Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab and the Question of Najd

Question

(2) Regarding Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab — “‘Aqa’id ‘Ulama’ Deoband”, p. 1291: in our view his ruling is the very same as that stated by the author of “al-Durr al-Mukhtar”: the Khawarij are a group possessing power (shawka) who rose up against the imam and, on the basis of [their own] interpretation (ta’wil)

Answer

(2) The ulama of India did not meet Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab. As for the reports that people have related and, having related them, asked about, the answer is this: since a good opinion (husn al-zann) ought to be held of a Muslim, and a good opinion requires no proof — Islam itself stands surety for it — whereas there is no proof for a bad opinion, therefore the utmost…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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