Licha ya tofauti zilizopo miongoni mwa makafiri kuhusu mgawanyo wa ardhi za Waislamu, walikubaliana kwa pamoja juu ya wazo la kuuangamiza Uislamu. Walifuata mbinu kadhaa kwa lengo hilo. Mwanzoni, walichochea hisia za utaifa na uhuru katika nchi za Ulaya. Waliwachochea watu dhidi ya Dola ya Kiislamu na kuwapa silaha na fedha ili waasi dhidi yake, kama ilivyokuwa huko Serbia na Ugiriki. Kwa njia hii, nchi za Ulaya zilijaribu kuichoma Dola ya Kiislamu kisu mgongoni. Ufaransa ilivamia Misri na kuikalia mnamo Julai 1798, kisha ikaelekea Palestina na kuikalia. Ufaransa ilitaka kuikalia Al-Sham iliyobaki ili kuipiga Dola ya Kiislamu pigo la kufa, lakini ilishindwa, baadaye ikalazimika kuondoka Misri na kurudisha ardhi ilizoikalia kwa Dola ya Kiislamu.

Despite the differences amongst the Kuffar over the division of the Muslims’ lands, they were in full agreement of the idea to destroy Islam. They pursued several methods for this purpose. Initially, they aroused the feelings of nationalism and independence in the European countries. They incited people against the Islamic State and they supplied them with weapons and money in order to revolt against it, as was the case in Serbia and Greece. In this way, the European countries tried to stab the Islamic State in the back. France invaded Egypt and occupied it in July 1798, then marched onto Palestine and occupied it. France wanted to occupy the rest of Al-Sham in order to deal the Islamic State the fatal blow, but was however defeated, later being forced to leave Egypt and surrender the lands she had occupied back to the Islamic State.

Uingereza ulijaribu kupitia wakala wake Abdul-Aziz ibn Muhammad ibn Saud kuiangusha Dola ya Kiislamu kutoka ndani. Wahhabi wakati huo walikuwa wamefanikiwa kuanzisha chombo ndani ya Dola ya Kiislamu, kikiongozwa na Muhammad ibn Saud na baadaye na mwanawe Abdul-Aziz. Uingereza iliwapa silaha na fedha, nao wakaendelea kwa msingi wa kimadhehebu kuteka ardhi za Kiislamu zilizokuwa chini ya mamlaka ya Khilafah.

Britain had attempted through her agent Abdul-Aziz ibn Muhammad ibn Saud to strike the Islamic State from within. The Wahhabis by then had managed to establish an entity within the Islamic State, led by Muhammad ibn Saud and later by his son Abdul-Aziz. Britain supplied them with weapons and money and they moved on a sectarian basis to seize the Islamic lands which were under the authority of the Khilafah.

Walipigana vita dhidi ya Khalifa na kupambana na jeshi la Kiislamu (jeshi la Amir ul-Mumineen), huku wakichochewa na kusaidiwa na Waingereza muda wote. Wahabi walitaka kuyateka maeneo yaliyotawaliwa na Khalifa ili kuyatawala kwa mujibu wa Madhhab yao (mkondo wa kifikra), na kuyakandamiza kwa nguvu Madhahib nyingine zote za Kiislamu zilizotofautiana na yao. Kwa hiyo, walivamia Kuwait na kuikalia mwaka 1788, kisha wakaelekea kaskazini hadi walipoizingira Baghdad. Walitaka kuiteka Karbalaa na kaburi la Al-Hussein (Allah amridhie), ili kuliharibu na kuzuia watu kulitembelea. Kisha mwaka 1803, walianzisha shambulizi dhidi ya Makkah na kuikalia. Mwanzoni mwa mwaka 1804, Madinah iliingia chini ya udhibiti wao. Waliharibu kuba kubwa zilizokuwa zikifunika kaburi la Mtume wa Allah ﷺ, na kuvua kuba hizo vito vyote na mapambo ya thamani. Baada ya kukamilisha kuuteka Al-Hijaz yote, walielekea Al-Sham. Walipokaribia Hims mwaka 1810, walishambulia Damascus kwa mara ya pili, na pia wakaishambulia Al-Najaf. Damascus ilijilinda kwa ujasiri na kwa utukufu. Hata hivyo, wakati wakiizingira Damascus, Wahabi walihamia kaskazini kwa wakati mmoja na kueneza utawala wao juu ya sehemu kubwa ya ardhi ya Syria hadi Aleppo. Ilikuwa jambo linalojulikana sana kwamba kampeni hii ya Wahabi ilichochewa na Waingereza, kwani Al Saud walikuwa mawakala wa Waingereza. Walitumia vibaya Madhhab ya Wahabi, ambayo ilikuwa ya Kiislamu na ambaye mwanzilishi wake alikuwa Mujtahid, katika shughuli za kisiasa kwa lengo la kupigana dhidi ya Dola ya Kiislamu na kugongana na Madhahib nyingine, ili kuchochea vita vya kimadhehebu ndani ya Dola ya Ottoman.

