“Don’t worship Allah so He may give you. Rather, worship Him so He may be pleased. For when He is pleased, He will astonish you with His Gifts.”
By the dawn
And the ten nights
And the even and the odd
O you tranquil soul!
Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing
[al-Fajr: 1-3; 27-28]
Loftiness is attained in accordance to one’s struggles,
And whoever seeks nobility, remains vigilant by night.
Whoever wishes to achieve without due effort,
Will waste their life seeking what’s impossible.
You search for glory and yet you sleep at night,
It’s only the seeker of pearls who dives deep into the sea.
– Imam al-Shafi’i, al-Diwan
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M3 – Nobility & Salvation
السَخَاء والكَرَم:
قال الشافِعي رَحِمَه الله:
مَن وَاعَظَ أخَاهُ سِرّا, فقدْ نَصَحَهُ وزَانَهُ, ومَن وَعَظَه عَلانِيَة, فقد فضحه وخَانه.
Generosity and Nobility
“Whoever advised his brother secretly has advised him well and whoever advised his brother openly (in public) has indeed exposed him and betrayed him.”
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العِلم والذنوب:
قال الشافعي رحمه الله:
كتب حَكيمٌ الى حَكِيم: يا أخي قد أوتِيتَ عِلماً, فلا تُدَنّس عِلمَكَ بِظُلمة الذنوب, فتبقِى في الظلمة يومَ يَسْعَى أهلُ العِلم بنورِ عِلمِهم.
Knowledge and Sins
“A wise man wrote to another wise man: ‘O my brother, you have indeed been given knowledge, so do not pollute your knowledge with the darkness of sins – such that you remain in darkness on the Day that the people of knowledge speed forth with the light of their knowledge.'”
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النَجاة:
قال الشافعي رحمه الله:
اعلمْ أنَّ مَن صَدقَ اللهَ نَجا, ومَن أشفَق على دِينِه سَلِمَ مِن الرِّدَى, ومن زَهِد في الدنيا قرَّتْ عَيناه بمَا يَرَاهُ مِن الثواب لله تعالى غدا.
Salvation
“Know that whoever is truthful to Allaah is saved, and whoever is concerned over his Deen is delivered from apostasy, and whoever has an indifference (zuhd) in the world has a coolness in his eyes because of what he sees of rewards from Allaah tomorrow (i.e. in the Hereafter).”
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حُسْنُ الخاتِمَة:
قال الشافعي رحمه الله:
مَن أحَبَّ أنْ يُقضَي له بالحُسْنى, فلْيُحْسِنْ بالناس الظنَّ.
Good Ending
“Whoever loves to have a good ending (i.e. good death), let him have good opinion of the people (husna-dhann).”
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