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Labelling people of sunnah with names like Wahhabi

All Praise is due to  Allaah (Azza wa Jall) who sent his Messenger (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam)  with guidance and the true religion so that it may become manifest over all  other religions. May the Salaat and Salaam of Allaah be upon the last and  noblest of All the Prophets, Muhammad (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam), on the  family of the Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) and upon the noble  companions (ra) and on all those who follow the path of righteousness until  the last day.
It is the habit of the  people of today that they label as anyone who calls to Tawheed and warns  against all forms of shirk a Wahabbi. So since this has become prominent  amongst some of the Muslims, who call themselves Sunnis then we should refer  back to the Qur’aan and the Sunnah upon the understanding of the first three  generations in order to ascertain what is the truth.
(1) Firstly Al-Wahabb  is one of the beautiful names of Allaah (Azza Wa Jall) meaning the all-giver  and so how can anyone twist this beautiful name, Aoudhoubillah.
(2) The usage of  ‘Wahabbi’ comes from a scholar who lived some time ago by the name of  Muhammad Bin Abdul-Wahaab, who called to Tawheed and defended it and warned  against Shirk and fought its people. So if these people were truthful they  would use the term ‘Muhammadi’ since Abdul-Wahaab was the name of his father.
(3) Alllaah (Azza Wa  Jall) has prohibited us from insulting using nicknames as He (Azza Wa Jall)  says:
“And do not insult  by nicknames” Al Hujuraat 49:11
(4) The people of the  past accused Imaam Shafiee of being a Rafidee and he replied with:
If Rafd is loving the  Family of Muhammad (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) Then the humans and Jinns  witness that I am a Rafidee.
So we refute with what  a poet said:
If the follower of the  Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) is a Wahabbi Then I affirm that I am  a Wahabbi
(5) It is the duty of  the Muslims to call to Tawheed and warn against Shirk:
Allaah (Azza Wa Jall)  says: “And we have sent to every nation a Messenger saying Worship  Allaah alone and avoid the Taghoot ” [An Nahl 36]
The Taghoot is anything  that is worshipped besides Allaah (Azza Wa Jall).
The call to Tawheed is  the call of all the Messengers:
Allaah (Azza Wa Jall)  says: “To Aad (We sent) their brother Hud. He said: ‘Oh my people,  worship Allaah, you have no other Illah except Him, will you not fear  (Allaah) ” [Al Aa’raaf 7:65]
And He (Azza Wa Jall)  says: “To Thamud we sent their brother Salih. He said: O my people  worship Allaah You have no other Illah except Him ” [Hud 11:61]
So see how the dawah to  Tawheed is the dawah of all the Prophets and the battle between Tawheed and  Shirk is long standing.
But today if you make  this call you are labelled a Wahabbi. But this call existed long before  Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahabb was born. The evidences of Tawheed existed long  before the birth of Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahabb. The collection of hadeeth like  Bukhari and Muslim existed hundreds of years before even the great great  grandfather of Muhammad bin Abdul Wahaab was born. So if we quote hadeeth  from Bukhari and Muslim as evidences for Tawheed and we are Wahaabis then was  Imaam Bukhari a Wahaabi or Imaam Muslim.
(1) If you read the  ayah in the Qur’aan:
“You alone do we  Worship and you alone do we seek help from ” [Fatihah 1:4]
Then are you a Wahabbi?
(2) If you mention the  hadeeth narrated by Ibn Abbas (ra) found in An-Nawawis Fourty Hadeeth:
The Prophet  (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) said: “When you ask, then ask Allaah, and  when you seek help seek help from Allaah alone ” Are you a Wahabbi?
(3) Or maybe if you  mention the hadeeth of the Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam):
“Whoever dies  while calling upon other than Allaah shall enter the Hell fire “  [Bukhari]
(4) Or maybe you are a  Wahabbi if when told that the Awliyah know the unseen you say But Allaah  (Azza wa Jall) says:
“With him are  the keys of the unseen, none knows them but He “ [Al An’aam 6:59]
(5) And perhaps you are  a Wahabbi if you expose Ibn Arabi for his kufr statements such as:
“The Lord is  the Slave and the Slave is the Lord   Oh I wish I knew who was the one in authority”
(6) Or maybe you are a  Wahabbi if you deny that the Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) was made  from light and that he had and still has the power to bring good to us

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