Four Doors

;1. The Door of Sharîʻah/Divine Law • to believe • to learn knowledge (‘ilm) • to worship • to earn only what sustenance is permitted (halâl) by its creator in a way that is also permissible • abstaining from that which one's creator has forbidden (harâm) • to perform marriages • to marry oneself • to abstain from sexual relation during inappropriate times • to be a member of the community following the tradition of Muhammad • to be compassionate, to dress simply and to consume simple foods • to enjoin that which is right and for abstain from that which is wrong ==The Door of Tariqah==

;2. The Door of Tarîqah/Sufi Path • taking the hand of a Sufi sheikh and repenting • willfully becoming a disciple (murîd) of a Sufi sheikh • keeping one's clothes, hair: beard both clean and in order • struggling against the desires of one's flesh (nafs) • serving others • being in a state between excessive fear and hope • taking lessons from and providing guidance to others • distributing God's bounties to others • reaching a state of intense love and a high level of enthusiasm • seeing his inner essence as poor ==The Door of Ma'rifah==

;3. The Door of Ma'rifah/Divine Knowledge • proper morals (adab) • fear • abstinence • patience and frugality • feeling embarrassment • generosity • knowledge (‘ilm) • intense poverty • maʻrifah • knowing oneself ==The Door of Haqiqah==

;4. The Door of Haqîqah/Truth • becoming earth • not scorning the 72 nations of humanity • being as merciful and compassionate as possible • not seeing anyone's faults • to be in agreement with the principles of singleness, uniqueness: oneness of God (tawhîd) • speaking of the secrets of truth with others • following a specific spiritual path (sayr-i sulûk) • secret (sirr) • beseeching God (munâjât) • witnessing God's manifestation in creation (mushâhadah) == References ==