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The Hidden Truth - Wahabism
For such a long time I have been wondering about for answers to which sect to follow and what to do now that I have become a Muslim. From many friends, I got different ideas, Sunnis/Sufis, Wahabism/Salafism, Shiaism. I won't mention the other sects as many have left the bounds of Islam, i.e. Ahmedies/Qadyanis. Many people even today are not familiar with this and class Ahmedies as Muslim too but the fact that they believe in a prophet after our Holy Prophet s.a.w. makes them non Muslims, no doubt about it.So, I went on a journey, not that I traveled anywhere but a journey to find the truth. I came across many people, some lovely friends, some great morons and some great assholes. I started to look into this whole sectarian mess and I find it difficult to separate the hand of imperialist and zionist entities and the sectarianism within ourselves.I have decided to stay a Sunni/Sufi Muslim, which I deem to be the closest to the original Islam that was introduced fourteen hundred years ago.

I know many will point a finger at me and laugh and call me a deviant but I find that Sunni/Sufi Muslims are the ones that are true. I find such love and compassion among these people, such tolerance and the way they pride themselves in associating themselves with the Prophet s.a.w. and His noble Friends, the Companions r.a. MashaAllah, it brings tears to my eyes. Here I would like to mention that wahabis/salafis tend to say that Sufi followers are mushrikeen and worship graves, hence the word deviant, but I would like to share my experience. Last year I went to visit my new family in Pakistan. It was a wonderful visit and I loved it. We went to visit Mangla Dam which is located in Azad Kashmir and just a bit further up there is the Shrine of Peer-e-Shah Ghazi, Mian Mohammad Baksh. Me and my husband decided to pay a visit although my father in law had clearly told us to do so. So, I went there. I went inside the shrine, read Surah Fatiha, the four Quls and prayed for the great man who was buried there and prayed to Allah that our Ummah be blessed and that all the sufferings of our Ummah be ended. I saw around me, countless people who had come to pay a visit and by no means did I saw anything that could have been classed as grave worship. I decided I need to look into this conflict of ideologies when I go back to the UK and so I did. And what I found out from historical events is that by no means is the wahabi/salafi true. I find it to be an abomination in our midst which needs to be tackled and the people need to know about it.

So we start with a little bit of history.

Except for a few major cities and oasis, the harsh climate historically prevented much settlement of the Arabian Peninsula. People of various cultures have lived in the peninsula over a span of more than 5,000 years. The Dilmun culture, along the Gulf coast, was contemporaneous with the Sumerians and ancient Egyptians, and most of the empires of the ancient world traded with the states of the peninsula.

The Saudi state began in central Arabia*** in about 1750. A local ruler, Muhammad bin Saud, joined forces with an Islamic reformer, Muhammad Abd Al-Wahhab, to create a new political entity. Over the next 150 years, the fortunes of the Saud family rose and fell several times as Saudi rulers contended with Egypt, the Ottoman Empire, and other Arabian families for control on the peninsula. The modern Saudi state was founded by the late King Abdul Aziz Al-Saud (known internationally as Ibn Saud). In 1902, Abdul Aziz recaptured Riyadh, the Al-Saud dynasty’s ancestral capital, from the rival Al-Rashid family. Continuing his conquests, Abdul Aziz subdued Al-Hasa, the rest of Najd, and the Hijaz between 1913 and 1926. In 1932, these regions were unified as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.


 * NOTE CENTRAL ARABIA IS THE REGION OF NAJD

I have come across a recent video on youtube in which the grand Mufti of the Saudis refutes the martyrdom of the Grandsons of the Holy Prophet s.a.w. by saying that it was Allah's will but in his opinion Imam Hassan and Hussain r.a. should have never gone to Iraq. And he goes on further saying that no Muslim should question his rulers, no matter how wrong the ruler is. The man is clearly saying that it was Allah's will that it had to happen like this but in his, the mufti, opinion it was a wrong step to take. Now I found this very contradicting to the teachings of Islam. I asked myself is it human nature not to question an unjust and a tyrant ruler? My humanity told me No as humans we need to question our rulers and as Islam is a religion which is totally compliant with nature, I figured out that the grand Mufti of the Saudis only wanted people to stop from questioning the Saudi monarchs on what they do. But why arose the question? If a ruler has got nothing to hide and is not doing anything wrong then why does he feel the need for a legal edict - Fatwa to make sure people don't question him. There is something wrong here isn't it? Especially with the uprisings in Bahrain, Arabia and Yemen as we speak and they are being oppressed with force, torture and murder. I went on to study a bit more of the history of the Najd region in Arabia - Pardon me but I refuse to call it Saudi Arabia as it does not belong to them.

Sahi Bukhari (Book #88, Hadith #214)

Narrated Ibn ‘Umar: The Prophet (s)said, “O Allah! Bestow Your blessings on our Sham! O Allah! Bestow Your blessings on our Yemen.” The People said, “And also on our NAJD.” He said, “O Allah! Bestow Your blessings on our Sham (north)! O Allah! Bestow Your blessings on our Yemen.” The people said, “O Allah’s Apostle! And also on our NAJD.” I think the third time the Prophet (s) said, “There (in NAJD) is the place of earthquakes and afflictions and from there comes out the side of the head of Satan.”

Now keeping this Sahih Hadith in mind we can have a look into the history of Najd. Anyone remember the false prophet, Musaylima? Yes Musaylima - may Allah curse him was from the region of Najd. Also keep in mind that the Najdis were the very first who refused to pay Zakat after the death of the Holy Prophet s.a.w. We get two Fitnahs right there and then straight after the Death of the Prophet s.a.w. and both the Fitnahs emerge from Najd.While looking into this we also come to the conclusion that the Prophet s.a.w. always disliked the Najdis although He praised on some occasions the people of Banu Tamim and this is the Hadith that the wahabi/salafi uses to divert attention but from many other Hadith it is crystal clear that the dislike of the Prophet s.a.w towards the Najdis. is a reality. The Prophet s.a.w. always feared from the people of Najd in regards of His Ummah. And it is no exclusion for the people of any tribe of Arabia. Every now and then the Prophet s.a.w. praised every tribe of Arabia.

