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  Wahhabi Movement, Ted Thornton, NMH, Northfield Mount Hermon
Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703-1792) joined forces in 1744 with a tribal chief, Muhammad Ibn Saud, to lead a militant reform movement in the Arabia peninsula.
Ibn Abd al-Wahhab labeled all who disagreed with him heretics and apostates, which in his eyes justified the use of force in imposing both his beliefs and his political authority upon neighboring tribes.
The Ottoman Turks became alarmed and dispatched Muhammad Ali, the Ottoman ruler of Egypt, to challenge the Wahhabis in 1811.
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 Liberal Islam Network
Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahab was born in 1703 in Najdone, an important city in the history of the modern Hijaz Arab.
Abd al-Wahab did not only invite Muslims to return to the teachings of the Quran and Hadits, but advised them to oppose and annihilate the practices which are considered to be against their teachings.
Abd al-Wahab did not only reject practices performed by the Sufi, especially those relating to the belief of wasilah (taking someone else to be a mediator between him and God), he also discarded the structure of Sufi teaching and considered it as part of bid’ah (heresy) and syirik (polytheism).
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 Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab - Meaning of Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab - Search-keyword.com
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab al-Tamimi (1703AD — 1792AD) (Arabic:ãÍãÏ Èä ÚÈÏ ÇáæåÇÈ ÇáÊãíãì) was an Arab theologian born in the Najd, in present-day Saudi Arabia and the most famous scholar of the Salafi movement.
Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab declared the rulers of Hijaz (holy Land of Arabia with holy cities like Makkah and Madinah) to be non-Muslims and therefore worthy of attack and occupation.
Qabbani wrote two texts criticizing Ibn 'Abd Al-Wahhab, the Fasl al-Khitab fi Radd Dalalat Ibn Abd al-Wahhab ("the unmistakable judgement in the refutation of the delusions of Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab,") and the Kashf al-Hijab an Wadjh Dalalat Ibn al-Wahhab ("lifting the veil from the face of the delusions of Ibn al-Wahhab,").
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  Saudi Arabia - Wahhabi Theology
Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab was concerned with the way the people of Najd engaged in practices he considered polytheistic, such as praying to saints; making pilgrimages to tombs and special mosques; venerating trees, caves, and stones; and using votive and sacrificial offerings.
Muhammad ibn Saud turned his capital, Ad Diriyah, into a center for the study of religion under the guidance of Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab and sent missionaries to teach the reformed religion throughout the peninsula, the gulf, and into Syria and Mesopotamia.
Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab's emphasis on the oneness of God was asserted in contradistinction to shirk, or polytheism, defined as the act of associating any person or object with powers that should be attributed only to God.
www.au.af.mil /au/awc/awcgate/loc/sa/wahhabi.htm   (1778 words)

  
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A massacre of Najd merchants by Ibn Humayd in 1929, however, forced Ibn Sa'ud to confront the rebellious Ikhwan militarily, and, in a major battle fought in March on the plain of as-Sabalah (near al-Artawiyah), Ibn Humayd was captured and ad-Dawish seriously wounded.
Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, the founder of the Wahhabi movement, was born in 'Uyaynah in 1703 to a family of religious judges and scholars and as a young man traveled widely in other regions of the Middle East.
Muhammad ibn Sa'ud's son and successor, 'Abd al-'Aziz I (reigned 1765-1803), who had been largely responsible for this extension of his father's realm by his exploits as commander in chief of the Wahhabi forces, continued to work in complete harmony with Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab.
www.electric-america.com /02/Saud_encyclopedia.htm   (2336 words)

  
 Ottoman and Persian Empires 1730-1875 by Sanderson Beck
Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab was born at 'Uyayna in 1703, the son of a judge (qadi).
Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab taught that any innovation (bid'a) beyond the Qur'an or accepted hadith was the worst sin and found support for this in the Hanbali legal doctrine.
Muhammad ibn Saud died and was succeeded by Abd al-Aziz.
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 Wahhabism - dKosopedia
The Wahhabis claim to hold to the way of the "Salaf as-Salih", the 'pious predecessors' as earlier propagated mainly by Ibn Taymiyya, his students Ibn Al Qayyim, and later by Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahab and his followers.
Abd al Wahab discovered the works of the early Muslim thinker Ibn Taymiyya and started preaching a reformation of Islam based on Ibn Taymiyya's ideas.
However, Wahhabism was a minor current within Islam until the discovery of oil in Arabia, in 1938.
www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/Wahhabism   (1297 words)

