To spend the surplus of one's time, to abandon the accumulation of wealth by one's own will out of aversion to miserliness. In the context of abwāb (spiritual doors), it is to sever the nafs's (the lower self's) attachment to the love of wealth. In muʿāmalāt (spiritual transactions), it is to prefer the pleasure of Allah — even over one's own — to the pleasure of others. At the level of uṣūl (principles), its degree is to dedicate one's wealth and life to the path of Allah so as not to fall into anxiety on the way of Allah. At the level of adwiya (remedies), its degree is to direct one's aspiration solely to the Truth (al-Ḥaqq), cutting off one's attachment to others. At the level of aḥwāl (spiritual states), its degree is to unify one's thought and intention, and not to show regard to any other than the Truth. At the level of walāya (sainthood), its degree is to prefer the true Owner of all things by choosing Him, and to become annihilated (fanāʾ) from all acts and attributes. At the level of ḥaqāʾiq (inner realities), its degree is to separate from both worlds and to annihilate even baqāʾ (subsistence in God). At the level of nihāya (the end), its degree is to efface selfhood, lose all superiority, and remove all forms. (Jāmiʿ, 285)
isbāt (affirmation) (see: maḥw-isbāt/nafy-isbāt)
