14 – The right of your prossessor in authority

The right of the Sultan (your prossessor in authority) is that you know that Allah has made you a trial for him, and Allah is testing him through the authority He has given him over you, you should be pure when you are advising without quarrelling with him. For thereby, you cast yourself by your own hands into destruction and become his partner in his sin when he brings evil down upon you. You should be humble and tender in abiding by in what you are prohibited because that does not harm your religion. However, it needs you to seek the help of Allah in such a matter, do not conflict and oppose with him in his honour because when you do so, you will disobey him and harm yourself and it will mean that you have demonstrated your soul to something unpleasant and made him perish you. Thus you were supposed to help him and associate with him in any matter if he consults you. There is no strength save in Allah!

15. The right of your trainer through knowledge

The right of the one who trains you through knowledge is: magnifying him, respecting his sessions, listening well to him and attending to him with devotion, you should be interested in all what you know is vital to you by opening your minds for him, preparing your comprehension for him, chastening your heart for him, making your eyes clear for him by abandoning pleasure, decreasing desires; and you should know that what he delivers to you is a messenger to the ignorant and unknowledgeable man, thus, you should be trustful in your narration, so, never betray him when narrating his massage and when performing it from him if you assume. There is neither power nor strength save in Allah!

16. The right of the one who trains you in property

The right of him who trains you through property is almost the same as that one in Sultan except that this one possesses what the other one does not. You should obey him in all situations – minor matters and major ones – apart from that one which repels you from Allah’s limits and hinders between you and His rights and the rights of the creatures. When you finalise Allah’s rights, you are free to tackle your possessor’s rights and carry them out. There is no strength save in Allah!