Wahhabism
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During the first half of the twelfth century (Hijra), degradation and decline marked the fall of the Islamic World. Gloom and darkness were ushered into this world through moral degradation and rampant corruption. As for Islam, decadence and decline were also the norm. A number of practices related to polytheism had come to supplant the pure and austere monotheism (Tawheed) of the Prophet (Sal), such as superstitious practices and mysticism. Islamic Mosques stood empty, unfrequented and even deserted. The ignorant multitude decked out in amulets, charms and rosaries listened to and blindly followed squalid faqeers and ecstatic dervishes. It was from their counsel that many Muslims performed pilgrimages to the tombs of Saints to seek their intercession with Allah. Even the moral precepts ordained by the Holy Quran were defied or ignored altogether. The consumption of intoxicants and opium were well night universal. In all certainty, heresy had undermined the precepts of the Quran, leaving many Muslims practicing a form of Islam that was nothing but a meaningless series of rituals and superstitions to true believers.Many Muslims, no longer living in an era of the Pious Predecessors, began to practice the pre-Islamic polytheistic practices of a former era. Old practices of idolatry were resumed, as many Muslims started paying homage to shrines and graves, so much so that they even directed their devotional prayers and supplications to
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oduced acts of Shirk were the Rafidah (Shia extremists) who invoked Ali and others, seeking help for their needs and to rid them of their afflictions. Sheikh Muhammad held office in a town where people listened to and obeyed him. This displeased some of the chief magnates of the town, as what he expressed went against their own traditions and teachings. He lead the people in prayers, induced them to pay their Zakat and to perform other acts of devotion to Allah alone. He forbade Muslims to indulge in Riba, in drinking wine and all other intoxicants. The people began to oppose what they increasingly viewed as their corrupt leaders and rose against them.
Sheikh Muhammad felt this was the Tawheed he had been commanded to preach. However, the magnates of the town began to ascribe to Sheikh Muhammad a number of lies and erroneous practices. As tensions mounted, conflict arose and armies often tried to combat the supporters of Sheikh Muhammad. Sheikh Muhammad was unjustly accused of branding all those who did not follow him as Kaafirs, as well as solemnizing their marriages in a wrong and illegal manner. Sheikh Muhammad made various declarations of his innocence in such matters under oath to Allah. He ascribed most of this k
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Approximate Pages = 17 (250 words per page)
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