The Wahabi Mazhab of Islam is based on the ideology that Islam has been innovated over the number of years since the time of The Prophet (SAW)...
Wahabi/Wahabism states advocates the purging of all innovations in Islam, in other words to practice Islam in it’s purest and un-adulterated state...
The primary doctrine of Wahhabi is Tawhid, or the uniqueness and unity of God. Ibn Abdul Wahhab was influenced by the writings of Ibn Taymiyya and questioned medieval interpretations of Islam, claiming to rely on the Qur'an and the Hadith. He preached against a "perceived moral decline and political weakness" in the Arabian Peninsula and condemned idolatry, the popular cult of saints, and shrine and tomb visitation.
The term "Wahhabi" (وَحَّبِيَ) was first used by opponents of ibn Abdul Wahhab. It is considered derogatory by the people it is used to describe, who prefer to be called "unitarians" (Muwahiddun).
The terms "Wahhabi", "Salafi" (and also sometimes Ahle Hadith) are often used interchangeably.
I was appaled to read an article condemning the Wahabi Mazhab. Below is an extract of that article:
“Too many critics of Islam, including atheists, fail to appreciate just how diverse and varied Islam can be. There are things you can say that apply to all or most Muslims, as is the case with Christianity, but there are many more things which only apply to some or a few Muslims. This is especially true when it comes to Muslim extremism because Wahhabi Islam, the primary religious movement behind extremist Islam, includes beliefs and doctrines not found elsewhere.
It would be a mistake and unethical to criticize all of Islam on the basis of doctrines particular to Wahhabi Muslims. Modern Islamic extremism and terrorism simply cannot be explained or understood without looking at the history and influence of Wahhabi Islam. This means that it's important from an ethical and an academic perspective to understand what Wahhabi Islam teaches, what's so dangerous about it, and why those teachings differ from other branches of Islam.”
Wahabi opposes the idea of popular practices. These included praying to saints, making pilgrimages to tombs and special mosques, venerating trees, caves, and stones, and using votive and sacrificial offerings.
The Syahada/Oath we take means that we worship Allah SWT and Allah SWT ALONE...
I’m not siding with Wahabi’s, cause they have extreme believes in certain things, but none of the other Mazhab’s are perfect either.
It’s rampant practice in the modern-times whereby many Muslim’s are practicing many practices which is deemed syirik in Islam.
Take for example the most widely practiced thing amongst Indian Muslims in Malaysia is to put impale a dried chilli on a stick and stick in into the ground to “prevent rain from falling”. Isn’t that syirik?
How bout the practice of burning Kumiyan? We were thought that Djinn are creatures made from the Blue Flame, and that smoke is their food, controversy? The popular argument is that the Prophet (SAW) himself did it. Hello! Excuse me! The prophet burned a particular type of incest, which was extracted from saps of trees that DID NOT EXHUME ANY SMOKE!
Of course, none will admit what they’re doing is Syirik.
I guess we’ll have to wait till Akhirat for them to know whether what they practiced was or wasn’t Syirik.
BACK TO THE TOPIC AT HAND. What all the criticism against Wahabi Muslims?
The teaching of that particular Mazhab isn’t bad. The practitioners of it may be extreme, but Wahabi basically states that we should refer back to the Qu’ran and Hadith, and stop practicing all other nonsense (cultural customs that have over the number of years been incorporated into Islam).
I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH WAHABI (that’s my stand).
I AM NOT A WAHABI, BUT, I AM NOT A SYAFIE, HAMBALI, HANAFFI, GHAZALI either.
I AM NEITHER SUNNI NOR SHIA.
I AM A MUSLIM.
I BELIEVE IN THE OMNIPOTENCE OF ALLAH SWT.
ISLAM ISN’T A RELIGION, ISLAM IS A PATH OF LIFE (Ad-Deen)
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