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(From memory), Idris Shah said that Sufis wouldn't teach anyone who didn't have a social life, so that teaching wouldn't be (would be at less risk for?) diluted by the need for socializing.
That's also a great excuse for rejecting low-status people, mwahahaha! :D
(Connotationally: The mere fact that this filters out low-status people doesn't make it a suboptimal strategy for the explicit goal of not diluting the teaching.)
The sort of Sufism Shah was talking about was a secret society. They weren't and aren't subject to the ADA. If they want to reject low-status people, they don't need excuses.
This being said, a lot of low-status people do have social lives.