Sahi Muslim (Book #001, Hadith #0095)

It is reported on the authority of Jabir b. Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah (may peace and, blessings be upon him) observed: The callousness of heart and sternness is in the EAST( Najd)and faith is among the people of the Hijaz(Medina and Mekkah).

Sahih Bukari -Dealing with Apostates [Book #84 Hadith #67]

Narrated Abu Sa'id: While the Prophet was distributing (something, 'Abdullah bin Dhil Khawaisira At-Tamimi came and said, "Be just, O Allah's Apostle!" The Prophet said, "Woe to you ! Who would be just if I were not?" 'Umar bin Al-Khattab said, "Allow me to cut off his neck ! " The Prophet said, " Leave him, for he has companions, and if you compare your prayers with their prayers and your fasting with theirs, you will look down upon your prayers and fasting, in comparison to theirs. Yet they will go out of the religion as an arrow darts through the game's body in which case, if the Qudhadh of the arrow is examined, nothing will be found on it, and when its Nasl is examined, nothing will be found on it; and then its Nadiyi is examined, nothing will be found on it. The arrow has been too fast to be smeared by dung and blood. The sign by which these people will be recognized will be a man whose one hand (or breast) will be like the breast of a woman (or like a moving piece of flesh). These people will appear when there will be differences among the people (Muslims)." Abu Sa'id added: I testify that I heard this from the Prophet and also testify that 'Ali killed those people while I was with him. The man with the description given by the Prophet was brought to 'Ali. The following Verses were revealed in connection with that very person (i.e., 'Abdullah bin Dhil-Khawaisira At-Tarnimi): 'And among them are men who accuse you (O Muhammad) in the matter of (the distribution of) the alms.' (9.58)

The above two Hadith clearly point towards the fact that the people of Najd were never close to Islam. We also need to keep in mind that it was these people of the Najd who were converted to Islam by the sword and the reason for that was, in my opinion, that they were not sincere and used to back stab the Muslims so the Muslims decided to force them - the people of Najd, into Islam. The above Hadith solely points to the fact that the Najdis were always lured by the shine of gold and silver. Their following the religion will put everyone in shame but their faith went only as far as their throats and did not mean much to them. The proof that the holy Prophet s.a.w. disliked the people of Najd and that he feared from them for his People - Ummah is just right here in this Hadith.

`Amir ibn Malik came to the Prophet in the 4th year of the Hijra, neither accepting nor rejecting Islam. Instead he said: “O Muhammad! If you send some of your Companions to the people of Najd to call them to your affair, I have hope that they shall respond favorably to you.” The Prophet replied: “Truly I fear for them [harm] from the people of Najd” (innî akshâ `alayhim ahla Najd). `Amir said: “I proclaim that they are under my protection.” The Prophet then sent seventy men from the elite of the Ansar. They travelled until they alighted at the Well of Ma`una, at which time they sent Haram ibn Malhan with the letter of the Messenger of Allah to `Amir ibn al-Tufayl. The latter did not look at the letter but instead killed Haram ibn Malhan. Then he called upon the Banu `Amir for assistance to kill the rest of the Muslim group, but they declined to challenge `Amir ibn Malik’s protectorate. So `Amir ibn al-Tufayl called upon the following tribes of the Banu Sulaym: `Usayya, Ra`l, Dhakwan, and they responded to him. They formed an expedition and surrounded the group with their mounts. The Muslims were killed to the last man but for `Amr ibn Umayya al-Dumari who returned to Madina. The Prophet was deeply affected by their death and remained supplicating (yaqnutu) for one month during the dawn prayer against the (Najdi) Banu Sulaym tribes of Ra`l, Dhakwan, Banu Lahyan, and `Usayya.

references :

Hadith cited by al-Tabari in his Tarikh (2:81) and – in parts – from Anas by al-Bukhari; al-Bayhaqi, al-Sunan al-Kubra (9:225 #18587), Abu Ya`la (5:448), Ahmad, al-Tahawi in Sharh Ma`ani al-Athar (1:244 waj`al qulûbahum `alâ qulubi nisâ’a kawâfir).

It is also established in the authentic Sunnah that after Abu Talib’s death by about three years, in the 10th year of the Hijrah, on the actual night that the Prophet was preparing to leave Makkah for Madina, the plot to kill him by the collective hand of a conspiracy of the tribes was hatched up by Iblis in the guise of a venerable old man (shaykh jalîl) who, when asked who he was, he simply answered”An old man from Najd” (shaykhun min Najd). The reports go on to refer to him as “The Old Man from Najd” (al-shaykh al-najdî).Another aspect is the Khwarijite movement, the wahabi/salafi dispute the fact that Najdis were not and are not related/associated to the Khwarijite movement and have never been in the past. But when we tend to look at historical events, Abd al-Qahir Baghdadi writes in his publications :

Kharijite movement, Imam Abd al-Qahir al-Baghdadi also describes the intimate involvement of Tamimites, and of Central Arabians generally, noting that the tribes of Yemen and Hijaz contributed hardly anyone to the Kharijite forces. He gives an account of Dhu’l-Khuwaysira’s later Kharijite activism. Appearing before Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (k.A.w.) he says: ‘Ibn Abi Talib! I am only fighting you for the sake of Allah and the Afterlife!’ to which Imam Ali replies: ‘Nay, you are like those of whom Allah says, “Shall I inform you who are the ones whose works are most in loss? It is they whose efforts are astray in the life of this world, but who think that they are doing good!” [Kahf, 103].’ (Imam Abd al-Qahir al-Baghdadi, al-Farq bayn al-firaq (Cairo, n.d.), 80; see the note to p.76 for the full identification of Dhu’l-Khuwaysira.)

