As for the persons of the fingers of the left foot, they are the five orphans of Umm Salama; they are Maymuna bint al-Harith al-Hilaliyya, Amatullah bint Khalid ibn Sinan al-Absi, Umm Ishaq, Amina bint al-Sharid, and Umm Malik, the wife of Sa'd ibn Malik.

Wiping them with water instead of washing is your knowledge of their two ranks and that they are below the rank of those mentioned previously. This is what has come to mind regarding the inward meaning of ablution (Wudu), and praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds.

I say: Much has been related regarding the mention of water in the Torah, the Gospel, the Psalms, the Quran, and the narrations concerning the stations of the luminous worlds, and from the sayings of the firmly grounded scholars of the Khasibiyya Shia. Despite all this, it does not permissible for us to believe in or take its outward aspect as religion; rather, it is mandatory to use it for need and necessity, just as we use these manifest acts of worship.

Our Sheikh of Light (Al-Nurani) mentioned in his "Poem of Water" mentioned earlier that "Water is a majestic person and Prayer is men." If this water is a luminous person and this prayer consists of luminous persons, how can it be permissible for us to believe in the outward form of prayer and make it a religion and an obligatory duty, while we do not believe in the outward form of water or take it as religion in the same way? If that were permissible, it would be permissible for us to believe