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‘iThe 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.
Al-Shafi‘iYou say that you are just a body, but inside of you is something greater than the Universe.
Al-Shafi‘iMy sin burdened me heavily. But when I measured it against Your Grace, O Lord, Your forgiveness came out greater.
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