The loftiest in status are those who do not know their own status.
AL-SHAFI'IThe loftiest in status are those who do not know their own status.
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'IAnd the most virtuous of them are those who do not know their own virtue.
AL-SHAFI'IDo not vie with others in the accumulation of wealth. Vie with them in Ibadaah.
AL-SHAFI'IHow strange! You seek guidance, yet you do not tread its path, surely a boat does not sail on land.
AL-SHAFI'IHe may follow me; and if truth be on his side, I may follow him.
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'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'IHe informed me that knowledge is a light, And the light of Allah is not given to a sinner.
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'II complained to Waki’ about the weakness of my memorisation, So he instructed me to abandon disobedience;
AL-SHAFI'IBe hard on yourself, easy on others.
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'IIf he does it outwardly (among others) then he has dishonored and shamed him.
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