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6. That only four festivals ought to be observed, namely, ʾId-ul-Fitr, ʾId-ul-Azhá, ʾA′shúráa, and Shab-i-Barát.
7. They do not observe the ceremonies of Maulúd, which are celebrated on the anniversary of Muhammad's birth.
8. They do not present offerings (Nazr) 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," and "hand of God," which occur in the Qurán, in their literal (Haqíqí) sense, and not figuratively (Majází); but, at the same time, they say it is not revealed how God sits, or in what sense he has a hand, etc.[1]
- ↑ 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 Wahhábí which they do to that of a Sunní.
