My 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'IWealth remains behind on earth while ibadaah accompanies you into the grave.
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If he does it outwardly (among others) then he has dishonored and shamed him.
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To admonish your brother in private is to advise him and improve him.
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My sins seemed very great to me but when I compared them to Your forgiveness I found Your forgiveness to be greater
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He may follow me; and if truth be on his side, I may follow him.
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O Lord, Your forgiveness came out greater.
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But to admonish him publicly is to disgrace and shame him.
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And those who do good deeds are deceived, except those who are sincere; and those who are sincere are always in a state of worry.
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I complained to Waki’ about the weakness of my memorisation, So he instructed me to abandon disobedience;
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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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How strange! You seek guidance, yet you do not tread its path, surely a boat does not sail on land.
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Whoever is not made glorified by taqwa can find no glory.
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The loftiest in status are those who do not know their own status.
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Wealth remains behind on earth while ibadaah accompanies you into the grave.
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Whenever I face an opponent in debate I silently pray – O Lord, help him so that truth may flow from his heart and on his tongue, and so that if truth is on my side.
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Do not vie with others in the accumulation of wealth. Vie with them in Ibadaah.
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