Which statement is NOT true of Sufism?

A. Sufism rejects the veneration of saints as an improper form of devotion.

B. Sufis were ascetics who rejected worldly materialism and followed a simple way of life.

C. Sufism emphasizes mystical experience with God.

D. Muhammad is celebrated as the first Sufi because he supposedly had a mystical experience where he ascended into heaven from Jerusalem.

E. Rabi'a was a famous female Sufi who popularized intense devotional love for God and Jallaludin Rumi was a famous Sufi poet.