Emotions and spiritual states such as sorrow, remorse, modesty, ḥajal (shame), reverence, awe, and hayba (awe) are acts of the qalb (the heart), and are considered spiritual ḥāl (states) and maqām (stations). Every outward (ẓāhirī) and inward (bāṭinī) act has its own knowledge, comprehension, exposition (bayān), mode of understanding, its own ḥaqīqa (inner reality), and its own ecstasy (wajd). There are evidences from the verses (āyāt) of the Qur'an and from the sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that prove the soundness of every outward and inward act. One who knows these is a scholar, and one who does not is ignorant. (Lumaʿ, 43)
The science of sharia (ʿilm al-sharīʿa) has three pillars: the Book, the Sunnah, and the consensus of the community (ijmāʿ al-umma). (Hujwīrī, 18)
(See also sharia-ḥaqīqa)
ʿIlm al-taʿbīr (the science of dream interpretation): ʿIlm al-taʿbīr teaches you the way of proverbial expression. For a dream is a part of prophethood. For example, the sun seen in a dream is interpreted as a sultan. There is a spiritual resemblance between the sun and the sultan, namely that what arises from their influence encompasses everything. Likewise, since the light of the sun is spread to the world by means of the moon in its absence, the moon is interpreted as a vizier. Similarly, when the sultan is absent, his influence is reflected to the people by means of the vizier. (Mishkāt, 73)
(See also ruʾyā)