Kisah Sufi
Abu Said and the Learned Cleric
When Abu Said came to a certain city, the city’s mayor summoned a learned cleric to challenge him. So, the first time that Abu Said spoke to his followers, this learned cleric was there, ready with a question. “By law we cannot pray in a garment soaked in much blood,” he said, “but much blood is that? Is the blood from a flea enough to pollute the garment?” “I defer to your expertise regarding the blood of fleas,” Abu Said replied. “I am not here to speak of fleas, but to guide those who are on the Path to God.”