Understanding Wahhabism and Its Beliefs

What is Wahhabism’s doctrine?

Know that the Wahhabis are followers of the Horn of Satan.

Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, who died in the year one thousand

two hundred and six AH, and they are anthropomorphists,

corporealists who liken God to humans and animals.

They insult Him by saying that God sits on the

Throne or the Chair, as in their book Fath al-Majid

by Abd al-Rahman ibn Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Abd

al-Wahhab. They say that denying corporeality

and limbs and organs to God is blameworthy speech,

as in their book entitled

“Admonitions in Refutation of Those Who Interpret the Attributes”

for the blind Ibn Baz. And they say God

is established over the Throne, as in their book called

“Reflections and Comments on What Is in the Book

Salafism,” by Saleh al-Fawzan the Loser.

Their leader, the misguided Ibn Uthaymeen, says in

his interpretation of Ayat al-Kursi: The Kursi is the place

of God’s feet, God forbid, because of his disbelief.

And he says in his book titled “The Monthly Meeting”:

We must not affirm that God has a tongue, nor

deny it of Him, because we have no knowledge of that.

May God Most High protect us from anthropomorphism, disbelief and atheism.

And he says in his book called Fatwas,

“The creed is that God moves, meaning He descends

from above to below, and rises from below to above. What

kind of thing is this in Islam?” And they say, following Ibn

Taymiyyah, the anthropomorphist philosopher, that the world

is eternal in its kind, as in Sharh al-Tahawiyyah

by Ibn Abi al-Izz, which blind Ibn Baz praised.

This is their statement that God

did not create the genus of the world. They also deny Adam’s

prophethood, peace be upon him, as in their book

called Faith in the Prophets in General, by Abd

Allah ibn Zayd. They say that Hell

will cease to exist, with no one remaining in it, as in

their book called The Preferred View on the Annihilation of

Hell, by Abd al-Karim al-Hamid. Likewise,

the Wahhabis forbid seeking mediation through the prophets

and saints, indeed, they deem this polytheism requiring

eternal abode in the fire of Hell, as in their book

called The Believer’s Creed, by Abu Bakr

al-Jaza’iri. They likewise forbid seeking blessings

through the relics of prophets and saints, and claim that

seeking aid from the prophets is polytheism, as in their book

called The Correct Creed and What

Contradicts It, by blind Ibn Baz.

They forbid Muslims from celebrating the Prophet’s birthday,

peace and blessings be upon him, claiming that this

imitates the Jews, as stated in their book titled

Warning Against Innovations by the blind Ibn Baz. Although

the Wahhabis celebrate the birth of their sheikh, the Horn

of Satan, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, for a whole week,

and they regard visiting the Prophet’s grave, peace

and blessings be upon him, to seek blessings as

a polytheistic visit. They consider praying aloud for the Prophet

after the call to prayer an innovation that must be prevented,

as in the blind Ibn Baz’s commentary on the book

Fath al-Bari. They forbid reading the Qur’an

at a Muslim’s grave, as stated in their book titled

Islamic Guidelines. They also forbid

wearing verses from the Qur’an on one’s chest, as in

their book titled Important Fatwas by Ibn

Baz. They describe Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama‘ah

as Mu‘attilah, meaning those who deny God’s attributes, as

stated in their book titled Ideal Principles by the misguided Ibn

al-Uthaymeen, because Ahl al-Sunnah interpreted

the ambiguous verses and did not take them according to

their literal meaning, acting upon God’s words, “There is

nothing like Him.” And this verse is more appropriate

A verse affirming that God is unlike His creation,

so one must beware of and warn against Wahhabism

and its doctrine, for the greatest harm to

Muslims comes in the name of religion, from

Wahhabism and the Muslim Brotherhood. May God

spare Muslims from their evil.