  
 The beginning and spread of Wahhabism
In 1143 (1730), Muhammad ibn Sa'ud and Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab hand in hand arrived at the conclusion that those who would not accept Wahhabism were disbelievers and polytheists, and that it was halal to kill them and confiscate their possessions, and publicly announced their declaration seven years later.
Muhammad ibn Sulaiman Effendi (rahmat-Allahi 'alaih), who is well known for his annotation to Ibn Hajar al-Haitami's Tukhfa, a commentary of Minhaj, proved well with documents that Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab was on a corrupt and heretical path and that he ascribed wrong meanings to ayats and hadiths.
Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab's beliefs and writing will be demolished and refuted at their very foundation by the full comprehension and judgement of the preceding explanations.
www.ummah.net /Al_adaab/wah-36.html   (3905 words)

  
 IslamDaily.net   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia was founded by Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab, an Arabian cleric who had come to believe that Sunni Islam had been corrupted by innovations (bidah) such as Sufism.
Ibn Taymiyya had been controversial in his time because he held that some self-declared Muslims (such as the Mongol conquerors of the Abbasid caliphate) were in fact unbelievers and that orthodox Muslims could conduct violent jihad against them.
However, Wahhabism was a minor current within Islam until the discovery of oil in Arabia, in 1938.
www.islamdaily.net /EN/Contents.aspx?AID=3953   (934 words)

  
 The Saud Family and Wahhabi Islam, 1500-1818   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The rise of Al Saud is closely linked with Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab (died 1792), a Muslim scholar whose ideas form the basis of the Wahhabi movement.
Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab offered the Al Saud a clearly defined religious mission to which to contribute their leadership and upon which they might base their political authority.
Muhammad Ali, in turn, handed the job to his son Tursun, who led a force to the Hijaz in 1816; Muhammad Ali later joined his son to command the force in person.
www.au.af.mil /au/awc/awcgate/loc/sa/saud_wahhabi.htm   (1223 words)

  
 WAHABISM EXPOSED! , The truth about wahabism, wahhaabis and Sheikh Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab
Sheikh Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab ibn Sulaiman ibn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Rashid al Tamimi was born in the year 1115 A.H.(1703 C.E.) in ‘Ayina to the north of Riyadh, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during the reign of Abdulla ibn Muhammad ibn Hamd ibn Muammar.
Sheikh Muhammad acquired a good deal of knowledge from him and came to be loved and held in high esteem by his teacher.
Sheikh Muhammad thought of going to Syria to quench his thirst for more knowledge, but soon fell short of provision and was compelled to return to Nejd.
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 Saudi-American Forum - Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahhab - Saudi Arabia Relations Information
Ibn Abd al-Wahhab was most troubled by what he saw as the corrupting outside influences on Islam.
Ibn Abd al-Wahhab did not see the solution to this problem as being the violent subjugation of those who had gone astray or the overthrow of political powers, however.
Frequently mentioned in association with Osama bin Laden, Wahhabism is portrayed by the media and public officials as an intolerant, puritanical, militant interpretation of Islam that calls for the wholesale destruction of the West in a jihad of global proportions.
www.saudi-american-forum.org /Newsletters2004/SAF_Item_Of_Interest_WahhabiIslam2.htm   (490 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Wahhabism Article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Ibn Abdul Wahhab called the muslims to the pure religious practices of Prophet Mohammed and the first three generations of Islam, these being described by Prophet Mohammed as the rightly guided generations and as a result doing away with the innovations that had crept into the religion during the time of the subsequent generations.
Wahhabism is often maligned and attacked by adherents of Ash'ari belief as being anthropomorphism, which was a common accusation of Ahmad Ibn Hanbal by his Mu'tazilite detractors, and Ibn Taymiyya by Ash'ari contemporaries.
Wahhabism and other modern revivalist movments in Saudi Arabia began with a surge of reformers seeking to reclaim orthodox Islam from innovation by various sects of Sunni Muslims.
www.ipedia.com /wahhabism.html   (1429 words)

