2. That no one but God can know the secrets of men, and that prayers should not be offered to any prophet, walī, pīr, or saint; but that God may be asked to grant a petition for the sake of a saint.
3. That at the Last Day, Muḥammad will obtain permission (iẕn) of God to intercede for his people. The Sunnīs believe that permission has already been given.
4. That it is unlawful to illuminate the shrines of departed saints, or to prostrate before them, or to perambulate (t̤awāf) round them, they do not even perform any act of reverence at the Prophet’s tomb at al-Madīnah.
5. That women should not be allowed to visit the graves of the dead, on account of their immoderate weeping.
6. That only four festivals ought to be observed, namely, ʿĪdu ʾl-Fit̤r, ʿĪdu ʾl-Aẓḥā, ʿĀshūrā, and al-Lailatu ʾl-Mubārakah.
7. They do not observe the ceremonies of Maulūd, which are celebrated on the anniversary of Muḥammad’s birth.
8. They do not present offerings (Naẕr) at any shrine.
9. They count the ninety-nine names of God on their fingers, and not on a rosary.
10. They understand the terms “sitting of God” (Arabic Istiwāʾ), and “hand of God” (Yadu ʾllāh), which occur in the Qurʾān, in their literal (Ḥaqīqī) sense, and not figuratively (Majāzī); but, at the same time, they say it is not revealed how God sits, or in what sense he has a hand, &c., and on this account the Christian doctrines of the Trinity and the Sonship of Christ do not present the same difficulties to the mind of a Wahhābī which they do to that of a Sunnī.
Mr. Wilfrid Blunt, in his Future of Islam, says:—