Question:
Unfortunately, we have some journalists that have begun to claim that
some of our scholars promote or are sympathetic to the call of ISIS.
They brand as being “Salafi” or “Wahabi” Muslims and that the teachings
of Muhammad bin Abdul-Wahab (the alleged founder of the Wahabi sect) are
the basis of such extremist groups. These allegations are almost being
believed as something factual – that Saudi Arabia is a terrorist funding
country and it has always supported religious extremism. How do we
respond to such claims?
Answer:
This is not the first time that bias and baseless journalism has
attacked those who want to do good. The school of thought of Muhammad
bin Abdul-Wahab arose in Saudi Arabia and is still the fabric of its
religious constitution. However, as it reflects the teachings of
mainstream Islam, this school of thought has spread throughout the
globe, Muslims learning and benefitting from its teachings from the east
to the west[2].
Therefore, anyone who scrutinizes the call of Abdul-Wahab fairly will
realize that his call actually called for unity and peace. He called
for security and cooperation in what is good and pious[3].
Anyone
who realizes this and ponders justly about such terror attacks will
place these attacks and the terrorist mind in its proper place – outside
of Islam and the teachings of the scholars of Shariah.
It
is important to note that Muhammad bin Abdul-Wahab didn’t come with a
new thought or ideology, rather he came as a reformer. He called the
ignorant masses back to the following of the texts of the Shariah. For
this reason, the scholars who followed the schools of orthodox Sunni
Islam – Hanafi, Shafi, Malik and Hanbali, have all accepted the call of
Abdul-Wahab[4].
It
is also important to note that the scholars of Saudi Arabia have always
condemned this terrorist group, and all those like them, and have been
at the forefront in calling to an end for such groups[5].
They are opposite of what Saudi Arabia stands for - if one was to look
at ISIS and their ilk, whenever their call enters a country or a region
they only bring about corruption and bloodshed. They only bring about
disunity and chaos.
The
point is, Saudi Arabia and its scholars from past to present have
always called to follow orthodox Islam, in which its teachings condemn
the acts of such people and proclaims them to be against the way of the
believers.
I pray that Allah debases these terror groups and that he does not open a way for their wicked plans to be implemented.
http://ahledhikr.blogspot.com/2015/11/al-islaam-prohibits-killing-of-innocent.html
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