And the Master Al-Muntajab—may God sanctify him—excelled [in expressing] this meaning in his poetry, saying:

And religion is nothing but your abandoning of evil and harm

And your repelling of destruction from your intimate friend through goodness (al-Ma'ruf)

And the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "Two traits, there is nothing better than them: Faith in God and benefiting the Muslims. And two traits, there is nothing more malicious than them: Polytheism (Shirk) in God and harming the Muslims."

And among what was reported in clarifying the reality of knowledge (al-'Ilm) and practice (al-'Amal), is what our master Abu al-Tahir Sabur bestowed in his answer to his son in the first council of the book Al-Taliqan, saying:

So he said to him: "O my son, indeed knowledge and practice are conjoined brothers; one cannot stand except by its companion. For the foundation (Qiwam) of knowledge, its pillar ('Imad), and its essence (Jawhar) is faith¹ (Iman), and the foundation of practice, its pillar, and its essence is the preservation of devotion to the brethren (Birr al-Ikhwan)."

And he also said when his son asked him, saying: "O my master, which sin has no expiation (Kaffarah) and no repentance (Tawbah)?"