Same year. Same man. Betrayed by one ruler. Embraced by another. Such is the way of the daʿwah.
1/ Ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb settled in ʿUyaynah under the protection of its ruler ʿUthmān ibn Muʿammar.
Together they demolished the dome over the grave of Zayd ibn al-Khaṭṭāb & applied the ḥadd punishment publicly. Real reform was happening.
2/ Then came the threat.
Sulaymān ibn Ghurayr, chief of the Banū Khālid tribe, sent a stark ultimatum to ʿUthmān:
Kill Ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb - or expel him. Or lose your revenues from al-Aḥsāʾ.
Politics won. Ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb was told to leave.
3/ He left ʿUyaynah with nothing but his daʿwah.
He simply moved on to al-Dirʿiyya, a small settlement in Wādī Ḥanīfah.
4/ There he met Muḥammad ibn Saʿūd.
A pact was struck:
• Ibn Saʿūd → protection & military power
• Ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb → religious leadership & the daʿwah
One handshake. One year. The First Saudi State was born.
5/ Ibn Saʿūd hesitated at first worried about losing tax income.
Ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb’s reply: “What Allāh will open for you is greater. If you help me, Allah will make you the ruler of the Muslims. But when that happens, don’t betray me..”
He accepted. History changed.