Knowledge is not what is memorised. Knowledge is what benefits.
AL-SHAFI'IHe may follow me; and if truth be on his side, I may follow him.
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If he does it outwardly (among others) then he has dishonored and shamed him.
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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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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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My sin burdened me heavily. But when I measured it against Your Grace,
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But to admonish him publicly is to disgrace and shame him.
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Be hard on yourself, easy on others.
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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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When my heart became constricted and my paths became narrow I took my hope in Your pardon and forgiveness as an opening and an escape
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He informed me that knowledge is a light, And the light of Allah is not given to a sinner.
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To be able to thank Allah for a blessing is a blessing within itself.
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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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Wealth remains behind on earth while ibadaah accompanies you into the grave.
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He may follow me; and if truth be on his side, I may follow 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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