Thus I learned to know four true kinds of masters and four false ones. Among the true,

1. I saw first the one who would never answer the appeal of a seeker until he was fully prepared.
2. The second kind would not initiate anyone until a long and trying period of probation had been undergone by the disciple.
3. The third, in order to keep away undesirable adherents, would make himself appear so utterly disagreeable that every pupil would run away at the sight of him.
4. And the fourth would so disguise himself to escape the praise and publicity of the world that none would believe for a moment that he was truly a murshid.