As Imam Abd al-Qahir gives his account of the early Kharijite rebellions, replete with appalling massacres of innocent Muslim civilians, he makes it clear that the leaders of each of the significant Kharijite movements hailed from Najd. For instance, the Azariqa, one of the most vicious and widespread Khariji movements, were led by Nafi‘ ibn al-Azraq, who was from the Central Arabian tribe of Banu Hanifa (Abd al-Qahir, 82). As the Imam records, ‘Nafi and his followers considered the territory of those who opposed them to be Dar al-Kufr, in which one could slaughter their women and children. [. . .] They used to say: “Our opponents are mushriks, and hence we are not obliged to return anything we hold in trust to them.’ (Abd al-Qahir, 84.) After his death in battle, ‘the Azariqa pledged their allegiance to Ubaydallah ibn Ma’mun al-Tamimi. Al-Muhallab then fought them at Ahwaz, where Ubaidallah ibn Ma’mun himself died, along with his brother Uthman ibn Ma’mun and three hundred of the most fanatical of the Azariqa. The remainder retreated to Aydaj, where they pledged their allegiance to Qatari ibn al-Fuja’a, whom they called Amir al-Mu’minin.’ (Abd al-Qahir, 85-6.) The commentator to Abd al-Qahir’s text reminds us that Ibn Fuja’a was also of Tamim (p.86). The Azariqa, who massacred countless tens of thousands of Muslims who refused to accept their views, had a rival in the Najdiyya faction of the Kharijites. These were named after Najda ibn Amir, a member of the tribe of Hanifa whose homeland is Najd; Najda himself maintained his army in Yamama, which is part of Najd. (Abd al-Qahir, 87.)

There is something else that the wahabi/salafi deem a form of shirk and bid'aa. They oppose the notion of some one saying Ya Rasool Ullah. When we clearly know and understand that in the Quran, Allah Subhana Wa Taa'la, Himself has spoken to our Prophet s.a.w. and called him by the phrase Ya Rasool Ullah. But, the wahabi/salafi teachings deem this as shirk and bid'aa. They claim that by doing so, saying Ya Rasool Ullah, means we are calling out to a non Allah hence we are involved in shirk. But looking at historical events we can come to a conclusion that this is merely a fabrication of the wahabi/salafi mindset, especially Ibn Wahab - the innovator and director of wahabism/salafism. The first Fitnah that arose in Arabia after the death of Prophet s.a.w. is referred to as The Ridda.

The Ridda: the First Fitna

There is a further issue which Muslims will wish to consider when forming their view of Najd. This is the attitude of the Najdis following the death of the Messenger (s.w.s.). The historians affirm that the great majority of the rebellions against the payment of zakat which broke out during the khilafa of Abu Bakr (r.a.) took place among Najdis. Moreoever, and even more significantly, many of the the Najdi rebellions were grounded in a strange anti-Islamic ideology. The best-known of these was led by Musaylima, who claimed to be a prophet, and who established a rival shari‘a which included quasi-Muslim rituals such as forms of fasting and dietary rules. He followed the Islamic prayer rules, but abolished the Fajr and the Isha prayers. One of his so-called ‘revelations’ ran:

Banu Tamim is a tribe of purity,

a free people, with no fault in them,

neither do they pay a tribute.

We shall be their allies of protection,

good to them for as long as we live!

We shall protect them from everyone,

and when we die, their affair is with al-Rahman.

(Imam al-Tabari, Tarikh al-Rusul wa’l-Muluk [Beirut, 1407], II, 276).

Musaylima was a forceful speaker, and soon gained a huge following in Central Arabia. However the historians record that when he tried to imitate the miracles of the Prophet (s.a.w.) disaster would result. Children brought to him for cures would become sicker. When his wudu water was poured over crops, the land would turn sterile. Wells that he had used would turn salty. However the power of tribalism caused many to pay no attention. Talha al-Namari came to Najd and said: ‘Where is Musaylima?’ At this the people said: ‘Careful! Call him the Messenger of Allah!’ So he replied: ‘No, not until I have seen him.’ So when he came to him he said: ‘You are Musaylima,’ and he replied, ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘Who comes to you?’ and he replied: ‘Al-Rahman’. He asked: ‘Does he come in light or darkness?’ ‘In darkness.’ Whereupon he said: ‘I bear witness that you are a liar and that Muhammad tells the truth, but a liar of your tribe is dearer to me than a truth-teller of his.’ So he joined Musaylima until he was killed at the Battle of Aqraba. (Tabari, II, 277). Incidents like this are revealing in two ways. Firstly, they show the characteristic feature of Musaylima’s aqeedah: Allah resembles a physical being who can ‘come’. Secondly, they reveal the immense, blind power of Arabian tribalism as this still existed in Najd. As leader of a rival religion, he and his Najdi enthusiasts were in a state of baghy, heretical revolt against due caliphal authority, and Abu Bakr (r.a.) sent an army against them under Khalid ibn al-Walid. In the year 12 of the Hijra Khalid defeated the Najdis at the Battle of al-Aqraba, a bloody clash that centred on a walled garden which is known to our historians as the Garden of Death, because hundreds of great Companions lost their lives there at the hands of the Najdis. The battle ranged the egalitarian spirit of Islam against the old Arab tribalism, as was shown by the fact that the banner of the Muhajirun was held by a freed Persian slave, Salim, while the banner of the Ansar was held high by Thabit b. Qays. The Muslim battle-cry was not the invocation of a tribe or an ancestor, instead it was, ‘Ya Muhammad!’ (Tabari, 281.) The pseudo-prophet was killed by Wahshi, the Ethiopian slave who, even though he had killed Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib, had made good his Islam, and was now an honored member of the community. The killing of the prophet of Najdi pride by a man of such humble origins was a powerful symbol of the principles that were at stake.

(See Abdallah ibn Muslim Ibn Qutayba, Kitab al-Ma‘arif [Cairo, 1960], p.206; Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri, Futuh al-buldan [repr. Beirut, n.d., p.86.])

Devotion to Musaylima lingered on in Central Arabia, however. An indication of the continuity of Najdi religious life is given by the non-Muslim traveller Palgrave, who as late as 1862 found that some Najdi tribesmen continued to revere Musaylima as a prophet. (W. Palgrave, Narrative of a year’s journey through Central and Eastern Arabia [London, 1865], I, 382.)

