Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahhab was
born in 1703 CE in Najd, the southern part of Saudi Arabia. The people of Najd were Hanbali Mazhab. Abdul Wahab believed that the Hanbali sect
was contaminated by a lot of false Hadith.
Therefore, he was mostly following Ibn Taymiah who was the 14th
Century Muslim scholar who was against Taghlid (imitation) and against Ziarat
(visiting tombs of saints). In 1746 CE
after Ibn Wahab was expelled from his town Uyayna in another city 6 hours away. Muhammad Ibn Saud accepted him and the two
of them started a band of militia, fighting the central government (Ottoman
Empire). They attacked various small
towns, villages, rubbing people and forming their own local forces. In 1773, they conquered Riyadh and became
more powerful. Ibn Wahab died in
1791. The Al Saud clansman promoted the
Wahabi ideology and slowly became powerful.
The British government helped the Al Saud family to undermine the
Ottoman Empire. Eventually, the Ottoman
Empire was defeated in 1920 and Saudi Arabia became independent, the Al Saud
family became the rulers.
In the 18th Zul
Hajja 1216 AH (200 years ago – Eid Ghadir), Prince Saud with 20,000 Wahabi
gangs attacked the city of Karbela in Iraq, brutally killed 5000 of Shiayan,
looted and burned the city. The Wahabis
destroyed the dome of Imam Hussain’s shrine and took a lot of booty from the
site. The central government did not do
much about it.
In 1218 AH, Abdul Aziz Al
Saud and his gang attacked Mecca and looted the holy city and all the
pilgrims. In 1219 AH, he was killed by
his son, Saud Ibn Abdul Aziz, who attacked Mecca and Medina, and took control
of both cities and destroyed many shrines including Imam Hassan’s, Iman Sajad’s
and Imam Jafar Sadeque’s shrine in Al Baghe, Medina.
On the 9th of
Ramadan 1225 AH, the Wahabis attacked Karbela again, looted the pilgrims and
killed many Shias. The Wahabis are
against Taghlid (imitation) and they do not accept Marja Taghlid (leader for
imitation). Therefore, all 5 schools
disagree with them. Wahabis are so much
against Taghlid that, at times, they imitate the Western leaders’ clothing,
suit and tie, just to disagree with Muslim leaders of the 5 schools (Shia, Hanafi, Hanbali, Malaki, Shafai). Wahabis are against Ziarat of shrines of the
Prophet (PBUH) and his Ahlul Bayt. Therefore,
they destroyed Imam Hassan’s shrine in Baghi in Medina and Imam Hussain’s
shrine in Karbela. Recently, they have
spread the rumor that when you go to Hajj, you should not go to visit the
Prophet’s (PBUH) shrine in Medina.
Otherwise, your Hajj is not accepted.
You may ask why Wahabis have so much hate and hostility against the
Prophet (PBUH). The answer is simple,
go back to the history of Islam:
Abosofyan fought against the
Prophet (PBUH) and Islam for 20 years and finally 3 years before the Prophet’s
(PBUH) death, accepted Islam when Mecca was defeated. Moavieh Ibn Abosofyan fought with Imam Ali for 30 years because
Imam Ali was advocating social justice (ADL) and piety and Moavieh wanted to
rule and live like Feron and Kasra.
Yazid Ibn Moavieh finally murdered Hussain Ibn Ali to stop Amre Be
Maroof and Nahye Az Monkar (enjoying good deeds and forbidding evil deeds) by
Hussain Ibn Ali.
For 1400 years, corrupt
rulers killed Shiayan, Ahlul Bayt, and Seyedan to stop ADL (social justice) and
Imamat (moral leadership). Wahabis like
Yazid said that the Prophet (PBUH) came, brought his message (Al Islam), and is
dead and gone. Wahabis like Yazid want
to have the Quran only and interpret it anyway they want to. They do not like the examples of the Prophet
(PBUH) and his lifestyle as a role model for leadership. Therefore, Shiayan and Seyedans have to
fight for social justice and moral leadership until the Day of Judgement or
until social justice prevails. Wahabis
will fight against Marja Taghlid and Ziarat to destroy the role models. Shiayans must fight for the Quran as the
constitution, the Prophet (PBUH) as role model, Fatimah Zahra, Imam Ali and the
remaining 11 Imams as role models.
In modern days, Shiayan must
have an Ayatollah as Marja Taghlid and Velayat Faghih (pious leadership) and
have beautiful shrines for our religious leaders so we
can visit and remind
ourselves of true Islam and Muslims.
Wahabis are against Shafaat, again, to undermine the Prophet’s (PBUH)
love and respect in front of Allah (SWT) and to say that the Prophet (PBUH) did
not have permission from Allah (SWT) for intercession. Shiayans defend intercession and say Allah
(SWT) gave permission to the Prophet (PBUH) for intercession for pious
followers (Shiayan and Seyedan). The
Prophet gave permission for intercession to his Ahlul Bayt to intercede on
behalf of their pious followers to Allah (SWT). Now you know Wahabis.
They wear suit and tie, and claim they are Muslim leaders, but they
resent the Prophet’s (PBUH) clothing and outwardly appearance. Wahabis are against intercession and asking
the Prophet (PBUH) and Ahlul Bayt for their intercession on your behalf. Wahabis are against Taghlid and Ziarat.
Wahabis and western powers
joined together to destroy the Ottoman Empire.
Wahabis in modern days have become so rich and powerful, now they are on
a collision course with America.
Because Wahabis are dictators and unjust rulers, they want to get away
with violence. America supports
democracy, human rights and social justice, therefore, they will soon have a
showdown and fight. Wahabis cannot win
because they are unjust, ruthless and violent.
As American-Muslims, we wish to have a moderate, just pious leaders for
Muslim nations of the world. Wahabis
are now the main supporters of terrorists all over the world. This is not Islamic and not justified. Osama Bin Laden (a Wahabi millionaire) is on
the top 10 most wanted by the FBI. He
will be captured soon, Inshaallah.
With all the differences of
Aghida (opinion), we can still have a discussion with some of the moderate
Wahabis and for the sake of unity, we must agree to be tolerant and
flexible. The best Shia leader (Dr.
Khatami, president of Islamic Republic of Iran) was able to meet with Wahabi
leaders in Saudi Arabia and negotiate an agreement to reduce the oil
production. As a result, oil prices
went from $8.00 a barrel to $24.00 a barrel.
Billions of dollars went to the Muslim pocket because of unity and
cooperation. We can follow the same in
America. Let’s get together, Shia,
Sunni, Sufi and Wahabis to promote Islam in America. We can make America the moral leader of the world.