Top 16 Al-Shafi'i Quotes
#1. My sin burdened me heavily. But when I measured it against Your Grace, O Lord, Your forgiveness came out greater.
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#2. 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
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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#3. The one who admonishes his brother secretly, he has advised sincerely and has honored him. If he does it outwardly (among others) then he has dishonored and shamed him.
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#4. All humans are dead except those who have knowledge; and all those who have knowledge are asleep, except those who do good deeds; 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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#5. You say that you are just a body, but inside of you is something greater than the Universe.
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#6. Whoever is not made glorified by taqwa can find no glory.
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#7. Knowledge is not what is memorised.
Knowledge is what benefits.
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#8. Only someone who is sincere recognizes what showing off is.
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#9. The loftiest in status are those who do not know their own status, and the most virtuous of them are those who do not know their own virtue.
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#10. Wealth remains behind on earth while ibadaah accompanies you into the grave.
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#11. 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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#12. I complained to Waki' about the weakness of my memorisation,
So he instructed me to abandon disobedience;
He informed me that knowledge is a light,
And the light of Allah is not given to a sinner.
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#13. To admonish your brother in private is to advise him and improve him. But to admonish him publicly is to disgrace and shame him.
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#14. How strange! You seek guidance, yet you do not tread its path, surely a boat does not sail on land.
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#15. To be able to thank Allah for a blessing is a blessing within itself.
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#16. Do not vie with others in the accumulation of wealth. Vie with them in Ibadaah.
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