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The first and foremost duty of the Muslim, preceding even ''[[salat]]'' prayer, according to Ibn Abd al-Wahhab, is belief in one God, monotheism (''[[tawhid]]'').<ref name="DLB2004: 56">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 56</ref> | The first and foremost duty of the Muslim, preceding even ''[[salat]]'' prayer, according to Ibn Abd al-Wahhab, is belief in one God, monotheism (''[[tawhid]]'').<ref name="DLB2004: 56">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 56</ref> | ||
Inversely, [[polytheism]] or [[idolatry]], (''[[Shirk (Islam)|shirk]]''), the opposite of monotheism, is “the one unforgivable sin.”<ref name="DLB2004: 62">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 62</ref> "Failure to uphold Tawhid" may lead not just to [[Jahannam|damnation]] in Afterlife, but to "collapse of the social order, evil, tyranny, corruption, oppression, injustice and degeneration" in the [[Dunya|temporal world]].<ref name="DLB2004: 18">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 18</ref> | Inversely, [[polytheism]] or [[idolatry]], (''[[Shirk (Islam)|shirk]]''), the opposite of monotheism, is “the one unforgivable sin.”<ref name="DLB2004: 62">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 62</ref> "Failure to uphold Tawhid" may lead not just to [[Jahannam (Hell)|damnation]] in Afterlife, but to "collapse of the social order, evil, tyranny, corruption, oppression, injustice and degeneration" in the [[Dunya|temporal world]].<ref name="DLB2004: 18">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 18</ref> | ||
However, contrary to what some have alleged, Ibn Abd al-Wahhab, did not advocate the immediate killing of anyone declared a ''mushrik'' (one who practices ''shirk''), but called for first giving preaching and education a chance to reform them. He did not call for ''jihad'' against polytheists, but rather ''qital'', “which is more generic term for fighting”.<ref name="DLB2004: 59-60">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 59-60</ref> Nor did he call for the annihilation or destruction of particular religious groups, (though he did at times "vehemently" denounce them).<ref name="DLB2004: 60-1">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 60-1</ref> | However, contrary to what some have alleged, Ibn Abd al-Wahhab, did not advocate the immediate killing of anyone declared a ''mushrik'' (one who practices ''shirk''), but called for first giving preaching and education a chance to reform them. He did not call for ''jihad'' against polytheists, but rather ''qital'', “which is more generic term for fighting”.<ref name="DLB2004: 59-60">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 59-60</ref> Nor did he call for the annihilation or destruction of particular religious groups, (though he did at times "vehemently" denounce them).<ref name="DLB2004: 60-1">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 60-1</ref> | ||