Hazrat Shaqiq narrates that Hazrat Masruq passed by a place in Maqam Silsilah where idols made of brass were being sold. Hazrat Masruq said, "If I knew that their price could be paid, I would break them. But I fear that if I do so, people will harass and trouble me. By Allah! I do not know which of the two men is worse: one whose evil deed has been made attractive to him, or the other who, having lost hope in the Hereafter, seeks benefit only from this world."