Sufi Classics · July 8, 2026

ḥālet-i ḥaqīqat

If you are in the state of ḥaqīqa (inner reality), know that this is the state of walāya (friendship with God). In that ḥāl (spiritual state), oppose your hawa (base desires) and comply with all commands. Obedience to …

If you are in the state of ḥaqīqa (inner reality), know that this is the state of walāya (friendship with God). In that ḥāl (spiritual state), oppose your hawa (base desires) and comply with all commands. Obedience to the command is divided into two parts: The first is to take from the dunya (world) only the provision that is the right of your nafs (lower self), to abandon pleasures, to perform the obligatory acts, and to be occupied with abandoning every kind of sin, both hidden and open.

The second part is that which comes by the command of the bāṭin (inner aspect). This is the command of the Ḥaqq (the Real, i.e., God). He commands and prohibits His servant. These commands are realized in matters that are mubāḥ (permissible), for which there is no ruling in the sharia (the sacred law), and not in the sense of an obligatory command or prohibition. Rather, it is an area in which the servant may act as he wishes, where abandonment or performance is of no consequence, and for this reason it is called mubāḥ. This is the state of ḥālet-i ḥakku'l-ḥaqq. The servant cannot initiate anything on his own in this matter, but he still awaits a command. When the command comes, he complies. Thus, his stillness and movement are with Allah. This is the case not only in matters for which there is a ruling in the sharia, but also in those for which there is none. In every situation, he acts according to the command that comes from the bāṭin. At that time, he becomes among the people of ḥaqīqa, a muḥiqq (one who realizes the truth). Then, there is no longer even an inner command for him. In this state, that ḥāl becomes the pure act of submission. (Futūḥ, 26-27)