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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Adab as-Salat: The Disciplines of the Prayer Second Revised Edition Chapter 7: Some Cordial Disciplines For Removing Filth And Purifying Impurities Be aware that removing the hadath (impurity), as already stated, is getting out of I-ness and selfishness and parting with carnality [ nafsiyyat ] or rather it is complete separation from the house of the soul, since, as long as there are remnants of a servant's self, he will be polluted with al-hadath al-akbar (the major impurity) and the worshipper and the worshipped in him are Satan and the soul.

If the stages of the journey of the people of the Road and sulūk were for getting ranks and ascension to high degrees, they would not be out of the intrusion of Satan and the soul, and the journey and sulūk are justified [ mu'allal ]. Thus, the sulūk is within the stages of the self, and the journey in the very inside of the house.

Such a sālik is not a sālik , not a wayfarer, nor is he an emigrant to Allah and His Messenger, and he has not yet been purged from the major impurity, which is “the servant himself” [' ayn-i 'abd ]. Should he become completely purified from this hadath , the worshipper and the worshipped would be the Haqq [Allah], and “I would be his ear (hearing) and his eye (seeing),”[^1] which is the result of the proximity by the nāfilah (supererogatory act of worship), would take place.

Therefore, as far as purification from the hadath is concerned, the ghusl of the whole body is necessary, because as long as “the very servant” [' ayn-i 'abd ] is still there in a way, the hadath is not yet removed, as “under each hair there is a janābah .”[^2] So, purification from the hadath is purification from the hudūth [novelty] and perishing in the sea of ancientness [ qidām ]. Its perfection is in getting out of the multiplicity of names, which is the interior of the 'tree'.

By this getting out he will get out of Adam's infectious sin, which is the origin [ asl ] of the offspring. So, the hadath is of the spiritual impurities, and its purification is of the inner invisible affairs and is a light. Wudu' is a limited light, while the ghusl is an absolute light. “Which Wudu' is purer than the ghusl ?”[^3] But removing the external filth and impurities has no such position, because it is a superficial cleaning and an external purification.