I supplicate to Allaah for ash-Shaafi’ee, even in my prayers (salaah).
Category: Words of Wisdom
That I die and am resurrected is more beloved to me
That I die and am resurrected, then die and am [again] resurrected, then die and am [yet again] resurrected is more beloved to me than to see the ‘awrah of a Muslim, and for him to see mine.
There are six for whom I pray in secret
There are six {people] for whom I pray in secret, one of them being ash-Shaafi’ee.
The desire for the heart to be enlightened
It used to be said: Whoever desires his heart be enlightened, then he should reduce [the intake of] his food.
Engaging in seeking forgiveness
Every night, Wakee’ ibn al-Jarraah would not sleep until he had read a third of the Qur.aan. Then, during the last [third] of the night he would stand in prayer and recite the al-Mufassal. He would then sit and engage in seeking forgiveness (al-istighfaar) until the arrival of Fajr.
His desires get the better of him
It is not befitting of the believer, that [thought of] his stomach (food) commands his attention the most, and that his desires get the better of him.
Speaking too much and eating too much
[There are] two things that harden the heart: speaking too much and eating too much.
Total control over hunger
He who has total control over his stomach (hunger), attains total control over [the ability to perform] all righteous actions.
Dignifying and venerating the prayer
A man [once] said, from [the actions which] dignify and venerate the prayer is to arrive [for it] before the iqaamah.
Do not disturb
‘Ask for him (seek him out) at the masjid’, and don’t say to him: ‘He is not here, so as not to lie’