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ducing it to the primitive simplicity of the Koran; but 
man is always man, that is to say, imperfect and in- 
constant. Abdoulwehhab proved this, by falling, in his 
turn, into minutiae, which were not analogous either 
with the dogma or moral. I shall give a slight proof 
of this. 
The Mussulmen shave their heads, according to an 
established custom, allowing one tuft to grow. Several, 
however, do not do this; but the greater part preserve 
it, without attaching in reality much importance to it, 
perhaps through habit. Among them there are some 
who think that, at the day of judgment, the Prophet 
will take them by this tuft, to carry them to Paradise,, 
This custom was not worth the notice of a law; how- 
ever, Abdoulwehhab thought differently; and the tuft 
was forbidden. 
The Mussulmen have in general, whether from use 
or for amusement, a chaplet in their hands, the grains 
of which they count frequently, without saying any 
thing, and even whilst they are conversing with their 
friends, although they sometimes invoke the name of 
God, or repeat in a low tone of voice a short prayer 
after every grain. Abdoulwehhab proscribed the chap- 
lets as a sign of superstition. 
The reformer included the use of tobacco, and the 
employing silk and precious metals in clothes and 
utensils, as among the number of the greatest sins; but 
he did not hold the despoiling a man of mother reli- 
gion or rite to be a sin. 
The Wehhabites have forbidden to the pilgrims the 
stations of Djebel Nor, or the Mountain of Light, and 
those of Mecca, as superstitious; yet they make that 
of Aam a ra, and go to Mina to throw the small stones 
against the devil's house. Such is man! 
