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Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 01

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? THE GULISTAN OF SA'DI Translated by Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)