their inward. They make adultery lawful and hasten to the places where adultery and harlots are; they multiply indecencies and are not deterred from that, nor do they return to the Quran nor to what the Messenger of Allah — Exalted Glory — commanded. This is their view."

The Indian said: "Describe the specific among the Nawāṣib." The Hijazi said: "As for the specific among the Nawāṣib, they populate the mosques with jurisprudence (fiqh) and recitation, and they pray in congregations. They manifest asceticism, humility, and piety, and they debate regarding predestination and decree. They worship Abu Bakr and Umar, and they hate Amir Al-Muminin, reject him, curse his Shia, and make their blood and wealth lawful. Their inward is such that if they triumph over a prohibited vulva, they partook in it, and if they reach wealth through unlawful means, they take it. They consume [wealth] through religion and earn through the Quran. They lie in what they deal with of their buying and selling, and they sell goods while hiding their defects. This is the discourse of the specific among the Nawāṣib."

The Indian said: "Describe the general among the Shia." The Hijazi said: "As for the general among the Shia, they acknowledge some of 'Ali's — Exalted Glory — miracles and deny others. They attribute error and forgetfulness to him and claim he is not infallible from that, and that there befalls him what befalls humans. Among them are those who manifest affection to earn, those who manifest it for worldly management, and those who seek it for hypocrisy. Most of them make adultery lawful and are shameless in drinking wine. If they reach what is not rightfully theirs, they take it, and they do not desist from evil speech regarding their brothers. They have ugly discourses that, were we to mention them, the explanation in describing them would grow long."

The Indian said: "What do you say regarding the specific ones and the people of elevation (al-irtifā' )? How is their way in their dealings, their pledge, their buying, and their belief regarding their brothers and their