Gulistan of Saadi
The Morals of Dervishes
Story 1
One of the great devotees having been asked about his opinion concerning a hermit whom others had
censured in their conversation, he replied: ‘I do not see any external blemishes on him and do not
know of internal ones.’
Whomsoever thou seest in a religious habit
Consider him to be a religious and good man
And, if thou knowest not his internal condition,
What business has the muhtasib inside the house?
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