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The sage Ibn Razi said : A true world renunciated man eats whatever he gets wears what covers his private parts and lives in a place wherever he gets. The world to him is a prison grave is his bed, loneliness is his companion, lesson is his thought, Quran is his object of discussion, Lord is his friend, renunciation is his companion, sorrow is his condition, shame is his sign, hunger is his curry, wisdom is his word, earth is his bed, God fear is his provision, silence is his jewel, patience is his hope, God-reliance is his attribute, intellect is his proof, divine service is his profession and Paradise is his object-if God wishes.

(2) Second necessary thing-cloth. The highest renunciation is to put on such cloth as protects heat and cold and covers private parts. One piece of cloth is sufficient for cover. The middle stage of renunication is to put on one long shirt, one cap and one pair of shoes and the lowest state of renunciation is to put on the above things together with an handkerchief and one trouser. Beyond this, one goes out of renunciation. The condition of a world renounced man is that if he washes one cloth, he will not have a second piece to put on, rather he will sit within his room maked. When he has got two shirts, two trousers and two handkerchiefs, he goes out of the state of renunciation.

KINDS OF CLOTH: The highest renunication is to put on coarse rag or jute, the middle stage is wool cloth and the lowest stage is coarse cotton cloth. Time of cloth. The world renounced man will put on such cloth as is durable for one day at least to one year at most. Even some of them put on leaves of trees to cover their private parts even though these leaves dry up. The middle course of duration is one month. The cloth which lasts for more than one year is against renunciation.

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