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Four Doors

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In Alevism, ten stations are listed for each of the Foor Doors. Hence, in full, the Four Doors are also known as the Four Doors and Forty Stations (Turkish: Dört Kapı Kırk Makam). These Forty Stations are listed below.

The Door of Shari'ah

1. The Door of Sharîʻah/Divine Law
  1. to believe
  2. to learn knowledge (‘ilm)
  3. to worship
  4. to earn only what sustenance is permitted (halâl) by its creator in a way that is also permissible
  5. abstaining from that which one's creator has forbidden (harâm)
  6. to perform marriages
  7. to marry oneself
  8. to abstain from sexual relation during inappropriate times
  9. to be a member of the community following the tradition of Muhammad
  10. to be compassionate, to dress simply and to consume simple foods
  11. to enjoin that which is right and for abstain from that which is wrong

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