The refutations are helpful in giving both a sense of what the debate over Wahhābism was all about and a sense of the tenor of that debate. Wahhābism’s opponents did not confront it politely; many people wanted Ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb dead, even before his movement had adopted violence. Further, the refutations are helpful in allowing us to date some of Ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb’s letters and epistles, given that many of the refutations are dated and quote Ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb’s writings.
