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yusufakhtar
08-09-2009 @ 12:41 AM    Notify Admin about this post
yusuf yusuf ibn akhtar (leicester)
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Assalamu-Alaikum,
Recently i was having a conversation with a brother who refused to read books by Shaykh Mohammed Bin Abdul Wahab. He claimed he was an innovator, even though from his book Kitab-At-Tauhid, you can blatantly tell he only came to warn people about innovations, and spoke about the oneness of Allah SWT. He mentioned many hadith to me, which he claims shows that Shaykh Mohammed Bin Abdul Wahab was an innovator.


The Prophet [May Allah bless Him and grant Him peace] stated: I fear from the Najdi?s.    
[Bukhari Chapter on Jihad]


The Prophet [May Allah bless Him and grant Him peace] stated: That the Fitnah will emerge from the east.  
[Bukhari, Kitab-ul-Fitnah]


Abdullah Ibn Umar narrates:

The Prophet [May Allah bless Him and grant Him peace] made Du?a for Syria and Yemen, some people asked him: ?Ya Rasoolallah (Sallallahu? aliahi wa sallam) pray for Najd.?  The Prophet [May Allah bless Him and grant Him peace] again repeated Dua for Syria and Yemen. They again requested for Najd. Upon the third time the Prophet [May Allah bless Him and grant Him peace] said: ?There will be earthquakes there, tribulations will emerge there and a horn of Shaytan will emerge from there?.  
[Bukhari, Kitabul Fitan]

Are these hadith to do with Shaykh Mohammed Bin Abdul Wahab?
Please help..
Jazakullah Khairun

UmarTheFloridian
10-09-2009 @ 10:50 PM    Notify Admin about this post
Aboo Sifr Daniel bin Adam (Al-Ahsa, Eastern Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
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Walaykumus salaam,

Your friend appears to have been had by one of the many fabrications of the Sufi movement.  This specific attribution by the followers of Sufism, whereby they try to connect the hadith of Najd to Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab, is a common tactic of theirs.  It is so cut-and-paste and formulaic that the order in which these narrations are presented are even set in the common pattern.

The main deception used here is that they claim the "najd" referred to in these narrations is the same as the area in modern-day Saudi Arabia referred to as "najd."  This serves the da'wah of the Sufis* well, as Ibn Abdul Wahhab (who is native to the region which is known today as najd within Saudi Arabia) was calling against the exact type of innovation and shirk that many Sufi Orders unfortunately call to.  The originators of these claims, however, conveniently forget two points:

1. The region today known as "najd" in Saudi Arabia was not historically known by that name, in part because the meaning of the word najd (an elevated region and a region that is to the East) does not accurately describe the part of modern-day Saudi Arabia known as Najd (which is a region that is not directly East of Medina, where Muhammad sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam was when the hadith in question was said, and is also a region that is not elevated above Medina).

2. In respect to Medina, which as I mentioned is the area where this hadith was said, the "najd" would refer more accurately to Iraq.  The 'ulama of the past were united in understanding this.  Furthermore, the "najd" is a term that partially depends on your location; thus, there were thirteen regions that were historically known as "najd."

As for the specific hadith mentioned, then these are good examples of the half-truths the enemies of the Salafi da'wah commonly espouse.  Indeed, there are numerous hadith speaking of the horn of Satan, along with other calamities, arising from the region known as "najd."  In many of these hadith, "najd" is named specifically as Iraq!  This, of course, demolishes the argument as Iraq is a specific term.

Take, for example, hadith number 6943 in Sahih Muslim.  'Abdullah bin 'Umar radiyallaahu 'anh said he heard Muhammad sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam speak of the trials from "najd," and his son Salim rahimahullah addressed the people of Iraq, stating that this hadith is in reference to them.  Shu'aib al-Arna'ut and at-Tabarani both recorded versions of this hadith in which the Prophet sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam specifies that "najd" refers to Iraq. There are also hadith in which "najd" is not specified to be Iraq, and it is from these that such people (not your friend, but the originators of these claims) take their arguments.  Both versions appear in the Sahihayn, but as often happens with those with agendas to push, their research is selective.

As for the third and fourth hadiths, then this is quite simple: they are referring to the khawarij.  I believe on Salafi Audio, there are some English language lectures by some of the d'uat regarding the origins of the khawarij.  These hadith arose from the incident of Dhul Khuwaisarah at-Tamimi, and the 'ulama of the past have been unanimous in saying that this refers to the khawarij.  All the same, if your friend claims that this refers to Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab, then the burden of proof is on him for this.

Remember, you should never be impressed by someone who can simply quote hadith.  I know a brother who once quoted a hadith in which Muhammad sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam was visited by 'Uthman, 'Umar, and then Abu Bakr radiyallahu 'anhum as he was lying on his bed.  Long story short, my friend ended up claiming that this hadith is a proof for the claim that a man's thigh is not from his 'awrah.  People can make all sorts of wild claims and say this is the position of Shaykh What's-his-name or quote this or that hadith, but always remember that if the evidence does not support his claim then it is meaningless.

* Please note that I am not calling your friend a Sufi, I don't know him and that is not for me to say.  When I use that word here, I am referring to the shuyookh and the heads of the Sufi Orders from whence these fabrications originate, not the well-intentioned common Muslims who may not even know the origins of these insidious claims.

Husayn_El_Sharif
12-09-2009 @ 2:12 PM    Notify Admin about this post
Aboo Haaroon Husayn Ahmad ibn Jamal (West Palm Beach, FL USA)
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Assalaamu alaikum,

May Allaah reward our brother 'Umar.

You can also find an article related to the deliberate misinterpretation of the "Hadeeth of Najd" by the Sufi Orders at:

"The Hadeeth on Najd"
http://www.troid.org/centre/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=407&Itemid=341

Summary: Many of the lying Soofies have utilized the ahaadeeth pertaining to Najd as an evidence against the daŭwah of Shaykhul-Islaam Muhammad Ibn ŭAbdul-Wahhaab (d.1206H) ŭ rahimahullaah.  And they use it to this day to fight Ahlus-Sunnah.  However, if they only knew that this hadeeth is in fact an evidence against them, not an evidence in their favour.


What is amazing is that the great scholars of hadeeth of the past, such as al-Khattaabee, al-Kirmaanee, al-Aynee, an-Nawawee, ibn Hajr and other than them who were born centuries before Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-Wahhaab mentioned that the hadeeth of Najd refers to Iraaq. Why this issue is ignored is an evidence of the lack of understanding and sincerity on the part of those who try to attack Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adbul-Wahhaab and the call to worshiping Allaah alone (and to abandoning the worship of the graves, shrines, and tombs popularized by the Sufis).






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