one but he should first search for his belief and what his inclination is in his nature and his school of thought. as for his nature if he sees it inclined towards asceticism austerity piety and purity he should call him to obedience submission and following the command of the obeyed and he should warn him against following desires and encourage him to perform acts of worship and fulfill trusts through honesty good treatment and good morals and lowering the wing to those in need and adhering to enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong. if his nature is inclined towards licentiousness and debauchery he should decide in his soul that worship is foolishness and that piety is foolishness and that these people… those who are tormented by the burdens are like donkeys burdened by heavy loads. rather the intelligence lies in following desires attaining pleasure and satisfying ones desire for this passing world which there is no way to avoid its pleasures when ones life ends. as for the state of the one who is called in terms of doctrine if he is from the shia then we will open up to him and explain to him that the whole matter is in hating the banu taym the banu adi the banu umayya the banu abbas and their followers and in disavowing them and following them and in supporting the righteous imams and in awaiting the emergence of the mahdi even if he is… the socalled nasibi was told that the nation had agreed on abu bakr and umar and that no one should be put forward except those whom the nation had put forward until his heart was reassured by him after that he began to spread secrets by way of enticement mentioned later. likewise if he was from the jews magians or christians he would engage in dialogue with him in a manner that matched their doctrine of beliefs for the belief of the callers is taken from the arts.
واحد بل يبحث أولا عن معتقده وما اليه ميله في طبعه ومذهبه فاما طبعه فان رآه مائلا الى الزهد والتقشف والتقوى والتنظف دعاه الى الطاعة والانقياد واتباع الأمر من المطاع وزجره عن اتباع الشهوات وندبه الى وظائف العبادات وتأدية الامانات من الصدق وحسن المعاملة والاخلاق الحسنة وخفض الجناح لذوي الحاجات ولزوم الامر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر وان كان طبعه مائلا الى المجون والخلاعة قرر في نفسه ان العبادة بله وان الورع حماقة وان هؤلاء المعذبين بالتكاليف مثالهم مثال الحمر المعناة بالأحمال الثقيلة وانما الفطنة في اتباع الشهوة ونيل اللذة وقضاء الوطر من هذه الدنيا المنقضية التي لا سبيل الى تلافي لذاتها عند انقضاء العمر وأما حال المدعو من حيث المذهب فان كان من الشيعة فلنفاتحه بان الأمر كله في بغض بني تيم وبني عدي وبني امية وبني العباس وأشياعهم وفي التبري منهم ومن اتباعهم وفي تولي الأئمة الصالحين وفي انتظار خروج المهدي وان كان المدعو ناصبيا ذكر له ان الامة انما اجمعت على ابي بكر وعمر ولا يقدم الا من قدمته الامة حتى اذا اطمأن اليه قلبه ابتدأ بعد ذلك يبث الاسرار على سبيل الاستدراج المذكور بعد وكذلك ان كان من اليهود والمجوس والنصارى حاوره بما يضاهي مذهبهم من معتقداته فان معتقد الدعاة ملتقط من فنون