Story LXXVII
STORY LXXVII
A Murid said to his Pir: "What am I to do? I am troubled by the people, many of whom pay me visits. By their coming and going they encroach upon my precious time."
He replied:" Lend something to every one of them who is poor, and ask something from every one who is rich, and they will come round thee no more."
If a mendicant were the leader of the army of Islâm, the infidels would, for fear of his importunity, run as far as China!
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