Calling a Companion of Badr a Wahhabi and a Munafiq

Question

A Companion who is among the people of Badr, whose noble name is Hatib ibn Abi Balta‘a, was called a Wahhabi and a munafiq — whereas the Master of both worlds ﷺ has declared that the people of Badr are of Paradise. Yet the scholars of Bareilly said that he is not a Companion but a Wahhabi and a munafiq. The question now is: does the iman of one who calls any Companion a Wahhabi and a munafiq remain or not? Also, what is the ruling on those who were with the speaker and did not object but kept silent?

Answer

Does any written document exist about this too — that Hadrat Hatib ibn Abi Balta‘a ﵁ was called a Wahhabi, and that “Wahhabi” was taken in the very sense whose beliefs are set out in “Fatawa Ridwiyya” with a ruling of kufr — where Mawlana Muhammad Isma‘il Shahid, may Allah illumine his grave, is called “Abu ’l-Wahhabiyya” and countless proofs of his kufr are stated, and it is…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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