Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

A New Analysis Of Wahhab Doctrines

This book is corrected and edited by Al-Hassanain (p) Institue for Islamic Heritage and Thought

• Preface
• Introduction
• The distinctive features of this book
• Is Wahhabism a movement?
• Explanation of some points
• Notes
• Islam as the School of Unity
• Keeping aloof from spitefulness
• Why Wahhabism should be identified
• Leaders and Unity
• Notes
• 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
• Notes
• 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 Murtadha Mutahhari
• Shirk {polytheism} in Essence
• Tawhid in Attributes
• Tawhid in Actions
• Tawhid in worship
• The foundations of Tawhid according to the Wahhabis
• 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
• Notes
• 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
• The family of the Prophet is my shelter
• Shafa‘ah according to Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab and Ibn Taymiyyah
• 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
• Notes
• 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
• 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
• Notes
• The Miracles {Karamah} of the Saints of God {Awliya’ Allah}
• Seeking blessings {tabarruk} from the sacred stones
• Seeking Tabarruk from the Prophet (s) and his relics
• Notes
• 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
• Celebration and Mourning according to the Shi`ah and the WahhabiCelebration and Mourning according to the Shi`ah and the Wahhabi
• Celebrations and festivals
• The two festivals {‘idayn} acceptable to the Wahhabis
• Respectable places and dates
• Festivity {‘id} in the Qur’an
• Festivity in Islamic Narrations
• The statements of al-Mawardi
• 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
• Notes
• Distortion {Tahrif} in the Qur’an, Traditions and History
• The excuses and distortions of Wahhabism
• Tahrif in the statements and works of the Prophet
• First instance
• Fourth instance
• Fifth instance
• Notes
• Absolute Obedience to the Ruler
• 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
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Back of Book