This concept examines the counsel of Shaqiq of Balkh, quoted in this section of Jami's Baharestan, warning the spiritual seeker against binding the heart to a wealthy companion. When one grows content with a patron's gifts and comes to rely on him for provision, that reliance effectively enthrones a lord other than God. The teaching frames attachment to a wealthy or miserly benefactor as a hidden form of idolatry, urging the seeker to trust divine sustenance alone rather than a worldly provider. It distills the excerpt's ethical-mystical lesson so learners can grasp its argument independently of the Persian verse.