Someone said to Bahauddin Naqshbandi:
— Expulsion of a student must cause you suffering?
He replied:
- The best way to test and help a student, if possible, may be to expel him. If he then turns against you, he has a chance to discover his own shallowness and shortcomings that led to his expulsion. If he forgives you, he has the opportunity to notice whether there is something of holiness in it. If he restores his inner balance, he will be able to benefit our cause and, especially, benefit himself.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru