(116) And he [the sheikh] narrated regarding the saying of the Lord Messenger, Mighty is His Might: "In every thirsty liver there is a reward." He said: My hearing regarding this is from my trustworthy sources from our master al-Sadiq, Mighty is His Might, that he was asked about this and said: "The thirsty liver is the seeker of the gnosis of God and His Oneness—the one who desires Him and longs for Him. He who makes this known to him and conveys it to him has a reward from God. But if he takes a bribe for it, he has no reward with us."

And regarding his narration of the saying of God, Mighty and Majestic: {Divorce is twice; then [there must be] either keeping [the wife] in an acceptable manner or releasing [her] with kindness}. He [the sheikh] said: My hearing regarding this is from my sheikh and master Abu al-Hasan al-Muqri', who narrated to me from his father Abu Ishaq Ibrahim al-Rifa'i—may God brighten their faces—who said: I asked our master, the Lord Abu Abd Allah al-Khusaybi—may God ennoble his station—concerning this verse, and he said: "O my son, know that it is an obligatory duty upon the scholar to say to his student whom he has addressed, once he has grown strong in his knowledge: 'I have released you, my son, to address those in whom you perceive maturity, to spread what you have learned among your brothers, and to engage in study with them.' His [spiritual] father should then watch over him in his speech and actions; if he sees him as a refined scholar fit to address and interact with men, he leaves him as he is. But if he does not see him capable in what he was taught, he prevents him from such study and persists in teaching him until he grows strong in his knowledge and his understanding increases. When he sees that he has become disciplined and learned, he releases him—and this is the 'second' time. If he then sees that he has grown strong in his knowledge and his insight has become sound in his study with his brothers, there is no blame upon him in addressing those who seek it from him.