Returning the gifts of princes and those who give gifts seeking a return

The questioner:
Returning gifts to rulers.

The Shaykh:
The ones who give you gifts want money; they do not give them out of love, they want money. So either you give them and do not return a gift to them, or you do not give them a return; you do not take it this way. Do you understand?
The one who gives you wants money. So you do not give him, and you do not return a gift to him. As for the one who gives out of love, one of his brothers out of love for him, who does not want money, this is not permissible. Custom is according to custom, in the way of the occasion. Yes. He opens his door and he… No. We improve from the warning.
It is obligatory to be kind to him; it is obligatory. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Let him be kind to his neighbor. In the other wording: In the third wording: All of these are obligatory: honoring him, being kind to him, and not harming him. All of it is obligatory.