They took up arms against the Khaleefah and fought the Islamic armed forces (the army of the Amir ul-Mu’mineen), all the time goaded and supplied by the British. The Wahhabis wanted to seize the lands ruled by the Khaleefah in order to rule these lands according to their Math’hab (school of thought), and suppress all the other Islamic Mathahib that differed from theirs by force. Hence, they raided Kuwait and occupied it in 1788, then marched northwards until they besieged Baghdad. They wanted to seize Karbalaa’ and the tomb of Al-Hussein (may Allah be pleased with him) to destroy it and ban the visiting of it. Then in 1803, they launched an attack on Makkah and occupied it. In the spring of 1804, Madinah fell under their control. They destroyed the huge domes which used to shade the grave of the Messenger of Allah (saw) and stripped them of all the gems and precious ornaments. Having completed their seizure of the whole of Al-Hijaz, they marched on towards Al-Sham. Nearing Hims in 1810 they attacked Damascus for a second time and they also attacked Al-Najaf. Damascus defended itself bravely and gloriously. However while besieging Damascus, the Wahhabis moved at the same time to the north and spread their authority over most of the Syrian lands as far as Aleppo. It was a well known fact that this Wahhabi campaign was instigated by the British, for Al Saud were British agents. They exploited the Wahhabi Math’hab, which was Islamic and whose founder was a Mujtahid, in political activities with the aim of fighting the Islamic State and clashing with the other Mathahib, in order to incite sectarian wars within the Ottoman state.

Uhusiano wa kimaslahi na uaminifu wa Al Saud kwa Waingereza ulikuwa jambo lililojulikana sana kwa dola ya Khilafah na kwa mataifa makubwa kama Ujerumani, Ufaransa na Urusi. Pia ilijulikana kwamba walikuwa wakiongozwa na Waingereza.

The brokerage and loyalty of Al Saud to the British was a well known matter to the Khilafah state and to the major powers such as Germany, France and Russia. It was also known that they were steered by the British.

Waingereza wenyewe hawakuwahi kuficha ukweli kwamba waliiunga mkono dola ya Kisaudi. Zaidi ya hayo, silaha na vifaa vikubwa vilivyowafikia kupitia India, pamoja na fedha za kugharamia juhudi za vita na kuwapa vifaa jeshi, vilikuwa ni silaha na fedha za Waingereza. Kwa hiyo, nchi nyingine za Ulaya, hasa Ufaransa, zilipinga kampeni ya Kiwahabi kwa sababu ilionekana kuwa kampeni ya Waingereza. Dola ya Khilafah ilijaribu kuwashambulia Wahabi lakini bila mafanikio, na Walii wake huko Madina na Baghdad walishindwa kuwazuia. Kwa sababu hiyo, aliagiza Walii wake huko Misri, Muhammad Ali, atume kikosi maalum kuwakabili. Mwanzoni alisita. Kwa hakika alikuwa wakala wa Ufaransa, na ni Ufaransa iliyomsaidia kuandaa mapinduzi nchini Misri na kushika madaraka, kisha ikailazimisha Khilafah imtambue. Hivyo, kwa msingi wa makubaliano na uchochezi wa Ufaransa, Muhammad Ali alitii maagizo ya Sultani mwaka 1811 na akamtuma mwanawe Tosson kupigana na Wahabi.

