In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Imam Ghazali quotes Sahl ibn Abd Allah al-Tustari, one of the masters of the
spiritual path, as saying,
"One does not attain unto the reality of faith until one has four traits:
1. Performing all obligatory acts, in accordance with the sunnah;
2. Eating only the lawful, with scrupulousness;
3. Avoiding all prohibited matters, whether outward or inward; and
4. Remaining steadfast on the above, till death."
[Ihya 'Ulum al-Din]
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