His letter to this group begins as follows...

His letter to this group begins as follows:[^2] From Ahmed ibn Tairnia to whoever receives this letter of the Muslims who belong to the Sunna and follow the exemplary, blessed, and learned shaikh Udai ibn Musafir al-Umawi. Allah has mercy on him and all those who follow his path.. May Allah lead them to His path and obey Him and His Prophet.

This shows that Ibn Taimia considered this deviant group as Sunni Muslim in variance with the consensus identifying them as extremists, heretics and idolaters who did not worship only Allah. [^1]: Hamaion Hima'yati, Al-Wahhabia: Nakd wa Tahleel, p. 24. [^2]: Ibn Taimia, Al-Was'ia al-Kubra, p. 5. Previous…