Spiritual Wayfaring in the View of the Holy Prophet's Household

The most important aim of Islam is man’s spiritual wayfaring towards God and seeking nearness to Him. The present paper seeks to show the style of spiritual wayfaring, followed by the Holy Prophet’s Household. Resting on the hadiths narrated from the Holy Prophet and Infallible Imams (peace be upon them) and using an analytical-descriptive method, this paper seeks to expound their teachings on spiritual wayfaring. In their view, spiritual wayfaring points out the way to God and nearness to and annihilation in Him. For traversing this path, one cannot do without the guidelines of the pioneers in spiritual wayfaring. The wayfarer should remove the internal and external obstacles in the path leading to God; thus attaining the four-fold stages of spiritual wayfaring; namely, Islam, faith, piety, and certainty, taking into account the factors of spiritual wayfaring, the umbrella of which is obedience to God.