It has also been reported that no discourse (kalam) can be established except through four witnesses:

First: From the Book of Allah.

Second: From the Messenger (PBUH).

Third: From the people of transmission (ahl al-naql).

Fourth: From the proof of reason (hujjat al-'aql).

In this treatise (risala), I have provided many witnesses from the words of Allah the Almighty, the words of His Messenger, the words of the people of transmission who took from the People of Infallibility (Ahl al-'Ismah), and finally, rational proofs. All of them call for the rejection of belief in and religious practice of the outward forms of the Limits (zawahir al-hudud) and [prohibit] their establishment in private gatherings, except for the purpose of concealment and dissimulation (Taqiyya).

Therefore, if you, O objector, attribute error to me for this, then you are more deserving of that [attribute]; for all these words are the words of Allah, His Messenger, the People of Infallibility, and those who followed them among the people of transmission.

If these witnesses, sayings, opinions, and interpretations which I have presented in this treatise are all from the words of Allah, His Messenger, and the worlds of His Holiness—and are attested to by the proof of reason—then