M any sheikhs observe the following rule. When a novice joins them, they subject him to spiritual discipline for three years. He can be admitted to the Path only if he fulfills all the requirements of this discipline. The first year is devoted to service of the people, the second year to service of God, and the third year to watching over his own heart. mosque quote 2995 | Hujwiri Essential Sufism, by James Fadiman & Robert Frager, Harper SanFrancisco, p.218 share
O nce Ibrahim Adhem saw a stone on which was written, "Turn me over and read. 'On the other side he read, "You do not practice what you know. Why, then, do you seek what you know not?" mosque quote 2903 | Hujwiri Essential Sufism, by James Fadiman & Robert Frager, Harper SanFrancisco, p.82 share
T he Sufi is absent from himself and present with God. mosque quote 2862 | Hujwiri Essential Sufism, by James Fadiman & Robert Frager, Harper SanFrancisco, p.36 share