Character Quotes by Al-Shafi‘i

When my heart became constricted and my paths became narrow I took my hope in Your pardon and forgiveness as an opening and an…

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Wealth remains behind on earth while ibadaah accompanies you into the grave.

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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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The loftiest in status are those who do not know their own status, and the most virtuous of them are those who do not…

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Knowledge is not what is memorised. Knowledge is what benefits.

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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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Never do I argue with a man with a desire to hear him say what is wrong, or to expose him and win victory…

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My sin burdened me heavily. But when I measured it against Your Grace, O Lord, Your forgiveness came out greater.

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Be hard on yourself, easy on others.

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Only someone who is sincere recognizes what showing off is.

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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…

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I complained to Waki' about the weakness of my memorisation, So he instructed me to abandon disobedience; He informed me that knowledge is a…

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