From 1746 to 1924: When Wahhabis were Not Muslims
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ In 1746, long before he aligned himself with Muhammad ibn Sa’ud, Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab sent a thirty-man delegation to the Sharif of Makkah, seeking permission for his followers and him to perform the haj . By then, his fitnah was well-known. The sharif , Shaykh Mas’ud ibn Sa’id ( r.a. ) suspected an ulterior motive for the haj , an opportunity to disseminate his kufr . Shaykh Mas’ud ibn Sa’id ( r.a. ), therefore, organised a debate between the Wahhabis and the scholars of Makkah and Madina. Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab’s representatives, the flower of Wahhabi da’wah , were utterly crushed. They were proven to be anthropomorphists, and heretics. The qadhi of Makkah pronounced them kafirun and mushikin , and banned them from the haj . And the Wahhabis stayed banned until the House of Sa’ud conquered the Haramayn in 1924. From 1746 to 1924, the scholars of Sunni Islam were unanimous that the...