The other ringleader of Najdi rebellion against the khilafa was a woman known as Sajah, whose full name was Umm Sadir bint Aws, and who belonged to the tribe of Tamim. She made claims to prophethood in the name of a rabb who was ‘in the clouds’, and who gave her revelations by which she succeeded in uniting sections of the Tamim who had argued among themselves over the extent to which they should reject the authority of Madina. Leading several campaigns against tribes who remained loyal to Islam, the Najdi prophetess is said to have thrown in her lot with Musaylima. Other than this, little is known of her fate. (Ibn Qutayba, Ma‘arif,

p.405; Baladhuri, Futuh, pp.99-100.)

If you have just finished reading this account of the killing of musaylima - may Allah curse him you must have noticed the fact that the battle cry of the Muslims was not of a tribal sort but it was Ya Mohammad [Ya Rasool Ullah]. If now we imply the teachings of Ibn wahab najdi's wahabism to this battle fought under the leadership of one of the history's greatest generalsand a very devout Muslim and one of the companions who later took on the empire of Persia, Khalid Bin Walid r.a., would we class him as a mushrik and a deviant because of his battle cry? No Astaghfirullah No one would dare to call the Sword of Allah - Khalid bin Walid r.a. a mushrik and a deviant. The wahabi claim is false that we invoke deities and commit shirk by saying Ya Rasool Ullah and Ya Mohammad s.a.w. It is just the love for the Prophet s.a.w. that comes out on such occasions and the phrase Ya Rasool Ullah is said under such emotional pride that Allah showers His blessings on us.Now let us go to the beginning. Where every grave, every house, every mosque of historical importance is being leveled in Arabia under the teachings of Ibn wahab Najdi i.e. wahabism. They claim that people do shirk and are involved in bid'aa when they come for Hajj and Umra so they demolished more than four hundred and fifty historical sites in Makkah and Madina just because they claim people commit shirk and bid'aa. In some cases I agree with the claim that grave worship is being done in some remote areas of Asian countries but that has got nothing to do with shirk or bid'aa. It is merely the fact that Islam hasn't reached these people in its full glory and there is room for more education. We need to tell these people that what they do is not Islamic. How will they understand if we just go and level and disgrace the grave? Leveling graves and grave yards is not an answer to this illiteracy but the education of Islam is. As my understanding goes, the house of saud of Najd is demolishing historical Islamic sites and building five star hotels and shopping malls around the Kaa'ba. The current zam zam towers is a good example. It comprises of aerobic classes, star bucks. top shop etc etc. Can some one explain to me what is the bid'aa here? The house of the first Lady of the House of the Prophet s.a.w. which is now turned into a public toilets site or star bucks, aerobic halls and top shop right opposite Kaa'ba? They claim they want to expand the Masjid Al Haram because of the growing numbers of the Hajjis every year. But I don't see that relevant. The saudi najdi government has total control over how many Hajjis they let in every year for Hajj. Why increase the number when there is no need? Yes exactly. They want to capitalize on Hajj as much as they can in the shortest period of time. There is a palace right in front of the Kaa'ba and why isn't that being demolished and the space used for expansion instead of the demolishing of the historical sites in the name of shirk and bid'aa? Without any doubts I am saying that the wahabi house of saud is trying to establish a class system in the holiest place on Earth. Majority of the pilgrims that go to Mekkah for Hajj, save up their whole life to meet the basic costs, how on earth will they afford the luxurious flats and hotel rooms during Hajj.Let us go back into history a little bit.

NOW LET US EXPOSE THE WAHHABI/SALAFI/AHLE HADITH FROM THE MOUTH OF HEMPHER THE BRITISH SPY WHO WAS SENT TO HELP IBN ABDUL WAHHAB NAJDI AND THE NAJDI SAUD FAMILY TO CREATE DISUNITY AMONG MUSLIMS BY CREATING AND SUPPORTING THE WAHHABI MOVEMENT IN ARABIA AGAINST ISLAM.

In Hempher's own words.

After a few of my(Hempher) reports, the secretary held a meeting to scrutinize the reports given by four of us. When my friends submitted their reports pertaining to their tasks, I(Hemper), too, submitted my report. They took some notes from my report. The Minister, the secretary, and some of those who attended the meeting praised my work. Nevertheless I was the third best. The first grade was won by my friend “George Belcoude”, and “Henry Fanse” was the second best.

