In today's milieu of events and seminars we often see the murids of one shaykh whispering slander about another shaykh. We see murids putting forth their teacher as the only real possessor of knowledge available with the intimation that all others are frauds. What is even sadder is that we see one shaykh snubbing another in public, or speaking ill of another to their students. We, the students, learn by following the example of our teacher. The Prophet never used bad language neither a Fahish nor a Mutafahish .
Spiritual chivalry is the path of good behavior and good character.
Ali ibn abuTalib was the first among the chivalrous and passed futawwah to us as part of tariqa. It could be the antidote for wanting more money than Allah thinks you need, or feeling that the only way that the worth of a shaykh can be seen is to belittle all others. Personally, this is a conversation I would not want to have. These are questions that are perhaps important to answer if we are going to keep Tasawwuf on the straight path here in the West.