1. That the slave should protect himself from kufr
(covering over the truth), and that is the station of
Islam;
2. That he should protect himself from acts of
disobedience and forbidden things, and it is the
station of turning or repentance (tawbah);
3. That he should protect himself from doubtful
matters, and that is the station of caution or
carefulness (wara');
4. That he should protect himself from even those things that are permitted, and that is the station of doing without (zuhd);
5. That he should protect himself from the presence of other than Allah in his heart and it is the presence of witnessing.
