Dervish Disaffiliation

Abu 'Ali Daqqaq was asked if the Dervish receives any sort of compensation for his sacrifices in life. He replied: "What people wear, the dervish wears, and he eats what they eat; but in his deepest consciousness (sirr), he is not one of them."

[Javad Nurbakhsh locates this in Qushayri's Risala].