if the highest middle and lowest are gathered together and you pray for one of them without the one who is above him in status for a matter for which it is necessary to pray for him then make an excuse for that so that the soul of the one above him does not become corrupt for people are overcome by bad suspicions about such things. it is the duty of the one who governs them to protect himself from their bad suspicions and it is upon them to correct their souls for he is like the head that feels pain when the limbs feel pain and they are like the limbs that feel pain when the head feels pain.
إن اجتمع الأعلون والأوسطون والأدنون، فدعوت بواحد منهم دون من يعلوه في القدر، لأمر لابد من الدعاء به له، فأظهر العذر في ذلك لئلا تخبث نفس من علاه؛ فإن الناس يتغالب لمثل ذلك عليهم سوء الظنون. والواجب على من ساسهم التوقي على نفسه من سوء ظنونهم، وعليهم تقويم نفوسهم؛ إذ هو كالرأس يألم لألم الأعضاء، وهم كالأعضاء يألمون لألم الرأس.