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What controversial religious practice did Ibn Abd al-Wahhab oppose?
Praying five times a day
Fasting during Ramadan
Visiting shrines and tombs
Giving alms to the poor
Answer
Ibn Abd al-Wahhab opposed the visitation to and veneration of shrines and tombs of Muslim saints, which he believed amounted to heretical religious innovation or even idolatry. He called for social reform based on the doctrine of tawhid.
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