S3 E18- What does the oil that the birds spill represent?

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim Sheykh Lokman Efendi answers a question regarding the story A merchant has a bird that everyone loves to hear talk, one day he spills oil, and the merchant smacks the bird on the head, and the bird loses its feathers and the bird stops talking until one day he sees a Dervish walking by with a bald head and asks “who’s oil did you spill to become bald like me? naksibendi.us