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Lebanon wrote the most endearing poetry in praise and love of the Prophet (salla Allahu
alihi wa sallam). However, the Wahabi cult that emerged from the Najd in Saudi Arabia
last century – one would do well to remember the historical fact reported earlier on in this
book of how satan, disguised as a man from the Najd consulted with the unbelievers of
Mecca as to the most effective way in which they should rid themselves of the Prophet
(salla Allahu alihi wa sallam). Also, the authentic warning of the Prophet (salla Allahu
alihi wa sallam) that the horn of the devil would appear from the Najd – proclaimed that
Mufti Yusuf Ishmael, on account of his poetry praising the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa
sallam) as being a heretic and he like so many other innocent, true lovers of the Prophet
(salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) became either hunted or martyred by the fanatical followers
of Muhammad ibn Abd Al-Wahab and Ibn Taymia.
Such has been the innovative influence of the followers of Muhammad ibn Abd Al-
Wahab and Ibn Taymia that many innocent Muslims are now confused and fearful of
reading these beautiful poems and have either overlooked or neglected the preceding
Lebanon wrote the most endearing poetry in praise and love of the Prophet (salla Allahu
alihi wa sallam). However, the Wahabi cult that emerged from the Najd in Saudi Arabia
last century – one would do well to remember the historical fact reported earlier on in this
book of how satan, disguised as a man from the Najd consulted with the unbelievers of
Mecca as to the most effective way in which they should rid themselves of the Prophet
(salla Allahu alihi wa sallam). Also, the authentic warning of the Prophet (salla Allahu
alihi wa sallam) that the horn of the devil would appear from the Najd – proclaimed that
Mufti Yusuf Ishmael, on account of his poetry praising the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa
sallam) as being a heretic and he like so many other innocent, true lovers of the Prophet
(salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) became either hunted or martyred by the fanatical followers
of Muhammad ibn Abd Al-Wahab and Ibn Taymia.
Such has been the innovative influence of the followers of Muhammad ibn Abd Al-
Wahab and Ibn Taymia that many innocent Muslims are now confused and fearful of
reading these beautiful poems and have either overlooked or neglected the preceding