At this stage, he loves to perform the spiritual warfare (mujāhadah) and to conform to the Sharī،ah. He performs the obligatory and other voluntary prayers like the night prayer (tahajjud), the voluntary fasts and giving charity. He feels pleased if others notice his good acts, but he performs them for the sake of God. The desire to be held in high esteem by others is being opposed by him. At such a stage, the soul is said to live in accordance with the spiritual path (țarīqah), which implies the inward dimensions of the sacred Law.