Instructions for the Practitioner

 

Before entering the world of operations, it is essential for the practitioner to possess the following knowledge:  

- Familiarity with the alphabet is necessary to extract numbers from names, verses, and required phrases.  

- Knowledge of the planets and stars is also essential to consider the hours when needed.  

The ability to read a calendar and familiarity with auspicious and inauspicious hours.  

Conditions necessary for the operations:  

1. Cleanliness of the outer and inner self  

2. Complete purity  

3. Truthfulness  

4. Charity and good deeds  

5. Avoidance of the company of the wicked and avoidance of mixing with the wealthy  

6. Frequent use of fragrant items and perfumes  

7. Abstaining from the use of items like hookah, onions, garlic, etc.  

8. Use of pleasant fragrances during operations, such as frankincense, oud, and musk  

9. Solitude and seclusion  

10. Sincerity of heart  

11. Humility and submissiveness  

12. Desired objective  

13. Attention to the name  

14. Consumption of lawful food  

15. Truthfulness in speech  

16. Avoidance and caution regarding unlawful matters  

17. Habit of little food, little speech, and little sleep  

18. Sending blessings and salutations at the beginning and end of the prayer, according to the amount of numbers in the prayer based on an odd number of 100.