The relationship between the pilgrim and the Mazur from the viewpoint of Muhammad Ghazali (a critical approach to Wahabiyat)

Pilgrimage has been the point of interest to Muslims since the early Islam. The practical and verbal recommendation of the Messenger of Allah the pilgrimage shows the legitimacy and necessity of it from the Islamic viewpoint. The ample of evidence cited from reliable Shia and Sunni sources, particularly the works by Imam Muhammad Ghazali about the Barzakh (purgatory) life, the possibility of bilateral relationships between the deads and linvings mainly during the pilgrimage and the  influence exerted by pilgrim’s praying and charitable deeds on the deceased person on the Mazur (he who the pligrimage is made to) are strong grounds on which the viewpoints of Wahhabi scholars can be criticized. They deny and reject the said relationship and influence even though they acknowledge the existence of purgatory lives of the deads. In the present study, some relevant narratives, which are accepted by Wahhabi scolars will be presented. Then, their stance to reject and deny the relationship between the deceased and living people,particularly the pilgrim and the one to whom the pilgrimage is made, as well as the inconsistency of this view with the said narratives will be critically analyzed.