The vast majority of the Muslim Ummah denounce Wahhabism as a vile sect, but that doesn't necessarily mean they hate Sheikh Abdul-Wahhab AUN himself. His teachings were twisted and manipulated for a wicked agenda.
«He is from the most maligned and misunderstood luminaries and illustrious Imaams of Islaam. He is the enemy of every mubtadi’, innovator and deviant who wishes to turn away from the Tawheed of Allaah (subhaanahu wa ta’aala), whether he be from the shee’ah, from the sufiyyah, from the mu’tazilah, khawaarij and all of ahlul-bid’ah in general. This individual, Shaykhul-Islaam Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhaab is from the most hated by ahlul-bid’ah because of the fact that he upheld the truth and he stood for the haqq. He paid no attention to the blame of the blamers. And due to the propaganda of ahlul-bid’ah many of the general folk have an aversion to him, may Allah guide them.
So we’ll begin with the era of the Shaykh Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhaab. So I begin after seeking the aid of Allaah: The Turkish Ottoman Empire had pockets of sovereignty in the Arabian lands before the time of Shaykhul Islaam Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhaab – the Ottoman empire became little more than a hollow shell in Egypt, in Syria and in Iraq in the 18thCentury, and dates are important! 18th century meaning the Gregorian calendar, the Christian era. As for the Arabian Peninsula, then the ‘Uthmaaniyyah or the Ottomans never inhabited the vast areas of the Najd, the area where Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhaab was born and came from, and where his tribe came from, where his father came from and his grandfather came from – the Ottomans had never occupied that vast area. They controlled Baghdad and Basrah in Iraaq; but the closest they ever came to Najd, was in a place known as al-Ahsaa, in the year 1592 CE, which is a 1000 after the Hijra. They had a Turkish garrison at the village of al-Hufoof, however only 80 years later, meaning in the year close to 1100 AH, or 1600 CE, the Bedouin tribe of Banu Khaalid fell upon the Turks and expelled them, even from Hufoof. That’s the closest they ever came to Najd. The only place after that even recognised the rule in the Arabian Peninsula was the Hijaaz, Makkah and Medinah – and the Shareefs of Makkah looked to the Ottomans for protection. The Ottomans of course were based in Turkey with their rule centred in Istanbul and they had some control over the Hijaaz as protectorates.
Political power in the Najd, and the Najd is on the eastern side of Madinah, if you were to look at a map of Arabian Peninsula, Makkah and Madinah, Madinah in particular, you would find Najd on the eastern side. As for Najd itself and its political power, then at the time of Shaykhul-Islaam Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhaab and the time before him it was broken into small territories for centuries. The Turks had never ventured that far inland, they had never even ventured as far as Najd. Why? Because there was no benefit for them, it was open desert where the Bedouins lived and the Bedouins used to fight each other over rulership over minute towns and villages.»