reality of the esoteric meaning of the five exoteric limits—which are Fasting, Prayer, Pilgrimage, Zakat, and Jihad—their exoteric performance is dropped from him.

A firm saying of this meaning was also mentioned in the third part of the book al-Ḥujub wa al-Anwār by the sage Muhammad bin Sinan al-Zahiri—peace be upon him—stating: "Whoever knows the Five, the Five fall from him. The knowledge of Hajj is the knowledge of the Origin (al-Asl); so whoever knows it, there is no blame upon him in his existence until he emerges from his trial (miḥnah). When he emerges from the trial, he exists through Him."

He (Almighty) said in Surat al-Ma'idah, pointing to the prohibition of the Exoteric—symbolized by "land hunting"—upon the people of the Esoteric—symbolized by "sea hunting"—by His saying:

{O you who have believed, do not kill game while you are in a state of ihram. And whoever of you kills it intentionally—then a compensation [is due] the like of what he killed of livestock... (up to His saying:)... Lawful to you is game from the sea and its food as provision for you and the travelers, but forbidden to you is game from the land as long as you are in the state of ihram. And fear God, to whom you will be gathered.} (Al-Ma'idah: 95–96).

Our Sheikh, Abu Abd Allah al-Husayn bin Hamdan al-Khasibi—may God sanctify his person—has bestowed grace upon us by clarifying these esoteric religious sciences in the book al-‘Uqūd (The