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Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 36

One of the ulemma of solid learning, having been asked for his opinion about waqfbread, answered: ‘If it be accepted to insure tranquillity of mind from cares for food and to obtain leisure for devotion, it is lawful but if it be taken for maintenance it is forbidden. ’ Bread is taken for the corner of devotion By pious men and not the corner of devotion for bread. THE GULISTAN OF SA'DI Translated by Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)