  
 Wahhabism
Wahhabism is ascribed unto Shaykh Muhammad, the son of ’Abd al-Wahhab of Najd.
At that time, Muhammad ibn Sa’ud  (the ancestor of Aal Sa’ud) was the emir of al-Dar’iyya, He went to see the Shaykh and gave him tidings of glory and goodness.
Abu al-‘Abbas Ahmad ibn ‘Abd al-Halim, known as Ibn Taymiyya, was a Hanbali scholar who died in 728 A.H. As he expressed views and beliefs contrary to the views held by all Islamic sects, he was constantly opposed by other scholars.
www.al-islam.org /wahhabism/2.htm   (3463 words)

  
 Wahhabism and it's Refutation
WAHHABISM AND ITS REFUTATION BY THE AHL AS-SUNNAT
Muhammad's father, 'Abd al-Wahhab, who was a pious Muslim and a scholar of Medina, apprehended from Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab's words that he would start a perverted movement and advised everybody not to talk with him.
Shaikh Sulaiman, Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab's brother, was an 'alim of the Ahl as-Sunnat.
www.ummah.net /Al_adaab/suwahhab.html   (10440 words)

  
 Al-Fajr as-Sadiq - A Refutation of Wahhabism
Muhammad Ibn `Abd al-Wahhab was born in 1111 and died in 1207 (1699-1792 CE).
Ibn `Abd al-Wahhab began to call people to his religion and instilled in their hearts the idea that every one under the sun was an idolater.
Ibn `Abd al-Wahhab's labeling disbeliever those who imitate the opinion of the Mujtahids of the past, as mentioned previously is only to initiate spread of his unwarranted innovation (bid`a) in our faith so that he may only considers Muslim those who follow him.
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 Rug Notes Index - A Oriental rugs and carpets by Barry O'Connell,Spongobongo.com
Ali Ibn Abi Talib was the cousin of the Prophet Muhammad and was married to Fatima (the Prophet Mohammed's daughter).
Ali Ibn Abi Talib was the fourth Caliph and became involved in a power struggle with Muawiya, governor of Syria.
The fight caused Ali Ibn Abi Talib to be assassinated in Kufa in 661 AD and resulted in the Sunni and Shiite schism.
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 Wahhab, Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-
'Abd al-Wahhab's teachings have been characterized as puritanical and traditional, representing the early era of the Islamic religion.
When the preaching of these doctrines led to controversy, 'Abd al-Wahhab was expelled from 'Uyaynah in 1744.
The spread of Wahhabism originated from the alliance that was formed between 'Abd al-Wahhab and Ibn Sa'ud, who, by initiating a campaign of conquest that was continued by his heirs, made Wahhabism the dominant force in Arabia since 1800.
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 YA HA SALIDO AL MERCADO EDITORIA   (Site not responding. Last check: )
`Abd al-Malik al-Ansari al-Mari al-Balansi, conocido como Ibn al-Ni`ma (Almería, 491=1098-Valencia, martes quedando 2 días ramadan 567=23 mayo 1172), famoso almocrí, exegeta y tradicionista.
Qays al-Qurtubi, conocido como Ibn Nufayl y también como Ibn `Amrun (?Córdoba?, muharram 334=13 agosto-11 septiembre 945?Córdoba, 9 sha`ban 408=31 de diciembre de 1017), ejerció la judicatura en algunas zonas de al-Andalus.
Yarid al-Gafiqi, conocido como Ibn Nuh (Zaragoza, jueves 1 rabi` I 486=31 marzo 1093-Valencia, domingo 3 safar 576=29 junio 1180), ulema que fue cadí de Alcira.
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 The movement of Shaykh Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhaab
The movement of Shaykh Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhaab (1115-1206 AH/ 1730-1793 CE) in the Arabian Peninsula was destined to abide and be well-accepted.
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: The one who claims that there is consensus is lying, and it is not right to give ijmaa’ priority over proven hadeeth.
Shaykh ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhaab said, in a letter that he wrote when he joined al-Ameer Sa’ood ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azeez, when he took over Makkah on Saturday 8 Muharram 1218 AH: “Our madhhab with regard to the basic principles of religion is the madhhab of Ahl al-Sunnah wa’l-Jamaa’ah.
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 Terrorism - Islam, Saudi Arabia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Al Saud's political authority exists by virtue of its intimate alliance with the Al ash Shaykh, as Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab and his descendants are known.
Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab, a scholar of Islamic jurisprudence, preached a message of Islamic reform, emphasizing a strict and literal interpretation of the Koran and the institutionalization of Islamic law.
The Al Saud record of governance is mixed, and their response to these challenges has often been contradictory.
www.cdi.org /terrorism/saudi.cfm   (1581 words)

