Then, in the noble hadīth there is another instruction,...

Then, in the noble hadīth there is another instruction, which opens another way to the people of sulūk and of observance. It says:”…Think of the clarity, softness, purity and blessing of water and of its tenderly mixing with everything. Use it to purge the organs, which Allah has ordered you to purify, and observe their disciplines in His obligations and traditions, as under each one there are many advantages.

So, if you use them respectfully, the springs of the advantages will burst out for you presently.” This noble hadīth refers to the degrees of purity in general and puts it in four general degrees, of which one is that which is mentioned so far in the noble hadīth , i.e. purifying the organs. It also notes that the people of observance and the sālik s to Allah should not stop at the apparent form of the things.

They have to regard the appearance as a mirror reflecting the inside, to detect the facts from the forms and not to be satisfied with formal purification, which is a satanic snare.

So, in the purity of water they discover the purity of the organs, which they have to purge and clarify by way of performing the obligatory duties and the divine laws, whose fineness is to be used to make fine the organs and to take them out of the coarseness of disobedience, and to let purity and blessing flow into all the organs.

And, from the tenderly mixing of water with things, they realize how the divine heavenly powers are mixed with the world of nature, preventing the impurities of nature from affecting them. When the organs are clothed with the divine obligations and laws and their disciplines, the inner advantages gradually appear, the springs of the divine secrets burst out and a part of the secrets of servitude and purity uncover themselves for the sālik .

After explaining the first stage of purification and its instruction, the hadīth gives the secondary instruction, saying: “…then mix with the creatures (servants) of Allah like the mixture of water with things: It gives to everything its due without any change in its own meaning. And learn a lesson from the Messenger of Allah ( s ) (who said): “A sincere believer is like water.” The first instruction concerns the sālik 's managing his organs and inner powers.

The second instruction mentioned in this noble hadīth concerns man's relation with Allah's creatures.