The Original Najdi/ Wahhabi Movement Was More Extreme In Bloodshed & Takfir Than ISIS

Al-Salamu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullah,
I’ve read some threads on this forum and saw that there are people here who dislike the crimes of IS / ISIS against the Muslims and other innocent people, but at the same time they admire Muhammad bin ‘Abd al-Wahhab (d. 1206 AH) and the original Najdi movement. This shows that there is huge amount of lack of information regarding the original Najdi movement and the level of their fanaticism.
Know that IS/ISIS has not even committed 10% of that which the original Najdi/Wahhabi movement committed against the Muslims in the time of the first Saudi state.

The reason why it’s important to know about the history of the original Wahhabiyyah is because it’s necessary in order to understand the roots of fanaticism of an organization like ISIS and also in order not to be fooled by the deception, lies and propaganda of the Mashayikh of so called “Salafi” movement, who are exploiting the thirst of young people – especially those living in the West – to learn the religion. The reason why young people in the West are easily fooled by these so called “Salafis” is because of the ignorance regarding the [true] religion (i.e. Islam) that is unfortunately prevelant in the West.

In this thread I’ll insha`Allah try to lessen this lack of information concerning the original Najdi movement.

Before I begin I would like to make an important note: This thread is NOT for the sake of dicussion and argumentation, but rather in order to inform those brother and sisters who don’t know the reality of this movement and to warn them from being influenced by them or their descendants (i.e. the “Salafis”). I would also like to request that no one starts blindly defending Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab and his original followers in time of the first Saudi state, because I’m quite sure that you haven’t read some of the Hardcore-Takfiri books of the original Najdis. All the informations that I will mention are from those books. If you want a proof for anything that I’ll mention, then please write a comment here and I’ll bring you the relevant qoutes in Arabic [from Najdi books] (and summarize its content).

These are the most important Najdi sources in order to know the reality of this movement:

– Tarikh Najd by the Wahhabi historian Hussayn bin Ghannam (d. 1225 AH): It’s a history book and the author is a supporter and direct student of Muhammad bin ‘Abd al-Wahhab.
– ‘Unwan al-Majd fi Tarikh Najd by the Wahhabi historian ‘Uthman bin Bishr (d. 1288 AH): It’s also a history book and the author lived during the time of the first and the second Saudi state. Similar to the book of Ibn Ghannam it’s full of shocking passages where the author proudly reports how they attacked the cities of the Arabian peninsula and the surrounding areas and how “the Muslims” (while refering to themselves, i.e. the Najdis) killed the “Mushrikin” and “Murtadin” (while refering to the Muslims of the whole region!).
– Mufid al-Mustafid fi Kufri Tarik al-Tawhid by Muhammad bin ‘Abd al-Wahhab (d. 1206 AH): He wrote this book after he had made Takfir upon a whole town in Najd (i.e. Huraymila`) and tried to justify it. The reason for his Takfir was first and foremost that the people of the city didn’t support his unjustified Takfir and call to bloodshed anymore.
– Al-Rasa`il al-Shakhsiyyah: These are the personal letters that Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab sent to the scholars, people of authority and other imporant people. In these letters you’ll see him making all kind of crazy statements like making Takfir upon the scholars of his time and claiming that he alone has understood Tawhid.
– Al-Durar al-Saniyyah: A compilation of statements from Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab and his [blind] followers (whom the “Salafis” refer to as “scholars of Najd”). It was meant as a defence of their creed.

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So let’s now begin with the important part:

Who are the Wahhabiyyah and who is their leader?

The Wahhabiyyah are the followers of Muhammad bin ‘Abd al-Wahhab (d. 1206 AH). He was the son of a Hanbali scholar and was born in al-‘Uyayynah, a village in Najd. He started to study Islam and to become a student of knowledge (Talib al-‘Ilm), but somehow he developed strange and extreme views.

He became obsessed with graves: He regarded the wrong actions concerning the graves, which according to classical understanding are either forbidden (haram) or disliked (makruh), as Shirk akbar (polytheism). He did not stop here: He even regarded actions which are allowed according to all 4 accepted Madhahib of the Ahl al-Sunnah (like for example the seeking of intercession through the Prophet – sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam – (i.e. Tashaffu’)) as “Shirk akbar” and regarded it as a nullifier of one’s Islam.

When his father saw that his son had developed these strange views and had deviated from the way of the Ahl al-Sunnah, he disallowed him to spread his wrong views. He feared however that his son would be the cause of great tribulations after his demise and he was indeed right with this feeling.

When his father died, Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab started to try to spread his new call.
Before I proceed I would like to show you what this person thought about himself, so that you do not have any doubts regarding his deviance from the way of the Ahl al-Sunnah and the Sawad al-A’dham of this Ummah.

Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab: “No one knows Tawhid except me”

He said in one of his letters:

وأنا أخبركم عن نفسي والله الذي لا إله إلا هو لقد طلبت العلم واعتقد من عرفني أن لي معرفة وأنا ذلك الوقت لا أعرف معنى لا إله إلا الله، ولا أعرف دين الإسلام قبل هذا الخير الذي من الله به. وكذلك مشايخي ما منهم رجل عرف ذلك، فمن زعم من علماء العارض أنه عرف معنى لا إله إلا الله أو عرف معنى الإسلام قبل هذا الوقت أو زعم عن مشايخه أن أحداً عرف ذلك فقد كذب وافترى ولبس على الناس ومدح نفسه بما ليس فيه

“And I inform you about myself – I swear by Allah whom there is none worthy to worship except Him – I have sought knowledge and those who knew me believed that I had knowledge while I did not know the meaning of La Ilaha illa Allah at that time and did not know the religion of Islam before this grace that Allah favored. As well as my teachers (Mashayikh) no one among them knew that. And if someone from the scholars of al-‘Aridh (the lands of Najd and surrounding areas) claims that he knew the meaning of La Ilaha illa Allah or knew the meaning of Islam before this time, or claims on behalf of his teachers that someone from them knew that, then he has lied and said falsehood and deceived the people and praised himself with something he does not possess.”

Source: al-Rasa`il al-Shakhsiyyah and al-Durar al-Saniyyah 10/51

Just look at the arrogance and narcissm of this person and how he claims that he alone knows Tawhid while accusing the scholars (!) of the whole region of not knowing it. And where did this “knowledge” come from if no one teached it him?

And you’ll be surprised how many times he makes such crazy statements in his letters and how he sometimes lies (like for example by accusing anyone who critises him of “Sabb al-Din”/”cursing the religion”) in a very clear way without having any shame whatsoever! May Allah ta’ala give him what he deserves!

What was his connection to the first Saudi state?

After he was thrown out of his hometown he met the Amir of al-Dir’iyyah (which is a town in Najd), Muhammad bin Sa’ud (d. 1179 AH), in the year 1157 AH. Ibn Sa’ud accepted his call after Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab had told him that the people of Najd and the surrounding were upon “polytheism” and “ignorance” and after he explained to him his new religion. (Ibn Bishr has mentioned the incident.) Ibn Sa’ud and Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab made an alliance and agreed that the polical power shall be for Ibn Sa’ud (and his sons after him) and that the religious power shall be for Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab and his new ideas. This was the birth of the first Saudi state and he was the “Mufti” of this [accursed] state.

The first Saudi state: The worst and most bloodthirsty Khawarij in the history!

After the alliance was made Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab started throwing around with Fatawa of Takfir and to claim that most people of his time were are upon “Shirk akbar” (polytheism), so that the soldiers of the new born Saudi state could take this as a justifcation to fight the surrounding areas and occupy these regions. The Najdis first started with the towns and villages of Najd and attacked them one after the other.

But they did not stop with Najd. Soon they started to attack the whole Arabian peninsula. They also attacked all surrounding areas like ‘Iraq, Sham, Yemen, ‘Oman, etc.
They did no even shy away from making Takfir against the people of Makkah al-mukarramah and Madinah al-munawwarah and harming them and occupying these blessed cities!!

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If you read how the two Wahhabi historians Ibn Ghannam and Ibn Bishr proudly and without any shame reported these incidents you’ll be shocked. They reported how they made Takfir upon whole towns and villages, attacked them and killed them on the streets, the markets and even in their houses. They even killed the Amir of al-‘Uyayynah inside the mosque (!!!) after he had prayed the Salat al-Jum’ah. (Not even the houses of Allah had any sanctity for them!)

They also reported how they burned and destroyed the fields of Muslims (while referring to them as “polytheists” and “apostates”), robbed and stole from them whatever they could take!

They even reported what a great fear their attacks caused in the heart of the people (this was during their attack on al-Sham) or how the people – innocent Muslim men and women!!! – ran away from them and died from hunger and thirst in the desert (this is what happened to the people of al-Riyadh) or how the people fled to the ocean and drowned in the water (this happened to the people of al-Basrah). They also reported how they made an embargo against different cities which caused the people to die from hunger (this happened to the people Makkah al-mukarramah!).

And as if all of these crimes are not enough: When they occupied Makkah al-mukarramah they stopped the people from the other Muslim lands from making Hajj for several years, because they regarded all of them to be “polytheists” and “apostates”. The first time this happened in the year 1221 AH.

When their tyranny and bloodshed had reached its peak, the Ottomans – who were the biggest “Mushrikin” (polytheists) upon this earth according the Najdis – decided to stop these criminal Mariqin and Khawarij and to retake every single city that they had occupied. The Ottomans crushed their Khariji state and the first Saudi state ceased to exist by the help of Allah and his permission.

What is build upon deviation does not lead to anything except more deviation:

After the first state they had a second state, but the second state was only in Najd and was weak compared to their first state. As for the third state: It’s the current Saudi state and it was build upon treason against the whole Ummah of Islam.

In the time of their first State the Wahhabiyyah were hated by all Muslims of the region (because everyone saw and knew of their crimes) and the people did not accept their views. However when time passed by the people started to forget about them.

During the third state (i.e. the actual one) the government started to spread the so called “Salafi” Da’wah with huge amounts of money (because there is still an alliance between the Saudi rulers and the Wahhabi Al al-Shaykhs, who are the descendents of Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab). This and the widespread ignorance regarding the religion in our times are the main reason why the “Salafis” have spread. It should be noted that the so called “Salafi” Da’wah has nothing to do with the Salaf al-salih or the Ahl al-Sunnah. It’s the result of a mix of the ideas of Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab and some other controversial personalities.