I had doubtlessly been greatly successful in learning Turkish and Arabic languages, the Qur’an and the Shariat. Yet I had not managed to prepare for the Ministry a report revealing the weak aspects of the Ottoman Empire. After the two-hour meeting, the secretary asked me the reason for my failure. I said, “My essential duty was to learn languages and the Qur’an and the Shariat. I could not spare time for anything in addition. But I shall please you this time if you trust me.” The secretary said I was certainly successful but he wished I had won the first grade. (And he went on):“O Hempher, your next mission comprises these two tasks:1- To discover Muslims’ weak points and the points through which we can enter their bodies and disjoin their limbs. Indeed, this is the way to beat the enemy.2- The moment you have detected these points and done what I have told you to, [in other words, when you manage to sow discord among Muslims and set them at loggerheads with one another], you will be the most successful agent and earn a medal from the MinistrMuhammad bin Abd-ul-wahhab Najdi was the sort I had been looking for. For his scorn for the time’s scholars, his slighting even the (earliest) four Khalifas, his having an independent view in understanding the Qur’an and the Sunnat were his most vulnerable points to hunt and obtain him. So different this conceited youngster was from that Ahmad Effendi who had taught me in Istanbul! That scholar, like his predecessors, was reminiscent of a mountain. No power would be able to move him. Whenever he mentioned the name of Abu Hanifa, he would stand up, go and make ablution. Whenever he meant to hold the book of Hadith named Bukhari, he would, again, make ablution. The Sunnis trust this book very much.Muhammad bin Abd-ul-wahhab Najdi, on the other hand, disdained Abu Hanifa very much. He would say, “I know better than Abu Hanifa did .” In addition, according to him, half of the book of Bukhari was wrong .I found out later that Abd-ul-karim was a Christian agent living in the Jelfa district of Isfahan and working for the Ministry. And Asiya, a Jewess living in Shiraz, was another agent for the Ministry. All four of us coordinated to train Muhammad of Najd in such a way that in future he would do what was excepted from him in the best way.After a month’s stay in London, I received a message from the British Ministry ordering me to go to Iraq to see Muhammad of Najd again. As I was leaving for my mission, the secretary said to me, “Never be negligent about Muhammad of Najd! As it is understood from the reports sent by our spies up until now, Muhammad of Najd is a typical fool very convenient for the realization of our purposes.“Talk frankly with Muhammad of Najd. Our agents talked with him frankly in Isfahan, and he accepted our wishes on terms. The terms he stipulated are: He would be supported with adequate property and weaponry to protect himself against states and scholars who would certainly attack him upon his announcing his ideas and views. A principality would be established in his country, be it a small one. The Ministry accepted these terms.”I felt as if I were going to fly from joy when I heard this news. I asked the secretary what I was supposed to do about this. His reply was, “The Ministry has devised a subtle scheme for Muhammad of Najd to carry out, as follows:“1- He is to declare all Muslims as disbelievers and announce that it is halal to kill them, to seize their property, to violate their chastity, to make their men slaves and their women concubines and to sell them at slave markets.“2- He is to state that Kaba is an idol and therefore it must be demolished (75). In order to do away with the worship of hajj, he is to provoke tribes to raid groups of hajjis (Muslim pilgrims), to plunder their belongings and to kill them.“3- He is to strive to dissuade Muslims from obeying the Khalifa. He is to provoke them to revolt against him. He is to prepare armies for this purpose. He is to exploit every opportunity to spread the conviction that it is necessary to fight against the notables of Hedjaz and bring disgrace on them.“4- He is to allege that the mausoleums, domes and sacred places in Muslim countries are idols and polytheistic milieus and must therefore be demolished. He is to do his best to produce occasions for insulting Prophet Muhammad, his Khalifas, and all prominent scholars of Madhhabs.“5- He is to do his utmost to encourage insurrections, oppressions and anarchy in Muslim countries.“6- He is to try to publish a copy of the Qur’an interpolated with additions and excisions, as is the case with hadiths (76).”After explaining this six-paragraph scheme, the secretary added, “Do not panic at this huge programma. For our duty is to sow the seeds for annihilating Islam. There will come generations to complete this job. The British government has formed it a habit to be patient and to advance step by step. Wasn’t Prophet Muhammad, the performer of the great and bewildering Islamic revolution, a human being after all? And this Muhammad of Najd of ours has promised to accomplish this revolution of ours like his Prophet.”A couple of days later, I took permission from the Minister and the Secretary of Britain, bid farewell to my family and friends, and set out for Basra. I went to Abd-ur- Rida’s home. He was asleep. He was very pleased when he woke up and saw me. He offered me warm hospitality. I spent the night there. The next morning he said to me, “Muhammad of Najd called on me, left this letter for you, and left.” I opened the letter. He wrote the was leaving for his country, Najd, and gave his address there. I at once set out to go there, too. After an extremely onerous journey I arrived there. I found Muhammad of Najd in his home.

I stayed with Muhammad of Najd for two years. We made a programma to announce his call. Eventually I fomented his resolution in 1143 Hijri [A.D. 1730]. Hence by collecting

supporters around himself, he insinuated his call by making covert statements to those who were very close to him. Then, day by day, he expanded his call. I put guards around him in order to protect him against his enemies. I gave them as much property and money as they wanted. Whenever the enemies of Muhammad of Najd wanted to attack him, I inspirited and heartened them. As his call spread wider, the number of his adversaries increased. From time to time he attempted to give up his call, especially when he was overwhelmed by the multitude of the attacks made on him. Yet I never left him alone and always encouraged him. I would say to him, “O Muhammad, the Prophet suffered more persecution than you have so far. You know, this is a way of honor. Like any other revolutionist, you would have to endure some difficulty!”

Enemy attack was likely any moment. I therefore hired spies on his adversaries. Whenever his enemies meant harm to him, the spies would report to me and so I would neutralize their harm. Once I was informed that the enemies were to kill him. I immediately took the precautions to thwart their preparations. When the people (around Muhammad of Najd) heard about this plot of their enemies, they began to hate them all the more. They fell into the trap they had laid.

Muhammad of Najd promised me that he would implement all the six articles of the scheme and added, “For the time being I can execute them only partly.” He was right in this word of his. At that time it was impossible for him to carry out all of them.

He found it impossible to have Kaba demolished. And he gave up the idea of announcing that it (Kaba) is an idol. In addition, he refused to publish an interpolated copy of the Qur’an. Most of his fears in this respect were from the Sharifs in Mecca and the Istanbul government. He told me that “If we made these two announcements we would be attacked by a powerful army.” I accepted his excuse. For he was right. The conditions were not favorable at all.

A couple of years later the Ministry of Commonwealth managed to cajole Muhammad bin Su’ud, the Amir of Der’iyya, into joining our lines. They sent me a messenger to inform me about this and to establish a mutual affection and cooperation between the two Muhammads. For earning Muslims’ hearts and trusts, we exploited our Muhammad of Najd religiously, and Muhammad bin Su’ud politically. It is an historical fact that states based on religion have lived longer and have been more powerful and more imposing.

Thus we continuously became more and more powerful. We made Der’iyya(Najd)(Riyadh) city our capital. And we named our new religion the WAHHABI religion. The Ministry supported and reinforced the Wahhabi government in an underhanded way. The new government bought eleven British officers, very well learned in the Arabic language and desert warfare, under the name of slaves. We prepared our plans in cooperation with these officers. Both Muhammads followed the way we showed them. When we did not receive any orders from the Ministry we made our own decisions.

We all married girls from tribes. We enjoyed the pleasure of a Muslim wife’s devotion to her husband. Thus we had stronger relations with tribes. Everything goes well now. Our centralization is becoming more and more vigorous each day. Unless an unexpected catastrophe takes place, we shall eat the fruit we have prepared. For we have done whatever is necessary and sown the seeds

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Needless to say that the Banu Tamim who is the Majority tribe from Najd will be also the MAJORITY of people helping the Dajjal, though in the accordance of  A hadith it is acknowledged that some good Muslims from Bnau Tamim tribe will also be the the fighters against the Dajjal, which proves eventually these good Muslims from Banu Tamim will hate their own tribe and will be the foremost to appose the Dajjal helpers from their own tribe.

