Arts of ‘Ilm

فضل أصحاب الحديث

قال الشافعي رحمه الله

اذا رأيت رجلا من أصحاب الحديث

فكأني رأيت رجلا من أصحاب النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم

جزاهم الله خيرا, هم حفظوا لنا الأصل فلهم علينا الفضل

وقال - عليكم بأصحاب الحديث فانهم أكثر الناس صوابا

The virtues of the people of Hadeeth

Imaam Ash-Shaafi’ee (rahimahullaah) said:

“If I saw a man from the people of hadeeth, then it’s as if I saw a man from the Companions of the Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam). May Allaah reward them, they preserved for us the foundation so they have a right of virtue upon us.”

He said: “Upon you is (to accompany) the people of hadeeth for they are the most correct from amongst the people.”
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الخير في خمسة

قال الشافعي رحمه الله

الخير في خمسة

غنى النفس

وكف الأذى

وكسب الحلال

والتقوى

والثقة بالله

Goodness is in five

He (rahimahullaah) said:

Goodness is in 5 matters:

- Richness of the soul
- Desisting from harm
- Earning halaal
- Taqwa
- And trust in Allaah

Knowledge & Sincerity

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.”

Be Patient

ash-Shafi’i said:

Be patient upon the sourness and dryness of knowledge.
Because failure in knowledge is in turning away from it.

And he who doesn’t taste the sourness of knowledge for an hour.
Will swallow the humiliation of ignorance for his whole life.

And he who allows knowledge to pass him by in his youth.
Will awake to the funeral prayer being prayed for him…