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About Shaikh Muhammad Ibn Abdul-Wahhaab (rahimahullaah), Salafiyyah, Saudi and ect.
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.
 

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رَّبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا
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.»
 

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رَّبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا
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.
Akhi, have you read his work? Read Kitab at tawheed and tell me how it goes against the Book of Allah(Subhanahu wa ta’ala) or the Sunnah of the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alayhe wa sallam).

«From the best of that which has been authored on the subject is this book “Kitaab at-Tawheed” of Shaykhul Islaam Muhammad bin Abdil Wahhaab (rahimahullaah). By way of whom, Allaah revived the ‘aqeedah of Tawheed, Allaah revived the belief of Tawheed, in the region of Najd, which is in the present Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in the 12th century after the Hijrah. He composed Kitaab at-Tawheed into sixty six chapters, it was further explained by some of his sons, his grandsons, his students and other than them. So some of the students of knowledge were eager for me to explain it to them, they were not satisfied with reading only the older explanations, rather they insisted that I dictate an explanation of it from myself so I sought the aid of Allaah, the Most High, and I started to dictate that which came to my mind, so they penned it down (my students). So it was presented to some of the mashaayikh who were eager to do good and eager to spread knowledge, for it to be transcribed onto a computer and when the first student was absent for a long time, then another proceeded with me in the same manner as the first one, and all praise is due to Allaah, for its completion.»

 
Sxb I think you misunderstood me, Sheikh Muhammad himself had nothing to do with the sectarianism of today, that is true. It is Wahabism which is problematic.
 
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