Late one evening under a full moon, Bayazid Bustani,
a religious teacher, walked by a drunkard sprawled
along the roadside. As Bayazid neared, the drunkard
became quite feisty, bellowing the most hateful and filthy
curses at him.
Bayazid did not respond, but curiously, his silence
seemed to stir the drunkard further. Rising, he pulled out
his lute, and angrily smashed it on Bayazid's head. The
lute shattered into a hundred pieces, yet Bayazid did not
fight back. He simply continued walking home, dabbing
his bloody wounds from time to time.
The next morning Bayazid sent his servant- with money
and a heaping tray of desert-back down that same road to find
the drunkard. He also instructed his servant to deliver the
following message: "Last night my head was responsible
for breaking your lute. I apologize. Please purchase a new one
with these dirhams. I also found your tongue to be quite unpleasant
and bitter, Please eat all of these deserts to sweeten it!"
Ashamed of his behavior, the drunkard dusted himself off,
came straightaway to Bayazid to beg his forgiveness, and gave
up drinking for good.
Ref: Ayat Jamlah
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