Al-Shafi‘i Quotes

Do not vie with others in the accumulation of wealth. Vie with them in Ibadaah.

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.

Be hard on yourself, easy on others.

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

Only someone who is sincere recognizes what showing off is.

You say that you are just a body, but inside of you is something greater than the Universe.

Never do I argue with a man with a desire to hear him say what is wrong, or to expose him and win victory over him. Whenever I face an opponent in debate I silently pray - O Lord, help him so that truth may flow from his heart and on his tongue, and so that if truth is on my side, he may follow me; and if truth be on his side, I may follow him.

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.

To be able to thank Allah for a blessing is a blessing within itself.

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

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.

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.

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

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

Whoever is not made glorified by taqwa can find no glory.