  
 IslamistWatch, World Jihad, Islamic Terrorism
In its narrowest and most precise sense Wahhabism is a teaching that was formulated in the 18th century by Arabic religious reformer Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab.
Wahhabism as Wahhabis See It So much has been written about Wahhabis and so much controversial material exists that it's high time to come to know how Wahhabis themselves understand Wahhabi teaching, considering that they continually strive to propagate their ideas among Russian readers.
Wahhabism is the result of the selection and adaptation of the Quran and Sunni postulates to Wahhabi views and ideas.
www.islamistwatch.org /intro/wahhabism/wahhabism_1.html   (1455 words)

  
 Wahhabi Islam : From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad (Natana J. Delong-Bas)
Through a close reading of al-Wahhab's texts she demonstrates that many aspects of 20th- and 21st- century Wahhabi extremism do not have their origins in his writings but were added to Wahhabi teachings in the 19th century.
She debunks the common journalistic portrayal of Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahhab as an illiterate, rural bumpkin with no scholarly formation.
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab emerges as an original thinker whose views on jihad and women in particular are not extreme or fanatical but scholarly and moderate.
www.islamicbookstore.com /b8596.html   (714 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Wahhabi Islam: From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad: Books: Natana J. Delong-Bas   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Her reading of Ibn Abd al-Wahhab's works produces a revisionist thesis: Ibn Abd al-Wahhab was not the godfather of contemporary terrorist movements.
In the most comprehensive study of Ibn Abd al-Wahhab's interpretation of jihad ever written, DeLong-Bas details a vision in which jihad is strictly limited to the self-defense of the Muslim community against military aggression.
Wahhabism was founded in the eighteenth century in the province of Najd, a broad desert expanse located in central Arabia.
www.amazon.com /Wahhabi-Islam-Revival-Reform-Global/dp/0195169913   (2852 words)

  
 Islam Page - Islam, Muslims, Allah, Muhammad, Salvation, Jesus
Al-Mahdi, Muhammad ibn Abdullah and a Caliphate that Follows the Guidance of the Prophet, sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
Sunnahs Neglected in Ramadaan by Imaam Muhammad Naasir-ud-Deen Al-Albaane
AL WALA' WAL BARA' ACCORDING TO THE AQEEDAH OF THE SALAF By Muhammad Saeed al-Qahtani
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 Wahhabism: Imam Muhammad Abu Zahra Explains 
He had studied the books of Ibn Taymiyya which became inestimable in his sight, deepening his involvement in them until he brought them out from the realm of opinion into the realm of practice.
He was a brother-in-law to Shaykh Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Wahhab and embraced his madhhab, defending it fervently and calling unto it by force of arms.
This was a relatively harmless matter in the days when they were cloistered in the desert and not trespassing its boundaries; but when they mixed with others until the Hijaz country was in the hand of the Sa`ud family,3 the matter became of the utmost gravity.
qa.sunnipath.com /issue_view.asp?HD=7&ID=918&CATE=1   (1165 words)

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