Imam Malik in his famous saying said, "man tasawaffa wa lam yatafaqa faqad tazandaqa, wa man tafaqaha wa lam yatasawaf faqad tafasaq, wa man tasawaffa wa tafaqaha faqad tahaqaq."
which means: " Whoever studied Tasawwuf without Fiqh is a heretic, and whoever studied Fiqh without Tasawwuf is corrupted, and whoever studied Tasawwuf and Fiqh will find the Truth and Reality of Islam."
We must know the basics of Islam first such as the 5 pillars of Islam, the salat, the zakat, the pilgrimage and the sunnah and the hadiths and then we can know the steps above Ihsan.
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How can we increase the love of Allah and his prophet unless we have the love to begin with.