Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab
Much of the Salafi critiques against Sufism is attributed to the writings of the eighteenth century figure, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, and those who followed him. Some argue that his original followers were conciliatory towards what they viewed as Sufism(in accordance with Scriptures). The son of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab wrote, "We do not negate the way of the Sufis and the purification of the inner self from the vices of those sins connected to the heart and the limbs as long as the individual firmly adheres to the rules of Shari‘ah and the correct and observed way."