Glory 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…

— Al-Shafi‘i

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

— Al-Shafi‘i

To admonish your brother in private is to advise him and improve him. But to admonish him publicly is to disgrace and shame him.

— Al-Shafi‘i

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

— Al-Shafi‘i

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

— Al-Shafi‘i

How strange! You seek guidance, yet you do not tread its path, surely a boat does not sail on land.

— Al-Shafi‘i

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

— Al-Shafi‘i

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

— Al-Shafi‘i

Be hard on yourself, easy on others.

— Al-Shafi‘i

Only someone who is sincere recognizes what showing off is.

— Al-Shafi‘i

There is not on the face of the earth-after the Book of Allah - a book which is more sahih than the book of…

— Al-Shafi‘i

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

— Al-Shafi‘i