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A
New Analysis of Wahhabi Doctrines
Posted: December
8,
2006
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Author: |
Muhammad
Husayn Ibrahimi |
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Translator: |
Mansoor Limba |
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Publisher: |
Ahl al-Bayt ('a)
World Assembly (ABWA) |
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Year of
Publication: |
2007 |
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No. of pages: |
158 pages |
Contents
Transliteration Symbols
Preface
Introduction: The Various Meanings of Freedom
The distinctive features of this book
Is Wahhabism a movement?
Explanation of some points
First Discourse:
Islam as the School of Unity
Keeping aloof from spitefulness
Why Wahhabism should be identified
Leaders and unity
Second Discourse: The
Life Account of Shaykh Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab and
Ibn Sa'ud
A cursory glance at the life account
of Shaykh Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab
Shaykh Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab after the death of his
father
The children and students of Shaykh Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab
The Death of Shaykh Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab
To whom was Shaykh Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab indebted
Ibn Sa‘ud
Third Discourse:
Tawhid from the Shi'ah and Wahhabi Points of
View
The negation of reasoning [ta‘aqqul]
in the Wahhabi school and its consequence
A few words from Martyr Professor Murtada
Mutahhari
Tawhid according to the Shi`ah
philosophers and scholastic theologians [mutakallimin]
Tawhid
of Essence [tawhid-e dhat]
Shirk [polytheism] in Essence
Tawhid in Attributes
Tawhid in Actions
Polytheism in Action [shirk-e af‘ali]
Tawhid in worship
Foundations of Tawhid according to the
Wahhabis
Tawhid
in Lordship [rububi]
Tawhid in Divinity [uluhi or
uluhiyyah]
Tawhid in the Names and Attributes
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
Fourth Discourse:
Tawassul [Resorting to Intermediation],
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 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]
Shafa‘ah according to Muhammad ibn ‘Abd
al-Wahhab and Ibn Taymiyyah
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
the Ahl as-Sunnah
The ‘ulama'’s opposition to Ibn Taymiyyah
Fifth
Discourse: Ziyarah [Visitation] and the
Laws Pertaining to Graves and Mosques According
to the Shi'ah and Wahhabis
Ziy¡rah 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?
Honoring the mosques and praying beside graves
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
Sixth
Discourse: The Miracles [Karamah] of the
Saints of God [Awliya' Allah]
The miracles of the saints of God
as the effect of satisfaction of the soul and
God-wariness [taqwa]
Charities [khayrat], alms [Sadaqat]
and vows [nudhurat]
Seeking blessings from the sacred stones
Seeking Tabarruk from the Prophet and his
relics
Seventh
Discourse: 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
Eighth
Discourse: Celebration and Mourning According to
the Shi'ah and the Wahhabis
Celebrations and festivals
The two festivals acceptable to the Wahhabis
Respectable places and dates
Festivity 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]
Ninth Discourse:
Distortions [Tahrif] in the Qur'an,
Traditions and History
Belief in tahrif according to
Sunni and Shi`ah ‘ulama’
The viewpoint of a number of jurists [fuqaha]
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The excuses and distortions of Wahhabism 114
Tahrif in the statements and works of the
Prophet
Tenth Discourse:
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
precedence in faith
struggle
knowledge and learning
God-wariness [taqwa]
The
ministry of Imam ‘Ali (‘a)
Bibliography
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