1. Striving with ideas and the word against the people of misguidance, which is a struggle of paramount importance.

2. Serving their Master by assisting him in the dissemination of the truth.

3. Serving the Muslims with regard to belief (îmân),

4. Acquiring knowledge through the pen,

5. Performing worship in the form of reflective thought, one hour of which may sometimes be the equivalent of a year's worship.