In Defence of Shaykh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdil-Wahhāb – Shaykh Abdulilah Lahmami

In Defence of Shaykh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdil-Wahhāb (raḥimahullāh), from the explanation of The Conditions of the Prayer by Shaykh ʿAbdul-Muḥsin al-ʿAbbād (hafidhahullāh), translated and explained by Shaykh Abdulilah Lahmami (hafidhahullāh)

• The false claim that Shaykh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdil-Wahhāb made takfīr of Muslims, and Shaykh ʿAbdul-Muḥsin al-ʿAbbād's defence of him

• The general ruling (whoever commits shirk is a mushrik) and the specific ruling on an individual, which only comes after the proof is established

• His own words in ad-Durar as-Saniyyah: "If we do not declare a disbeliever the one who worships the idol at the grave of ʿAbdul-Qādir … due to their ignorance … Glory be to You, this is a great slander"

• His letter to the people of al-Qaṣīm (explained by Shaykh al-Fawzān) and his statements in Majmūʿ Muʾallafāt that blanket takfīr is a slander of his enemies

• He did not rebel against the Ottomans: their rule did not reach Najd, and shirk had spread at the graves, as with the domes over al-Baqīʿ

• Calling upon other than Allāh, even as "intercessors", is shirk (Sūrat Yūnus 18); shirk is the greatest sin, and the people most deserving of the Prophet's ﷺ intercession are those who say lā ilāha illallāh sincerely

• The Takfīrīs cut and paste from Nawāqiḍ al-Islām and ignore its ending, and ignore the principle in The Six Fundamental Principles on hearing and obeying the rulers

• Hearing and obeying the rulers in good, not rebelling with the tongue or the sword, the example of Imām Aḥmad, and advising the ruler in private; "the Religion is sincere advice"