In Section 1 of the Eighteenth Discourse of Farid al-Din Attar's Asrar Nameh, the poet delivers a sharp critique of greed ('hirs') and spiritual heedlessness ('ghaflah') in old age. Attar emphasizes that while youth may find excuse in ignorance, greed is particularly unbecoming in the elderly, whose physical decay—symbolized by bent posture and white hair—stands as an urgent reminder of approaching death. He urges aging individuals to renounce worldly attachments and seek spiritual rectification before their time runs out.