As-salaamu `alaykum wa rahmatullaah

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العلم ما نفع

قال الشافعي رحمه الله:

العِلْمُ مَا نَفَعَ لَيْسَ مَا حُفِظَ.

Knowledge is what benefits

Ash-Shaafi’ee (rahimahullaah) said:

“Knowledge is that which benefits not that which is memorised”

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الإخلاصُ

قال الشافعي رحمه الله

لَوْ اجْتَهَدَ أحَدُكُمْ كُلَ الجُهْدِ عَلى أنْ يَرضِيَ الناسَ كُلًّهُمُ عَنْهُ فَلا سَبِيلَ لَهُ, فَلْيُخلِصِ العَبدُ عَمَلَهُ بَيْنَهُ وبَيْنَ اللهُ تعالى

Sincerity

Ash-Shaafi’ee (rahimahullaah) said:

“If one of you were to strive with utmost striving to make all the people pleased with him then there is no way for him (i.e. he’ll never be able to do that).

So let the servant purify his actions which are between him and Allaah Ta’aala.”

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وقال أيْضاً:

لا يَعْرِفُ الرِّيَاءُ الا المُخلِصُونَ.

And he also said,

“No-one knows Riyaa (showing-off, insincerity etc) except the sincere ones.”