Sufism or Tasawwuf is the esoteric aspect, the inner dimension of Islamic tradition; it is perceived as the soul of religion by which one attains closeness to God. Upon surpassing the external manifestations of Sharīʿah, the foundation of Sufism, one reaches spiritual awareness and begins “worshiping God as if one sees Him.”3 In other words, there is no Sufism without Islam. As William Stoddart, a great scholar of Sufism says, “an attempt to separate the mystical element from the religion which is its outward support is an arbitrary act of violence which cannot but be fatal to mysticism, or spiritual path concerned”.4 Thus, Sufism constitutes both the esoterism and initiation, but it is important to denote that Sufis stress inwardness above outwardness, i.e., they do not limit themselves to the elements codified in Sharīʿah.