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Repeating the names of God, glorification and seeking forgiveness, individually and collectively; 'Surely by the remembrance of God hearts find rest'. Its forms and sessions developed in the Sufi orders. {¹}

Niyya (intention in deeds)

The purpose and will behind an act; Ibn Rajab notes that intention has two senses in scholars' usage: distinguishing acts of worship from one another and from habits — the sense dominant in the jurists' books — and distinguishing the aim intended by the act, whether for God alone or for other than Him — the sense dominant among the early generations and companion to sincerity; al-Shafi'i is reported to have called the hadith 'actions are but by intentions' a third of knowledge entering seventy chapters of jurisprudence, and al-Bukhari opened his Sahih with it.

Dhikr (remembrance of God)

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Niyya (intention in deeds)