mamus favourite story
Lending Perspective
One day Hazrat Abu Yazid Bastami (ra) was walking with a party of disciples. The road narrowed, and just then a dog approached from the opposite direction. Hazrat Abu Yazid (ra) retired, giving the dog right of way.
The chance thought of disapproval occurred to one of the disciples. “Almighty God honoured man above all other creatures. Abu Yazid is the ‘king of the gnostics’ yet with all this dignity, and such a following of disciples, he makes way for a dog. How can that be?”
“Young man,” Hazrat Abu Yazid (ra) replied, “this dog mutely appealed to me, ‘What shortcoming was I guilty of in the dawn of time, and what exceptional merit did you acquire, that I was clad in the skin of a dog whereas you were robed in honour as king of the gnostics?’ This was the thought that came into my mind so I made way for the dog.”
mamus favourite story
Lending Perspective
One day Hazrat Abu Yazid Bastami (ra) was walking with a party of disciples. The road narrowed, and just then a dog approached from the opposite direction. Hazrat Abu Yazid (ra) retired, giving the dog right of way.
The chance thought of disapproval occurred to one of the disciples. “Almighty God honoured man above all other creatures. Abu Yazid is the ‘king of the gnostics’ yet with all this dignity, and such a following of disciples, he makes way for a dog. How can that be?”
“Young man,” Hazrat Abu Yazid (ra) replied, “this dog mutely appealed to me, ‘What shortcoming was I guilty of in the dawn of time, and what exceptional merit did you acquire, that I was clad in the skin of a dog whereas you were robed in honour as king of the gnostics?’ This was the thought that came into my mind so I made way for the dog.”