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but the Wahabees only pray , in that case , for liis family . The only tradition ' which the Wahabees admit , is that which contains the sentiments of the prophet himself , and his own exp lanation of the difficult passages of related his
tlie Koran , as by companions * But they resist all tradition of later times ; even that which can be traced to the companions of Mohammed , as soon as they relate to their own opinions on religious matters , or to the opinions of the prophet
himself , as reported by people who are not comprised within the class of ' the companions / As to discipline , I have already mentioned several paints , in which they ( the Wahabees ) disagree with , the established religion . I only add , that ail the Wahabees are
enjoined to shave their head completely , without having any hair-lock on the top of it , as is generally done by the Turks ; or els 6 to leave the whole head of hair growing . The Hadyth says , ' Shave all , or leave all / In general , the precepts of the Sunn . £ ,
which , although not given in the Koran , are yet strongly insisted upon by the prophet , and enforced by his own example , are more in vigour among the Wahabees than the Turks , who evidently transgress the most conspicuous of these tenets . Thus , for
instance , it is a precept of the Sunne , contained in the Hadyth , —* Gold and silver is only permitted to your women ; it is unlawful for men . ' The loud cries over the dead corpse are positively forbidden by Mohammed . "It will be seen that those tenets
shew a spirit of reform much to the credto of the founders of this religion . Religious dissertations , however , are entirely banished from the conversations of the Turks : and it is ,
therefore , rendered impossible that the Wahabees should get any partisans , w countries '" which they have not yet conquered ; where the defenders of lhe old faith circulate the most
absurd stories of the principles of the n sect ; and where every word , contrary to the established doctrine , is looked upon as heresy , and punish-** as such . The tax-gatherers of the W ahabees , are called Mezekas , or Nowab . " In reading otrer the seven or eiffat thousand principal Hfcdyth , ac-
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knowledged as such by all the learned Mussulmans , and comparing them with the present manners of the Turks , innumerable instances are met with , of a total neglect of these precepts . The acquaintance with the
Hadyth h , in my opinion , absolutely * necessary , to get a clear insight into the spirit of the Turkish religion ; which the reading of the Koran alone does not give . Moral precepts are much , more enlarged upon in the Hadyth , than they are in the Koran
itself ; and , as it is generally Mohammed , the Arab , who speaks , his viewg and his mind , together with the customs of his times , may be better estimated , as it were , in his familiar conversation , than in the laboured language of the Koran . ' *
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Mr . Behham , in Reply to Mr . Frend , on Unitariamsm . 415
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Essex Street 9 Sir , July 24 , 1825 . OUR correspondent , Mr . Frend , Y ( pp . 350—352 , ) having duly panegyrized Mr . Clarke ' s definition of Unitarianism , as happilv
corresponding * with his own , proceeds to state and to deplore the unfortunate obloquy under which he thinks that Unitarian Christianity at present labours , " and for which /* he adds , " it cannot be denied that same of our
writers have afforded just grounds . How it is that Just grounds can be afforded for unjust calumny , I stay not now to inquire . Happily your worthy correspondent , who loves to probe matters to the bottom , has discovered
the whole secret of this business . < c With the great truth , " says he > < c which we all hold , these writers have mixed up notions of their own on a variety of topics , such as liberty and necessitv , free-will , atonement
the existence of the devil , the philosophical ignorance of Moses , and othe * subjects , and by their dogmatical con elusions on these heads , thev have contrived so to mix with the simple doctrine of Unitarianism their own peculiar notions , as to excite an aversion
to examine the great truth itself , and even an imputation that , under the mask of Unitarianism , we deny the important doctrines of Christianity , and are in fact only Deists under another name . " Ttoe complainant further States , in aggravation , * ' I feel the more
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1825, page 415, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2538/page/31/
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