They would neither enjoin what is right nor forbid what is wrong, offer no advice to the ignorant, and give no guidance to the misguided. A detailed account of their shortcomings would be lengthy indeed—may Allah protect us and you from imitating them or following their way; be on your guard against them, save a very few. It is enough, without prolonging the discussion, to note that outright shirk is proclaimed from their pulpits. One example is the statement of Ibn al-Kahmari: “O Allah, bless our master and guardian, our refuge and deliverer, our protector and sanctuary.” Likewise, the divine attributes are negated in the sermons of al-Tayyibi, who declares that Allah is neither a body, nor an accident, nor a power.

Before the advent of this Shaykh, even the pillars of Islam—such as prayer and zakah—were not properly observed; in our land no one paid the alms due on agricultural produce until truth arrived and falsehood vanished—“Indeed, falsehood is ever bound to vanish.”1

The Creed of Shaykh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb—may Allah have mercy upon him:

He—may Allah have mercy on him—was asked about his creed, and he replied:2

In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.

I call Allah to witness—and the angels who are present—and I call you to witness that I hold as creed what the Saved Sect, Ahl al-Sunnah wa’l-Jamāʿah, holds: belief in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, resurrection after death, and belief in predestination, its good and its evil. Part of belief in Allah is to affirm whatever He has described Himself with in His Book and upon the tongue of His Messenger ﷺ