To admonish your brother in private is to advise him and improve him.
AL-SHAFI'ITo admonish your brother in private is to advise him and improve him.
AL-SHAFI'IBe hard on yourself, easy on others.
AL-SHAFI'IHow strange! You seek guidance, yet you do not tread its path, surely a boat does not sail on land.
AL-SHAFI'IThe loftiest in status are those who do not know their own status.
AL-SHAFI'II complained to Waki’ about the weakness of my memorisation, So he instructed me to abandon disobedience;
AL-SHAFI'IThere is not on the face of the earth-after the Book of Allah – a book which is more sahih than the book of Malik.
AL-SHAFI'IWhoever is not made glorified by taqwa can find no glory.
AL-SHAFI'IThe one who admonishes his brother secretly, he has advised sincerely and has honored him.
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.
AL-SHAFI'IWealth remains behind on earth while ibadaah accompanies you into the grave.
AL-SHAFI'IOnly someone who is sincere recognizes what showing off is.
AL-SHAFI'IAnd the most virtuous of them are those who do not know their own virtue.
AL-SHAFI'IAll humans are dead except those who have knowledge; and all those who have knowledge are asleep, except those who do good deeds.
AL-SHAFI'IYou say that you are just a body, but inside of you is something greater than the Universe.
AL-SHAFI'IMy heart is at ease knowing that what was meant for me will never miss me, and that what misses me was never meant for me.
AL-SHAFI'ITo be able to thank Allah for a blessing is a blessing within itself.
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