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'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'IBe hard on yourself, easy on others.
AL-SHAFI'ITo admonish your brother in private is to advise him and improve him.
AL-SHAFI'IMy sins seemed very great to me but when I compared them to Your forgiveness I found Your forgiveness to be greater
AL-SHAFI'IAnd the most virtuous of them are those who do not know their own virtue.
AL-SHAFI'IBut to admonish him publicly is to disgrace and shame him.
AL-SHAFI'IDo not vie with others in the accumulation of wealth. Vie with them in Ibadaah.
AL-SHAFI'IWhen my heart became constricted and my paths became narrow I took my hope in Your pardon and forgiveness as an opening and an escape
AL-SHAFI'IHe may follow me; and if truth be on his side, I may follow him.
AL-SHAFI'IKnowledge is not what is memorised. Knowledge is what benefits.
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'IO Lord, Your forgiveness came out greater.
AL-SHAFI'IWhenever 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.
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'IThe loftiest in status are those who do not know their own status.
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