The Link between Sharia and Doctrine and Truth derived from Quranic Verses and Narrations

Islamc, besides its appearance, has internal, essential decrees, and sharia, though it is a knowledge of appearance, does not hinder the acquisition of internal knowledge such as doctrine and truth, as the relationship between appearance and the essence is a real relationship, not an artificial and contrived one. The essence guides and nourishes apparent actions, just as faith requires the internal actions of the heart, and intent is the spirit and origin of all actions. Seyyed Heidar Amoli has demonstrated that Sharia and its five ancillaries, namely, Prayer, Fasting, Hajj, Zakat and Jihad fall within three categories of Sharia, Doctrine and Truth. He, like other mystics such as Raseed ol-din Meibodi in Kashf ol-Asrar or Abu Saeed Abu al-Kheir, in proving this link uses this hadith from Prophet Muhammad, “Sharia is my saying, Doctrine is my actions and Truth is my Status.” As a result, mystics consider as one of the principles of conduct the harmony of the mystic’s conduct with the Quran and the hadiths.