Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab

Category
RELIGION

Language
ARABIC

Being given religious training under various Sunni Muslim scholars during his travels to Hejaz and Basra, Ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab gradually became opposed to certain rituals and practices such as the visitation to and veneration of the shrines and tombs of Muslim saints,[21][17][22] which he condemned as heretical religious innovation or even idolatry.[17][22][23][24] While being known as a Hanbali jurist, Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab minimized reliance on medieval legal manuals, instead engaging in direct interpretation of religious scriptures, based on the principles of Hanbali jurisprudence.[25] His call for social reforms was based on the key doctrine of tawhid .[26][27] <

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