Though apparently considered by Jewish authorities in Late Antiquity to be acceptable among non Jews like the Theosebes and Sabis, by the time of Maimonides its Sabi practitioners were apparently regarded as pagan, plain and simple. This might be because early practitioners praying in the name of one being called Sabians of the Hanifa by Arabic commentators while the later practitioners prayed in the name of many and were known as the Sabiah Mushrikun by the same commentators.
In Arabic, setting up any partner alongside God is called '''Shirk''' and Mushrikun (those who set up partners) are generally frowned upon in [[Petrine tradition]] even if they are Noahide. At the same time, it is taken for granted that the belief of a child who has been brought up to worship God is automatically in the name of their parents. Hence there is such a thing as the age of account where by the age of 40 it is hoped that an individual will have experienced God through their own reasoning not just in the name of someone else.