In Chapter 19, Poem 10 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet emphasizes the absolute necessity of severing all worldly attachments to progress on the spiritual path. Family ties, such as wife and child, along with kinship are portrayed as 'fetters' (بند) that bind the seeker. True spiritual journeying requires the seeker to 'manfully' (مردانه) cut these ties, asserting that one cannot walk the path towards the Divine while restrained by the chains of worldly existence and relationships.