Visited his brother Abdulah in Sirvan

Molla Said then travelled on to Sirvan to his elder brother, Molla Abdullah. The following exchange took place at their first meeting:

Molla Abdullah: "I have finished Serh-i Semsi since you were here. What have you read?"

Molla Said: "I have read eighty books."

"What do you mean?"

"Yes, I have finished eighty books. And I have read a lot of books not included in the syllabus."

Molla Abdullah found it hard to believe that his brother had read so many books in such a short time and wanted to test him. Molla Said agreed so Abdullah tested him and was left in admiration and astonishment. Then hiding it from his own students, he accepted his younger brother as his master who only eight months before had been his student, and started to take lessons from him. But peering through the keyhole, Abdullah's students finally discovered him being taught by Molla Said. However, in order not to let them learn the truth. Said told them that he was doing so in order to avert the evil eye.²⁴