This allegory, featured in Attar's Mosibat Nameh, uses the setting of a bathhouse (hammam) to illustrate the Sufi concept of detachment from worldly possessions. In the story, Abu Sa'id of Mihna and an elder discuss why the bathhouse is so pleasant. Abu Sa'id explains that its comfort lies in the fact that one enters with nothing but a bucket and a loincloth, and even those do not truly belong to the visitor. The narrative teaches that true peace and freedom are achieved when a person relinquishes the desire for ownership and is detached from worldly wealth.