'Battles (Kitab Al-Malahim)' of Sunan Abu-Dawud.


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Narrated AbuBakrah: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: Some of my people will alight on low-lying ground, which they will call al-Basrah, beside a river called Dajjal (the Tigris) over which there is a bridge. Its people will be numerous and it will be one of the capital cities of immigrants (or one of the capital cities of Muslims, according to the version of Ibn Yahya who reported from AbuMa'mar). At the end of time the descendants of Qantura' will come with broad faces and small eyes and alight on the bank of the river. The town's inhabitants will then separate into three sections, one of which will follow cattle and (live in) the desert and perish, another of which will seek security for themselves and perish, but a third will put their children behind their backs and fight the invaders, and they will be the martyrs.

'Battles (Kitab Al-Malahim)' of Sunan Abu-Dawud. #4285

Narrated AbudDarda': The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: The place of assembly of the Muslims at the time of the war will be in al-Ghutah near a city called Damascus, one of the best cities in Syria.

Hadith [Narrated on authority of Ibn Majah, Al-Hakim, Ahmad]

On the authority of Thawbaan, the Messenger of Allah Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam said: "If you see the Black Banners coming from Khurasan go to them immediately, even if you must crawl over ice, because indeed amongst them is the Caliph, Al Mahdi."

If we read the above three Hadith carefully we will come to know that three cities are mentioned in the three Hadith.

Al-Basrah Al-Ghutah - Damascus Khurasaan

Now let us take a look where these three cities are located. Al-Basrah, which is clearly in Iraq, Damascus in Syria and as for Khurasaan, lets see where this city is located today.

Greater Khorasan (Persian: خراسان بزرگ) (also written Khorasaan, Khurasan and Khurasaan) is a modern term for eastern territories of ancient Persia since the 3. century A.D.. Khorasan is a Pahlavi word which means “the land of sunrise”. Greater Khorasan included territories that presently are part of Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

Greater Khorasan contained mostly Nishapur and Tus (now in Iran), Herat, Balkh, Kabul and Ghazni (now in Afghanistan), Merv and Sanjan (now in Turkmenistan), Samarqand and Bukhara (both now in Uzbekistan), Khujand and Panjakent (now in Tajikistan).

Transoxiana (sometimes spelled Transoxania) / Ma Wara’un-Nahr (Arabic: ما وراء النهر) / Farārood (Persian: فرارود) is the ancient name used for the portion of Central Asia corresponding approximately with modern-day Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and southwest Kazakhstan.

Now looking at all these cities from the very recent historic perspective, Basrah in Iraq has been violated, raped, destroyed twice in the last 2 decades. Keep in mind that all these cities have an importance according to the Hadith.Afghanistan is still under occupation and has been ravaged in the past by two super powers, one is still occupying it as we speak. Remember as we know from the Hadith that Imam Mahdi r.a. will come from Khurasan and some parts of modern day Afghanistan are parts of this historic and important city of Khurasaan. Some parts of Iran are included in the city of Khurasaan and as we know from the events unfolding today, Iran is under a constant threat from the US and its allies, especially Israel. We can expect, or rather I expect Iran to be attacked in the near future because of the importance of Khurasaan within its borders.

The central Asian countries which also house some parts of the Khurasaan city, are under pro-west rule and US has its bases in that region, not to forget that these regions were oppressed during the last few decades of the twentieth century by USSR. Now these sovereign states are hosts to military bases and the only place where a US military base is not present in this whole region of historic importance is Iran and Syria, and both these nations are under a threat. Syria is already in turmoil and is being plundered and destroyed. Iran is holding out but until when? Iran is under strict sanctions which are crippling its economy.

Now let is examine who those people are that help the US and its allies in the region. Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain and UAE. Please when I mention these countries I literally mean the regimes and not the people of these nations. KSA has been at the forefront of helping the US and allies in the region. It provides US and allies with land bases, oil for their war machines and diplomatic support in the OIC and AL [Organization of Islamic Cooperation and Arab League] and on many fronts KSA provides moral support too. Qatar being an independent state, today provides US and its allies with media support through Al-Jazeera and not to forget the financial and oil aid, along with diplomatic support in the OIC and AL. Bahrain and UAE are also pro-west regimes which stand with KSA and Qatar on any issue, hence provide support for US and its allies. These states have played a major role in the destruction of all the cities which have an importance in the Hadith.In the light of all the unfolding events and history, can we in all honesty ask this question?

Are the kuffaar aware of our prophecies and Hadith and are they acting accordingly to make sure all these cities are destroyed to an extent that when the Imam Mahdi r.a. arrives he has not much support and the dajjal does not face much resistance?

Ask yourself this question in the lime light of the Hadith and historic events. I have come to that phase when I have created a picture in my head in which I can clearly see what is happening. Many will say it is a conspiracy theory but when we look at it rationally we conclude that it makes sense. And since the death of the Holy Prophet s.a.w. why is it just Najdis who are involved in these Fitnahs? The house of saud is systematically destroying our Islamic heritage. Most of it was destroyed during the rise of house of saud during the early 1920s. Mekkah is believed to be a sanctuary where no blood can be spilled by anyone. The Prophet s.a.w. was allowed to fight only for a few hours of that specific day - the day of the Conquest of Mekkah and it was strictly forbidden after that. These few Hadith prove the fact that not even a wild thorny shrub is allowed to be uprooted with in the sacred boundaries of Mekkah.

Allah said,

(And (remember) when Ibrahim said, "My Lord, make this city (Makkah) a place of security and provide its people with fruits, such of them as believe in Allah and the Last Day.'')

Imam Abu Ja`far bin Jarir At-Tabari narrated that Jabir bin `Abdullah said that the Messenger of Allah said, (Ibrahim made Allah's House a Sacred Area and a safe refuge. I have made what is between the two sides of Al-Madinah a Sacred Area. Therefore, its game should not be hunted, and its trees should not be cut.) An-Nasa'i and Muslim also recorded this Hadith.