The British themselves never used to conceal the fact that they supported the Saudis as a state. Furthermore, the huge arsenals and equipment which reached them via India and the finance to cover the war effort and to equip the armed forces were but British weapons and money. Therefore, the other European countries, especially France, were opposed to the Wahhabi campaign for it was considered a British campaign. The Khilafah State had tried to strike the Wahhabis but to no avail, and her Walis in Madinah and Baghdad were unable to curb them. As a result she instructed her Wali in Egypt Muhammad Ali, to dispatch a task force to deal with them. He hesitated at first. Indeed he was a French agent, and it was France who had helped him stage the coup in Egypt and seize power, then forced the Khilafah to recognise him. So on the basis of France’s agreement and incitement, Muhammad Ali responded to the Sultan’s demands in 1811 and dispatched his son Tosson to fight the Wahhabis.

Vita kadhaa vilifanyika kati ya jeshi la Misri na Wahhabi, na jeshi la Misri likafanikiwa kuiteka Madinah mwaka 1812. Kisha mwaka 1816, Muhammad Ali alimtuma mwanawe Ibrahim kutoka Cairo, ambaye aliwaangamiza Wahhabi hadi wakarudi nyuma kuelekea mji wao mkuu, Al-Diriyyah, na kujiimarisha humo. Baada ya hapo, Ibrahim aliuzingira mji huo mwezi Aprili 1818. Kuzingirwa kuliendelea katika kipindi chote cha kiangazi hadi tarehe 9 Septemba 1818.

Several battles took place between the Egyptian army and the Wahhabis, and the Egyptian army managed to conquer Madinah in 1812. Then in 1816, Muhammad Ali sent his son Ibrahim from Cairo, who crushed the Wahhabis until they retreated to their capital, Al-Dir’iyyah and fortified themselves there. Thereafter, Ibrahim besieged them in April 1818. The siege continued all throughout the summer until 9th September 1818

Kisha Ufaransa ikajaribu kuishambulia Dola ya Kiislamu kutoka nyuma kupitia wakala wake Muhammad Ali, Wali wa Misri. Ufaransa ilimuunga mkono waziwazi kimataifa na kisiasa, naye akajitenga na Khalifa na kutangaza vita dhidi yake. Mwaka 1831 alisonga mbele kuelekea Al-Sham kwa lengo la kuiteka. Aliikalia Palestina, Lebanon na Syria, kisha akaanza kupenyeza Anatolia. Hata hivyo, Khalifa alituma jeshi imara kupigana naye. Uingereza, Urusi na mataifa mawili ya Kijerumani yaligeuka dhidi ya Muhammad Ali. Mwezi Julai 1840, Uingereza, Urusi na mataifa mawili ya Kijerumani walifanya kile kilichojulikana kama "Muungano wa Pande Nne", ambapo mataifa haya yangeahidi kulinda umoja wa Dola ya Ottoman na kumlazimisha Muhammad Ali, kwa nguvu ikibidi, kusalimisha Syria. Msimamo huu uliochukuliwa na nchi za Ulaya uligeuza hali ya kimataifa kwa manufaa ya Khalifa. Ulisaidia kupinga Muhammad Ali na kumfukuza kutoka Syria, Palestina na Lebanon. Muhammad Ali alirudi Misri, ambapo alikubali kuwa Wali chini ya mamlaka ya Khalifa.

France then attempted to strike the Islamic State from the back through her agent Muhammad Ali, the Wali of Egypt. France openly supported him internationally and politically, and he broke away from the Khaleefah and declared war against it. He marched towards Al-Sham in 1831 with the aim of conquering it. He occupied Palestine, Lebanon and Syria and started to infiltrate Anatolia. However, the Khaleefah dispatched a strong army to fight him. Britain, Russia and two of the German states turned against Muhammad Ali. In July 1840, Britain, Russia and two German states held what became known as the "Quadrilateral Alliance", according to which these states would undertake to defend the unity of the Ottoman State and to oblige Muhammad Ali, by force if necessary, to surrender Syria. This stand taken by the European countries turned the international situation in favour of the Khaleefah. It helped to resist Muhammad Ali and drive him out of Syria, Palestine and Lebanon. Muhammad Ali returned to Egypt whereupon he accepted to be a Wali under the authority of the Khaleefah.