Advice for the Muslim

CONTENTS
PART ONE: THE BELIEFS OF THE WAHHÂBÎS AND
THEIR REFUTATION BY THE SCHOLARS OF AHL ASSUNNA
1 Mutasawwifs’ books do not contain polytheism
(Maktûbât by al-Imâm ar-Rabbânî)[1] ..................................9
2 Îmân does not include ’ibâdât (Qasîdat al-Amâlî
and Alhadîqa).........................................................................13
3 To ask help of prophets and pious Muslims ......................19
4 Do Muslims worship awliyâ’? (Al-usûl al-arba’a).............20
5 Do Muslims worship tombs? (As-sawâ’iq al-ilâhiyya) .....22
6 To receive blessings from someone other than the
Prophet ....................................................................................25
7 The origin of tasawwuf (Maktûbât by Muhammad
Ma’sûm)...................................................................................26
8 The dead; the souls of awliyâ’ ..............................................39
9 To praise and to ask help of the Prophet (Mir’ât al-
Madîna) ...................................................................................40
10 The dead’s intercession .........................................................54
11 Has Ahmad al-Badawî been deified? .................................55
12 The Prophet and the Sahâbât al-kirâm...............................56
13 On Qasîdat al-Burda (Maktûbât by Muhammad
Ma’sûm)...................................................................................57
14 Shall tombs be demolished (Zawâjir by Ibn Hajar al-
Hîtamî) ....................................................................................60
15 To enter the Prophet’s masjid, but not visit his
shrine? (Mir’ât al-Madîna) ...................................................62
16 The salawât said for the Prophet .........................................77
17 Awliyâ’ do help (Al-hadîth al-arba’în by ’Allâma
Ahmad S. ibn Kamal)............................................................77
18 Karâmât of awliyâ’ (Maktûbât by al-Imâm ar-
Rabbânî and Al-mawâhib by al-Imâm al-Kastalânî)........82
19 A walî does not make a show of karâmât
(Maktûbât by Muhammad Ma’sûm)...................................95
– 7 –
[1] Subject discussed (and reference).
20 The âyat “Allah and the Believers are sufficient for
you.” (Berîqa) .....................................................................102
21 To follow the imâms of the madhhabs; taqlîd .................104
22 To expect something from somebody (Al-hadîqa).........122
23 The Ahl as-Sunna and Qasîdat al-Burda..........................131
24 The dead and the absentee (Al-minhat al-wahbiyya) ....131
25 The Wahhâbîs’ ijtihâds are false........................................185
26 Visiting shrines (Râbita-i sharîfa)......................................187
27 The Prophet hears the salawât...........................................194
28 The superiority of the as-Sahâbat al-kirâm and the
Tâbi’ûn...................................................................................194
29 Help from living people and the dead (Marâq alfalâh
and Zawâjir) ...............................................................195
30 To vow, to slaughter an animal for the dead (Ashad
al-jihâd in Al-minhat al-wahbiyya) ...................................198
31 Fatwâ on the heresy of Wahhâbism (Arabic original
appended to Al-minhat al-wahbiyya) ...............................210
32 The Wahhâbite book Cewâb-i Nu’mân (Maktûbat
by Muhammad Ma’sûm); the lawfullness of reading
the Mawlid and Dala’il al-khairât......................................215
33 Tasawwuf and tarîqas are not invented, but
commanded in Islam (Irshâd at-tâlibîn) ..........................237
34 To disbelievers of tasawwuf and karâmât
(Al-hadîqa)............................................................................257
35 In the next world, one will be with whom one loves
(Al-hadîqa) ..........................................................................267
PART TWO: THE BEGINNING AND SPREAD OF
WAHHÂBISM[1]
36 The origins of Wahhâbism..................................................276
37 The first Wahhâbite mission...............................................286
38 The massacre and looting of the Muslims of Tâ’if..........289
39 The Wahhâbite persecutions in Mecca.............................293
40 The Wahhâbîs in Medina....................................................300
41 The Ottomans clear the blessed cities of the
Wahhâbite bandits ...............................................................305
42 Invaluable works done in Mecca and Medina
after the clearance...............................................................327