احذر مودة الناس
كُنْ سَاكِناً فِي ذا الزمانِ بِسَيئرِهِ *** وعن الورى كُنْ رَاهِباً في دَيرِه
واغسِل يدَيكَ مِن الزمانِ وأهْله *** واحْذِرْ مَوَدَّتهـم تنِل مِن خَيـره
إني اطلعتُ فلم أجدْ لِي صاحِباً *** أصحبه في الدهْرِ ولا في غَيْره
فترَكْتُ أسْفَلَهـم لِكَثرَةِ شَـرّه *** وتركت أعْلاهم لِـقلَّة خَيــره
Beware of the love of people
“Be silent in that era as it moves along
And regarding the mortals, flee from their monastery
And wash your hands from the occasion and its people
And be cautious of their love whereby you reach their goodness
I explored but did not find a companion
To befriend through life and befriend no-one but he
So I abandoned the lowest of them due to the excess of his evil
And I abandoned the loftiest of them due the shortage of his goodness.”
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الظالم لنفسه
قال الشافعي رحمه الله
أظلم الظالمين لنفسه
مَن تَوَاضَعَ لِمَن لا يُكرمَه
ورَغَبَ فِي مَودّة مَن لا يَنفعُه
وقبل مَدْح مَن لا يَعرِفه
Oppressor of his own self
Ash-Shaafi’ee (rahimahullaah) said:
“The one who oppresses himself the most is:
The one who humbles himself for one who does not honour him
And strives in the friendship of one who does not benefit him
And accepts praise from one who does not know him”
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صاحب الهوى
قال الشافعي رحمه الله
لو رَأيتُ صَاحِبَ هَوَى يَمْشِي عَلى المَاءِ مَا قبلتُه
Companion of desires
“If I saw a companion of his own desires even walk on water, I would not accept him.”
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مع أهل الطاعة
قال الشافعي رحمه الله
مَا أحَدُ إلا وَلَه مُحبّ ومُبْغِض, فَإنْ كَان لابُدّ مِن ذلك, فلْيَكُنِ المرءُ مَع أهْلِ طَاعَةِ اللهِ عَزّ وجَلّ
With the people of obedience
“There is no-one except that he has a lover and a hater. So if that must be the case, then let a person be with the people of obedience to Allaah, ‘azza wa jall.”
Masha Allah! Real gems.
Can you please le tus know which book are these quotes from?
May Allah reward you for this!
Wa iyyaakum
The 1st quote was from the Diwaan of Imam ash-Shaafi’ee and the rest are from a collection I have which includes his quotes and some of this poetry from the Diwaan also.
Please see this post http://fajr.wordpress.com/2006/07/11/project-1-mawaaidh-ash-shaafiee/ [Project 1] where I’ve explained what I’ve done.
Jazaak’Allaahu khayran
Jazak Allahu Khayr for the post
Jazaakillahu Khayran sister for this site. Really good Mashallah. I was wondering if you had the Arabic for the famous quote of Imam Shafi’i beginning, “All humans are dead except those who have knowledge.”
Also, I think it might be bad news, the quote in your banner is actually from verse 18 of Surat al Thariyaat. Not sure if it’s been pointed out before.
Wa iyyaakumaa
Imran, unfortunately I don’t currently have the full quote in Arabic – & I couldnt find it in the Mawaa’idh collection – but if I come across it then Inshaa’Allah I’ll post it up.
Jazaak’Allaahu khayran for the correction on the ayah reference. It has been corrected alhamdulillaah.
The pics on your blog are brilliant sis!
wa alaykum as salaam
Wa `alaykumusalaam
Baarak’Allaahu feeki 🙂
assalamu alaykum,
i wanted to kindly request you to link my blog please.
jazakallah khair
Assalamu Alaikum,
Jazakillah Khayr for these translations. They’re very beneficial.
Wa `alaykumusalaam wa rahmatullaah
Baarak’Allaahu feeki ukhti, I make du’a that everyone benefits bi’ithnillaah
Assalamu Alaikum
mashallah, these posts are amazing, barak allahu feeki for sharing such pearls of wisdom! The pics are gorgeous too!
Sis mind adding our site to your blogroll? http://www.islamicink.wordpress.com
Jazak Allahu khair!!
fi aman Allah
w’salaam 🙂