The Way of Islam by R. da - Costa Vaughan - HTML preview

THE FOREGOING ALTHOUGH LARGELY TRUE

IS NOT ALL TRUE

THE WAHHABIS RELY HEAVILY ON A 13TH CENTURY SHAYKH

 IBN TAIMIYYA

AMONG OTHER THINGS, HE WROTE:

KITAB IQTIDA' AL-SIRAT AL-MUSTAQIM WA MUKHALAFAT ASHAB

AL-JAHIM

IN IT IBN TAIMIYYA WROTE SOMEWHAT DISPARAGINGLY OF THE

AVERAGE MUSLIM BELIEVER—THE COMMON PEOPLE

 “EXCEPT FOR A VERY FEW WHOM GOD WISHES TO GUIDE,

ALL OR MOST COMMON PEOPLE—AND BY COMMON PEOPLE—

I MEAN THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW THE ESSENCE OF ISLAM.”

HIS WORDS MAKE IT CLEAR THAT “A VERY FEW” HAVE BEEN

GRACED TO TRULY KNOW “THE ESSENCE OF ISLAM.”