> I do not see any conflict between Sheikh Othman Dan Fodio's writings
> on Tawhid and Wahabism – except that Wahabism does not seem to be very
> fond of Sufism……
Sani Zaharaddin wrote a good article about that a long time ago: "Wahhabism and its Influence outside Arabia" _Islamic Quarterly_ 23 (1979) pp. 146-57.
I wrote about it myself in my dissertation. Sufism was a big issue to both the Wahhabis and Usuman Dan Fodiyo, and to say that Wahhabis are not very fond of Sufism is an understatement. When the Wahhabis took over Mecca the first time they destroyed all tombs of saints, and even argued about destroying the tomb of Muhammad. Preventing the veneration of saints and ceremonies at their tombs is a priority of Wahhabism. Usman Dan Fodiyo said that failure to venerate saints was false and an illusion according to the consensus of the scholars. It's hard to reconcile Usman Dan Fodiyo's teachings and those of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab.
Also, Usuman Dan Fodiyo rejected anthropomorphism in his _Usul al-Din_. As Hanbalis the Wahhabis do not reject anthropomorphism. That has nothing to do with Sufism. In fact the founder of Usman Dan Fodiyo's Sufi tariqa, the Qadiriyya, was a Hanbali lawyer.
John Edward Philips <http://human.cc.hirosaki-u.ac.jp/philips/>
International Society, College of Humanities, Hirosaki University
"Homo sum; humani nihil a me alienum puto." -Terentius Afer
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