
A text that examines fundamental Wahhabi beliefs in comparison to those of the Ahlus Sunnah and the Shi`ah. Topics discussed within include a summarized account of the life of Shaykh Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, one of the prominent figures of this movement, and some of the major ideological issues in which Wahhabis deviate from mainstream Muslims (like Tawassul, Ziyarah, Ta'wil of the Qur'an, etc.).
- A New Analysis of Wahhabi Doctrines
- Preface
- Introduction
- Islam as the School of Unity
- The Life Account of Shaykh Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab and Ibn Sa‘ud
- Tawhid from the Shi`ah and Wahhabi Points of View
- A few words from Martyr Professor Murtadha Mutahhari
- Tawhid according to the Shi`ah philosophers and scholastic theologians {mutakallimun}
- The foundations of Tawhid according to the Wahhabis
- Shirk {polytheism} and its limits according to the Wahhabis
- The socio-political consequences of Tawhid and shirk {polytheism} according to the Wahhabis
- The Wahhabi-Shi`ah difference of perspective on Tawhid
- Tawassul {Resorting To Inter mediation}, Death and Shafa‘Ah {Intercession} According to the Shi`ah and the Wahhabis
- Tawassul according to the Wahhabis
- Analysis of the above verses
- Turning for help {istimdad} of the weak to the strong
- Tawassul in the Qur’an
- Death according to the Wahhabis
- The permission to resort to the sacred personages
- Istimdad and tawassul to the living ones
- The preeminence of tawassul to the Divine Essence
- Tawassul as identical with servitude {‘ubudiyyah}
- An analysis of the quoted noble verse:
- The precedence of the negation of tawassul and shafa‘ah
- The ideas of Ibn Taymiyyah and the reaction of Ahl as-Sunnah
- The ‘ulama'’s opposition to Ibn Taymiyyah
- Ziyarah {Visitation} and the Laws Pertaining to the Graves and Mosques According to the Shi`ah and Wahhabis
- Ziyarah according to Sunnis and Shi`ah
- The views of Ibn al-Qudamah
- The view of ‘Allamah Majlisi
- Visiting the grave as an excellent sunnah
- The laws pertaining to the graves and mosques
- Why did the Wahhabis not destroy the graves of the Prophet (s) and the Two Sheikhs {shaykhayn} (Abu Bakr and ‘Umar)?
- Argument based on verse 21 of Surah al-Kahf
- Another argument
- Construction of mosques near the graves
- Elevation of the graves
- The Wahhabi viewpoint concerning the ornamentation of mosques and holy shrines
- Traveling to for visit mosques
- The Miracles {Karamah} of the Saints of God {Awliya’ Allah}
- Allegorical Interpretation {Ta’wil} in the Qur’an
- Ta’wil according to the Wahhabis
- The Juhaymi nature of the Shi`ah
- The Wahhabis have not trodden the path of enlightenment
- Celebrations and festivals
- Respectable places and dates
- Festivity {‘id} in the Qur’an
- Festivity in Islamic Narrations
- The statements of al-Mawardi
- The reason behind the Wahhabis’ sensitivity to festivity and lamentation {‘aza}
- Mourning according to Islam and Wahhabism
- A critique of the quoted tradition
- The other argument of the Wahhabis
- The precedence of mourning
- Types of elegy writing
- Mourning in the Shi`ah and Sunni schools {madhahib}
- Distortion {Tahrif} in the Qur’an, Traditions and History
- Absolute Obedience to the Ruler
- The practice of the Companions {sahabah}
- Obedience to the ruler and one vested with authority {wali al-amr} among the Shi`ah
- The first wali al-amr after the Prophet and the criterion of preeminence of the Companions
- First, precedence in faith
- Second, struggle
- Third, knowledge and learning
- Fourth, God-wariness {taqwa}
- The ministry of Imam ‘Ali (‘a)
- Bibliography