Fitnat al-Wahhabiyya

Book by Aḥmad Ibn-Zainī Ibn-Aḥmad Daḥlān
The Wahhabi Tribulation
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AuthorAhmad Zayni Dahlan
Original titleفتنة الوهابية
LanguageArabic
SubjectHistory of Wahhabism, Islamic Theology
PublisherIşık Kitabevi, Hakikat Kitabevi
Publication date
1878
Publication placeArabian Peninsula
Pages24 pages

Fitnat al-Wahhabiyya (Arabic: فتنة الوهابية, lit. 'The Wahhabi Fitna') is a booklet written by Ahmad Zayni Dahlan (1816/17–1886) the Grand Mufti of the Shafi'is in Mecca in the late years of the Ottoman Empire.[1]

Dahlan wrote this work against the Wahhabi creed and he sharply inveighed against it, and called them an evil sect. He criticised the Wahhabis for declaring Muslims to be infidels and polytheists. He also accused the Wahhabis of extremism for killing their Muslim opponents.[2]

The book describes the history of the heretical tenets of Wahhabism in Najd and the Hijaz and the tortures of the Wahhabis inflicted upon Muslims; in which Dahlan exposed and refuted some of what he saw and witnessed from the Wahhabi extreme and terrorist acts and crimes besides their radical beliefs and misguidance in aqidah (Islamic creed).[3]

During the time that Wahhabism was rapidly spreading. He wrote:[4][5]

In 1802, Christian era, the Wahhabis marched with large armies to the area of al-Ta'if. In Dhu al-Qa'dah of the same year, they laid siege to the area occupied by Muslims, defeated them, and murdered all the people, including men, women, and children. They also lauded the Muslims longing for possessions, and only a few people escaped their barbarism. They even stole gifts from the grave of the prophet Muhammad, took all the gold that was there, and engaged in many similar acts of sacrilege. After that they laid siege to Mecca and surrounded it from all directions to tighten the siege. They blocked the roads to the city and prevented supplies from reaching it. This caused great hardship to the people of Mecca, for supplies became unaffordable and completely unavailable. The situation was such that for some months people resorted to eating dogs.

See also

References

  1. ^ Gibril Fouad Haddad (2015). The Biographies of the Elite Lives of the Scholars, Imams & Hadith Masters. Zulfiqar Ayub. p. 319.
  2. ^ Birgit Krawietz; Georges Tamer; Alina Kokoschka, eds. (2013). Islamic Theology, Philosophy and Law: Debating Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya. Walter de Gruyter. p. 216. ISBN 9783110285406.
  3. ^ Khalilullah Sharifi (2013). The Real Reality of Afghanistan And... Xlibris Corporation. p. 72. ISBN 9781483650661.
  4. ^ Countering Suicide Terrorism: An International Conference. International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT). 2001. p. 72. ISBN 9789659036516.
  5. ^ Lowell Gallin (2010). Cracking the Qur'an Code: God's Land, Torah and People Covenants with Israel in the Qur'an and Islamic Tradition. Root and Branch Association, Ltd. p. 84. ISBN 9780963091734.

External links

  • An overview of Wahhabism by Shaykh al Islam Ahmad Zayni Dahlan
  • The Wahabi Tribulation — As-Sunnah Foundation of America
  • Book: Fitnat-ul-Wahhabiyyah (The Wahhabi Tribulation) Archived 2021-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
  • Les savants de La Mecque et Médine déclarent mécréant les wahhabites (rapporté par Ibn Zayni Dahlân) (in French)
  • Download the Book in English
  • Download the Book in Arabic
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