El-Amoudi allowed the kitchen boy to receive his guests. The water vessels in the house for visitors were often empty. When eminent visitors came to him, the sage at first rarely spoke to them about serious topics. One day he splashed dirty water on the robes of several famous religious figures. Some liked this treatment, and El-Amoudi usually sent them away as quickly as possible.
Others often said:
“We have never been treated so disrespectfully.”
Usually, El-Amoudi said to such people:
“You forgot to tell me that you came for respect.” I never offered it because I was completely occupied with offering knowledge. Respect - you have to learn it - can be obtained from every shopkeeper and from anyone who expects something from you.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru