The current rulers of Hijaz are the followers of Mohammad bin Abdul Wahab who derived his ideology from Ibn Timiya, Ahmed bin Abdul Majeed Damishqi (d. 728h.).
Mohammad bin Abdul Wahab was born in 1160 h. and died in 1206h. During his lifetime he toured various areas and convinced their tribal leaders and the Bedouins about Arab nationalism and religious bias and with the help of this great horde was able to subdue his dissenters. He thus was able to control the government but before he could attain this goal he massacred thousands of Muslims both in Hijaz and outside.
His followers attacked Iraq after his death and reached Kerbala on the day of Eid. The city was on holiday and the people had gone to Najaf. The Wahhabi attackers took advantage of this chance and broke the ramparts to enter the city and then started to slaughter the people. They killed five thousand believers, and stole priceless relics from the Mausoleum of Imam Hussein. They took away the doors and windows and then plundering the houses of the common innocent people.
Then came the unblessed year of 1334h. In which the Wahhabi rulers razed all the tombs of the Prophet’s family, his companions and other elders. They spared only the tomb of the Holy prophet (they may have left it in fear of the Muslims from all over the world).
The prominent traits of the Wahhabis are bigotry, violent nature, hardheartedness, materialistic approach and arrogance. But despite all this they consider themselves as the protectors of Tawhid and pure believers. Due to this self-imposed purity they vehemently decry intercession, visiting the tombs of the Holy saints, and the elders being the intermediaries for ordinary Muslims.
A great majority of the Muslims (both Sunnis and Shias denounced their belief and sometimes go to the extent of calling them disbelievers. (1)
A discussion on their beliefs is beyond our purview and we will only discuss their attitude about Oneness of God.
They say, “Nobody has the right to seek the Prophet’s intercession because God has said, “Do not invoke any one else with God”
The compiler of the book Alhadiyatal Sunniya writes: He who believes in the prophets and angels being intermediaries between himself and God is a disbeliever and a polytheist and it is permissible to kill him even though he gives witness and is regular in his prayers and fasting (2)
They have the same view about seeking the intercession of the prophets, Imams and the pious ones and about visiting their tombs.
The problem with these short sighted Wahhabis is that they consider the materialistic effect of the beings and creations to be ever lasting and so they consider them to be equal to the Oneness in deeds and the Oneness in obedience though this ideology itself reeks of polytheism and is considered as such.
