3. Books authored by the Imams of the movement in different eras to rebut its detractors. They run to many volumes and are now printed and widely available.
4. Publishing the writings of the early generations (salaf) and distributing them to Muslims during the Hajj season and at other times.
5. Circulating every beneficial contemporary work and distributing it free of charge.

Objections raised against the Shaykh’s call and their refutation

Like every reform movement, the Shaykh’s call was criticized by its opponents, and a number of doubts were stirred up—doubts that might mislead those unaware of its reality. Many of these misgivings were voiced in the Shaykh’s own lifetime and he answered them himself; others—or more precisely, the same doubts revived after his death—were answered by his students and by other discerning scholars of the Muslim ummah who are not taken in by glittering falsehood and lies and who fear no reproach for the sake of Allah.

Among these objections are:

1. They said: He nullifies the books of the four legal schools and maintains that for six hundred years the people have been on nothing.
2. They said: He claims ijtihad (independent reasoning), rejects taqlid (blind imitation), and says that the scholars’ disagreements are a calamity.
3. They said: He forbids visiting the grave of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the graves of one’s parents and others.
4. They said: He declares an unbeliever anyone who swears by other than Allah.

The Shaykh answered these allegations, saying: