If you leave, leave with their good pleasure. Whomever you are indebted to, be sure to win their good…

If you leave, leave with their good pleasure. Whomever you are indebted to, be sure to win their good pleasure. By debt, what is mostly meant here is spiritual debt.

The person who gave you knowledge, taught you a craft, held you close on your hard day, did you good, extended a helping hand to you — in whatever form and in whatever measure — stands above you.

That is the law.

You are in his debt.

There are debts that cannot be repaid even if you sold the universe and gave him the money. Rather, his due lies within the soul. In the heart.

Say: “Be pleased with me, be pleased with the bread and salt you gave me. Be pleased with me for your knowledge, for your kindness and love. We could not be worthy; I will never be able to repay my debt to you.” Know how to say this. Understand with all your heart that these words are true, and then let them come out on your tongue.

My son, the heart is the place where God looks. Unless you win the good pleasure of the one who has a right over you, things will never go well for you. As long as there is even a little hurt in the heart of the one who has a right over you, that hurt will never let you go.

My son, if you have bowed before someone and kissed his hand, if you have felt indebted to someone, receive his blessing, receive his dua, and always speak well of him.

This will open the doors of great fortune and a great future for you, insha Allah. Without a doubt.