loyalty has certain conditions for lovers the first is that he should keep his beloveds covenant and take care of his absence that his public and private affairs be equal that he should conceal his evil and spread his good that he should cover up his faults and improve his actions that he should overlook whatever he does by way of a slip that he should be content with what he has been charged with and not do to him anything that would repel him that he should not be a scurrilous figure nor a stern person. and if the beloved is equal to him in love the same is required of him and if he is below him in it then the lover should not force him to ascend to his level nor should he be angry with him by forcing him to be equal to him in his degree. it is sufficient for him then to conceal his news and not to meet him with what he dislikes or frighten him.
وللوفاء شروط على المحبين لازمة فأولها أن يحفظ عهد محبوبه ويرعى غيبته، وتستوي علانيته وسريرته، ويطوي شره وينشر خيره، ويغطي على عيوبه ويحسن أفعاله، ويتغافل عما يقع منه على سبيل الهفوة ويرضى بما حمله ولا يكثر عليه بما ينفر منه، وألا يكون طلعة دبوبا ولا ملة طرفا . وعلى المحبوب إن ساواه في المحبة مثل ذلك، وإن كان دونه فيها فليس للمحب أن يكلفه الصعود إلى مرتبته ولا له الاستشاطة عليه بان يسومه الاستواء معه في درجته. وبحسبه منه حينئذ كتمان خبره وألا يقابله بما يكره ولا يخيفه