How do you tell if you have the Wahabi poison?

Bismillah

If you read a book eg about tawhid, and you think that everything the book says is true and then start challenging every Muslim you see to show them that they have shirk and should repent, and if not then they deserve hell.
This is what Wahabism looks like. Ignorance coupled with supreme arrogance.
What is the correct position on things?
When we read any book written by a human we need to realize that the author is just giving either his opinion or the opinions of the people he or she is quoting. At the end of the day they are opinions.
If they quote a Hadith then assuming the Hadith is actually correct then the understanding of the Hadith may actually be faulty. Or that it may have exceptions to it.
Same thing if verses of the quran are quoted. Doesn't mean that the understanding of the verse presented is complete or accurate, no matter how much they want it to be complete and accurate.
The result of this is that it means we can never be supreme in our opinion and think that we have the full understanding. Or that we have the full truth. We need to realize we have an understanding of the matter but that there maybe other understandings that are equally valid. Or even better.
Hence we can never be arrogant. But only humble and modest.
Wahabi types will hate this kind of talk because they want to be certain about everything they believe. They hate uncertainty and doubt. It doesn't work for them.
They can't tell people they are wrong that way. They need certainty.
A misguided and naive lot.
May Allah protect us from this ignorance/ arrogance combination.
And it can affect any human not just Wahabis. But wahabis seem to thrive on this unfortunately.
I think because they have so little basic understanding of things and just focus on appearing learned.
Neglecting the inner.

Salam

PS: I don't mean to attack a sect or be sectarian. My aim is to expose bad behavior/ attitude and mention where this bad attitude is mostly present and observed.

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