The loftiest in status are those who do not know their own status.
AL-SHAFI'INever do I argue with a man with a desire to hear him say what is wrong, or to expose him and win victory over him.
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There is not on the face of the earth-after the Book of Allah – a book which is more sahih than the book of Malik.
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Be hard on yourself, easy on others.
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My sin burdened me heavily. But when I measured it against Your Grace,
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Never do I argue with a man with a desire to hear him say what is wrong, or to expose him and win victory over him.
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To admonish your brother in private is to advise him and improve him.
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All humans are dead except those who have knowledge; and all those who have knowledge are asleep, except those who do good deeds.
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Only someone who is sincere recognizes what showing off is.
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You say that you are just a body, but inside of you is something greater than the Universe.
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But to admonish him publicly is to disgrace and shame him.
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O Lord, Your forgiveness came out greater.
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The one who admonishes his brother secretly, he has advised sincerely and has honored him.
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How strange! You seek guidance, yet you do not tread its path, surely a boat does not sail on land.
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If he does it outwardly (among others) then he has dishonored and shamed him.
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Do not vie with others in the accumulation of wealth. Vie with them in Ibadaah.
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And the most virtuous of them are those who do not know their own virtue.
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