Story 30 - The Morals of Dervishes - gulistaan-e-sa.adii

Abu Harirah, may the approbation of Allah be upon him, was in the habit of daily waiting upon the Mustafa, peace on him, who said: 'Abu Harira, visit me on alternate days that our love may increase.' A man said to a devotee: 'Beautiful as the sun is, I never heard that anybody took it for a friend or fell in love with it', and he replied: 'This is because it may be seen daily, except in winter when it is veiled and beloved.'

There is no harm in visiting people

But not till they say: 'It is enough!'

If thou findest fault with thyself

Thou wilt not hear others reproaching thee.

Abu Harirah, may the approbation of Allah be upon him, was in the habit of daily waiting upon the Mustafa, peace on him, who said: 'Abu Harira, visit me on alternate days that our love may increase.' A man said to a devotee: 'Beautiful as the sun is, I never heard that anybody took it for a friend or fell in love with it', and he replied: 'This is because it may be seen daily, except in winter when it is veiled and beloved.'

There is no harm in visiting people

But not till they say: 'It is enough!'

If thou findest fault with thyself

Thou wilt not hear others reproaching thee.