The Wahabi Movement was an Islamic revivalist and reform movement aimed at purifying religious practices and resisting colonial domination.

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• The Wahabi Movement originated in the 18th century Arabia under Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab.
• The movement emphasised Tawhid, advocating strict monotheism and opposing saint worship and intermediary practices.
• It rejected Bid’ah, condemning religious innovations not sanctioned by the Quran and Hadith.
• Wahabi ideology promoted moral reform and adherence to early Islamic principles and practices.
• In India, the movement was led by Sayyid Ahmad Barelvi during the early nineteenth century.
• The Indian Wahabi Movement combined religious reform with political resistance against British colonial rule.
• Its objective included establishing an Islamic state governed by Sharia law.
• The British suppressed the movement through military action and the Wahabi Trials (1864–1870)