There are several other Hadiths that indicate that Allah made Makkah a sacred area before He created the heavens and earth. The Two Sahihs recorded `Abdullah bin `Abbas saying that the Messenger of Allah said,

فَقَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ:

(Allah has made this city a sanctuary (sacred place) the Day He created the heavens and earth. Therefore, it is a sanctuary until the Day of Resurrection because Allah made it a sanctuary. It was not legal for anyone to fight in it before me, and it was legal for me for a few hours of one day. Therefore, it is a sanctuary until the Day of Resurrection, because Allah made it a sanctuary. None is allowed to uproot its thorny shrubs, or to chase its game, or to pick up something that has fallen, except by a person who announces it publicly, nor should any of its trees be cut.) Al-`Abbas said, `O Messenger of Allah! Except the lemon-grass, for our goldsmiths and for our graves.' The Prophet added, (Except lemon-grass.)

This is the wording of Muslim. The Two Sahihs also recorded Abu Hurayrah narrating a similar Hadith, while Al-Bukhari recorded a similar Hadith from Safiyyah bint Shaybah who narrated it from the Prophet.

Abu Shurayh Al-`Adawi said that he said to `Amr bin Sa`id while he was sending armies to Makkah, "O Commander! Let me narrate a Hadith that the Messenger of Allah said the day that followed the victory of Makkah. My ears heard the Hadith, my heart comprehended it, and my eyes saw the Prophet when he said it. He thanked Allah and praised him and then said,

(Allah, not the people, made Makkah a sanctuary, so any person who has belief in Allah and the Last Day, should neither shed blood in it nor should he cut down its trees. If anybody argues that fighting in it is permissible on the basis that Allah's Messenger fought in Makkah, say to him, `Allah allowed His Messenger and did not allow you.' Allah allowed me only for a few hours on that day (of the Conquest), and today its sanctity is valid as it was before. So, those who are present should inform those who are absent (concerning this fact).)

Abu Shurayh was asked, `What did `Amr reply' He said, (`Amr said) `O Abu Shurayh! I know better than you about this, the Sacred House does not give protection to a sinner, a murderer or a thief.' This Hadith was collected by Al-Bukhari and Muslim.

After this, there is no contradiction between the Hadiths that stated that Allah made Makkah a sanctuary when He created the heavens and earth and the Hadiths that Ibrahim made it a sanctuary, since Ibrahim conveyed Allah's decree that Makkah is a sanctuary, before he built the House. Similarly, the Messenger of Allah was written as the Final Prophet when Adam was still clay. Yet, Ibrahim said,

(Our Lord! Send amongst them a Messenger of their own) (2: 129).

Allah accepted Ibrahim's supplication, although He had full knowledge beforehand that it will occur by His decree. To further elaborate on this subject, we should mention the Hadith about what the Messenger of Allah said when he was asked, "O Messenger of Allah! Tell us about how your prophethood started.'' He said,

(I am the supplication of my father Ibrahim, the good news of Jesus, the son of Mary, and my mother saw a light that radiated from her which illuminated the castles of Ash-Sham (Syria).)

In this Hadith, the Companions asked the Messenger about the beginning of his prophethood. In the light of the above Hadith we can say without a doubt that any violence is prohibited in the sacred boundaries of Mekkah and yet the wahabi house of saud not only invaded but murdered people inside the boundaries of Mekkah, they have destroyed the landscape, they have demolished the historical Islamic sites, they have leveled mountains and Allah knows how many trees and thorny shrubs they have up rooted in their so called expansion of the Masjid Al Haram. Not to forget the Prophet s.a.w. himself declared that anything between Mekkah and Madinah is a sanctuary but yet the wahabi house of saud invaded Madinah and murdered people in the name of their ideology, which is an invention of ibn wahab najdi.This wahabism/salafism sprung to the scenes in the eighteenth century. Let us go back a bit and see what happened during the Ummayad time period.

Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik or Al-Walid I (668 – 715 AD), the Umayyad caliph, reigned during the 1st century of Islam. “He commissioned the construction of a mosque on the site of the Byzantine cathedral in 706 AD. Prior to this, the cathedral was still in use by the local Christians, but a prayer room (musalla) for Muslims had been constructed on the southeastern part of the building. Al-Walid, who personally supervised the project, had most of the cathedral including the musalla demolished. The mosque was completed in 715 by the caliph, Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik, shortly after the death of al-Walid that same year.” The Grand Mosque of Damascus, also known as the Umayyad Mosque, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. It is considered to be the fourth holiest mosque in Islam.

Now the significance of this is, the mosque holds the shrine which is said to contain the head of Prophet Yahya bin Zakariya/John the Baptist. “According to the Tenth century Persian historian Ibn al-Faqih, during the construction of the mosque, workers found a cave-chapel which had a box containing the head of Yahyā ibn Zakarīyā (a.s). Upon learning of that and examining it, al-Walid I ordered the head buried under a specific pillar in the mosque that was later inlaid with marble.”

One has to wonder, despite being the earliest periods of Islam why was there not anyone who declared this as an act of shirk, kufr or ‘grave worship’ or call for the destruction or raising of the tomb ? Why was this mosque not labelled as a ‘temple’, as the Wahhabis have a habit of doing ? Despite the presence of the Hanbali community in Sham, why did the mosque not end up being demolished for this purpose ? From where did the 18th century Wahhabis get their religion from when, no one during fourteen hundred years of Islamic history called for the destruction of the Umayyad mosque nor label the mosque as a center of grave worship and idolatry? Why do Wahhabis call themselves “Salafis” and claim to follow the early Muslims, when in this case they would have to label the Salaf as cursed idolaters ?

Moreover, this is the same mosque in which Prophet Isa ibn Maryam (a.s.) is prophesied to descend during end times. Perhaps, Wahhabis might even label Propeht Isa ibn Maryam (a.s.) a grave worshiper(?). But more interestingly, the supreme leader, whom the Wahhabis claim to be a follower of i.e., Ibn Taymiyya, preached from this Umayyad mosque. Was Ibn Taymiyya then also a grave worshiper, in the neo-puritan view of the Wahhabi “manhaj” ?

