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Discourses of Rumi

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discourse 22<strong>Rumi</strong> said to Ibn Chavish: The root <strong>of</strong> the matteris that you should guard against this backbitingwhen talking about Sheikh Salah al-Din. Perhapsthis will remove these dark shadows and cloudsthat surround you.How can you defend yourself? People have lefttheir own country, their fathers and mothers, theirhouseholds, kinsfolk and families, and have journeyedfrom Hind to Sind until their boots werecut to shreds, in search <strong>of</strong> someone having the fragrance<strong>of</strong> the other world. How many men andwomen have died <strong>of</strong> sorrow, never succeeding norencountering such a person! As for you, youknow such a man here in your own house, andyou turn your back on him. This is a tragedy <strong>of</strong>recklessness.You used to tell me that Sheikh Salah al-Dinwas the sheikh <strong>of</strong> sheikhs, a great and mightyman. “From the day I entered his service,” yousaid to me, “I never heard him once mention your

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