The Rules Of Conduct Of The Hand

(Excerpted from Futuwat namah by Khwaja Husayn Wa’iz Kashifi Sabzawari An Naqshbandi Translated by M. Nur Abdussalam)

If asked: How many are the rules of conduct of the hand? Say: Five 

1.      Its earning must be lawful.
2.      It should not injure anyone.
3.      It should not grasp prohibited things.
4.      It should not betray deposits and sureties.
5.      It should write only things the tongue can say.