Motif
True saint tested by observance of sacred law
true_saint_tested_by_observance_of_sacred_law
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Revealed Command and Divine Authorization. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Mystics of Islam CHAPTER IV / DIVINE LOVE / CHAPTER V / SAINTS AND MIRACLES; lines 3078-3176 confidence: high
Bayazid al-Bistami visits a reputed saint, sees him come from his chamber and spit on the mosque floor, turns back without greeting him, and reasons that a true saint must keep the religious law.
Bayazid rejects a reputed saint because the man's spitting in the mosque indicates lack of proper respect for the religious law.
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