he proves that his brother has gone astray in the society and the matters that his brother represents are in contrast with the Quran.
It is interesting that Mr. Zini Dehlan in this book ‘’ (volume one/ page forty six) says‘’ when a person wanted to become Vahabi, Muhammad Bn Abd Alvahab wanted him or her to utter five sentences: 1) he or she should say ‘’ اشهد أن لا إله إلا الله’’. 2) He or she should say ‘’ أشهد أن محمدا رسول الله’’ . All of them said ‘’ we are Muslim and we pray and go Hajj’’. He said ‘’ you are polytheists, but you cannot understand it’’. 3) You should attest that you were polytheist before you became Vahabi and you have just been Muslim after you accepted the religion of Vahabiat. 4) You should attest that your parents were polytheist when they passed away and they did not have honor to become Vahabi. Even you should not ask for their salvation.5) you should attest that all of the past scientists were polytheists and unbelievers when they passed away and you should not ask for their salvation. This remark is related to the respectful Mufti of Arab with regard to the idea of Vahabiat.
It is interesting that Mr. Zini Dehlan writes ‘’ al-Derer al-Senie Fi al-Rad Ala al-Vahabie’’ Muhammad Bn Abd al-Vahab had ordered that no one was allowed to utter praise before call-to prayer, after call-to prayer and in the time of call-to prayer’’. A muezzin that was old, righteous and blind was reciting the izan. When he recited the name of the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants), he uttered praise. Muhammad Bn Abd al-Vahab ordered to cut off the old, blind muezzin’s head in the presence of people. What was his crime? Because he uttered praise to the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) in the call-to prayer, you cut off the old, blind muezzin’s head. To what verse, tradition and the prophet’s life do you refer to justify it?
Muhammad Bn Abd al-Vahab said ‘’ everyone that believes in the intercession of the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) and the prophets is a polytheist. When others said that there are different verses about the intercession of the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants), he said ‘’ yes. We have different verses, but God has ordered that we do not seek intercession from the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants). It is too strange!!! It means that you have gone to a person’s house and the host has set the table, but then he or she says ‘’ no one is allowed to eat’’. He says ‘’ God has allowed the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) to intercede human, but he has prevented us from seeking intercession from the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants). How can we justify it? Isn’t this idea against the Quran?
I had discussion with the Mufti of Arab, Mr. Sheikh Abdul-Aziz. Of course, He behaved respectfully and politely. One of questions that I asked him was ‘’ why do you say that resorting to the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants), the prophets and the authorities is not allowed and it is illegal? Some of the sites and the publications of this province move in this path and they have Vahabi thoughts and preach these thoughts. He answered ‘’ there are many verses in the Quran which prevents human from resorting everyone except God''.
When I recited these verses, the great Mufti said to me ‘’ these verses are related to the time of the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) and these verses have lost their influence after his death and the prophet’s companions (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) did not resort to his grave after his death’’. I said ‘’When you say that the companions did not resort to the prophet’s grave (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) after his death, it means that do you not accept that the companions went to beside the prophet’s grave (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) and sought intercession and need from him and they considered the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) as an intermediate between God and themselves? This is in contrast with the narrations that have been said in the books of the Sunnite.
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