Those who are concerned with the preservation of the historical monuments and relics of Islamic civilization, should be wary of the threat that this mosque, and the likes of it present in all parts of the Muslim world, faces under the hands of Wahhabism, as happened with their pogroms in the Hijaz, Iraq, Libya, Mali, Somalia and elsewhere, whenever they manage to raise their heads.

Wahhabism emerged as a reformist protestant movement declaring all the Muslims of the time to be heretics and polytheists. The basis of this accusation being their peculiar notions of what oneness of God entails. To them, seeking intercession and a means to God was idolatry and a negation of monotheism. This movement emerged from Central Arabia, a region called “Najd“, with its founder Muhammed bin Abdul Wahhab genealogically descending from the “Banu Tamim” tribe. What is interesting here now is to note the historical reaction and experience of the people of Najd/Banu Tamim with subject of intercession. There are two cases available to study, both from the time of Prophet Muhammed s.a.w.

Case 1:

Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:

(The Prophet) said, “O Allah! Bless our Sham and our Yemen.” People said, “Our Najd as well.” The Prophet again said, “O Allah! Bless our Sham and Yemen.” They said again, “Our Najd as well.” On that the Prophet said, “There will appear earthquakes and afflictions, and from there will come out the side of the head of Satan.”

The people of Najd repeatedly seeks the intercession of the Prophet(peace be upon him), to bless their region. The Prophet refuses their request multiple times and goes on to make a prediction that associates their region with afflictions and Satan. Here we notice a bad experience for the people of Najd, at the very outset they attempted to seek intercession.

Case 2:

Narrated ‘Imran bin Husain:

Some people of Bani Tamim1 came to the Prophet and he said (to them), “O Bani Tamim! rejoice with glad tidings.” They said, “You have given us glad tidings, now give us something.” On hearing that the color of his face changed then the people of Yemen came to him and he said, “O people of Yemen ! Accept the good tidings, as Bani Tamim has refused them.” The Yemenites said, “We accept them. Then the Prophet started taking about the beginning of creation and about Allah’s Throne. In the mean time a man came saying, “O ‘Imran! Your she-camel has run away!” (I got up and went away), but l wish I had not left that place (for I missed what Allah’s Apostle had said).

In this second case, the Prophet(peace be upon him) looks forward to give glad tidings, but the Banu Tamim rejects them and asks for something else instead. The Prophet then angrily turns away and gives the good tidings to the people of Yemen. We notice here arrogance, rejectionism and greed in their refusal to accept the glad tidings from the prophet(peace be upon him).

Twelve century’s later, a rebellious bloody totalitarian movement emerges from Najd, from the lineage of Banu Tamim, declaring intercession as paganism, prohibiting Muslims from seeking it, declaring Muslims as polytheists and killing them on account of it.

1 Note that the father of Kharijites, Dhil Khuwaysira, was from the Banu Tamim tribe, the same tribe of Muhamed bin Abdul Wahhab.

Abu Salama related that Abu Sa’id said, “While the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was distributing [zakat], ‘Abdullah ibn Dhi’l-Khuwaysira at-Tamimi came and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, be just!’ He said to him, ‘Woe to you! Who will be just if I am not just?’ ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab said, ‘Give me permission to cut off his head!’ He said, ‘Leave him. He has companions whose prayer will makes yours seem paltry and whose fasting makes your seem paltry. They will pass through the deen like the arrow passes through game. One looks at his arrowhead and there is nothing on it. Then he looks at the mount of its head and there is nothing on it. He will look at its shaft and there is nothing on it. Then he will look at its feathers and there will be nothing on them, for it has been too fast for excrement and blood. Their sign will be a black man, one of whose arms is like a woman’s breast, or a piece of meat palpitating. They will emerge when there are parties among the people.’” [Sahih al-Bukhari]

Pay no attention to those who try to distort history and claim that the Kharijites and Najd are a phenomenon of Iraq only and not Central Arabia.

Wahhabism and the problem of Al-Haram Al-Ibrahim

According to the Wahhabi religion, having a mausoleum or a mosque at a site where a grave exists, is idolatrous. On account of this peculiar belief of theirs, they legitimize the vandalism and destruction of Islamic relics, heritage and mosques. They claim to be the puritan monotheist reformers of Islam, who follow the pure Islam of early Muslims and invites the Muslim world to this pure Islam they solely possess. To them, the billions of Muslims, other than their small scattered group of Wahhabists, are either heretics or Non-Muslims who falsely delude themselves as Muslims.

But how much truth is present in any of their claims? Do they really have any connection with the early Muslims? Were there mosques with a grave within it during the early periods of Islam? Did the early Muslims declare these mosques or mausoleums as idolatrous and go on a vandalism and killing spree, as done by the Wahhabists/Salafists ? Much can be said to falsify the assertions of theirs. But here I bring the case of Masjid Ibrahim, also known as Al-Haram Al-Ibrahim. Below you can read the description of this Mausoleum/Masjid, recorded from the time of early Muslim historians, more than 300 years before the Ibn Taymiyya (b. 661AH/1263CE) was even born.Please read the attached pages of the book called Palestine Under the Muslims - A description of Syria and the Holy Land.

With this I will leave you to think and find the truth for yourself. I pray to Allah s.w.t. that He guides us all and gives us Hidaya and InshaAllah we will be able to see the truth. We have been mislead for over centuries now and I chose to seek the truth which is lying around us but not many of us choose to see it. I have written some historical events along with Sahih Hadith to prove my point and I am satisfied with my work and I only seek a reward from Allah Subhana wa Taa'la if He wills it for me. Those who wish to dispute I have no interest in arguing with you as I have spent weeks in researching and coming to the conclusion that wahabism/salafism is an abomination in our religion which seeks to blind and twist the truth.Always keep in mind what Mohammad Ibn Al'Wahab al najdi's brother said about the innovator.

The brother of Muhammad bin Abdul Wahab al Najdi, Shaykh Sulaiman bin Abdul Wahab, said about his brother,

“The horn of Shaytan which the Prophet (Sallallahu’ aliahi wa sallam) referred to is you.”

[Sawaa’iqul Ilahiya]

The people who sold our Baghdad and Palestine will not bring us back Damascus.

May Allah show us the right path Ameen.

Jaza Ka Allah Khair.