Their claim to be followers of Imam Ahmed is thus unfounded.

Their claim to be followers of Imam Ahmed is thus unfounded. The same argument applies also to their belief regarding asking for the Prophet's intercession. According to this, whoever asks for the Prophet intercession after the Prophet's death is committing a cardinal idolatry. They argue that by performing such an act, a person treats the Prophet as an idol and worships him instead of Allah. According, they considered killing such a person and confiscating his possessions a religious duty.

5 This Wahabi doctrine runs contrary to the practice of asking for the Prophet's intercession performed by a large number of his prominent and early Muslims -…