Sayyidunā Junayd al-Baghdādī had a student who he considered to be his favourite and the Shaykh noticed that the other students became jealous of that one student.
After a few days, he gathered all of his students and gave each of them a chicken and a knife and said to them: “Go and slaughter it (the chicken) in a place where no one is watching you.”
All of them went and slaughtered their chickens but surprisingly his favorite disciple brought the chicken back alive. He was then asked: “Why did you not slaughter your chicken?”
He beautifully replied: “I could not find a place where there was no one watching me. No matter where I am, Allāh can see me.”
After listening to what he said, the Shaykh told the other disciples: “The wisdom and insight he has, none of you have it. This is what I like about him.”
