And al-Shafi'i, may Allah be pleased with him, said.
You should embrace asceticism.
So asceticism on the ascetic is better than adornment on the one who displays herself.
And al-Rabi', may Allah have mercy on him, said.
Al-Shafi'i said to me, 'O Rabi'.
About matters that do not concern you.
For indeed, when you speak a word, it possesses you and you do not possess it.
And al-Muzni said.
I heard al-Shafi'i, may Allah be pleased with him, say.
There is no one except that for him is an admirer and a hater.
If that is unavoidable.
Then let a person be among the people who obey Allah.
It was narrated to us from al-Hasan ibn Imran ibn Uyaynah.
That Sufyan ibn Uyaynah, may Allah be pleased with him, said to him.
In al-Muzdalifah, at the end of the pilgrimage that he performed.
I have come to this spot seventy times.
Each time I say,
O Allah, do not make this my last visit to this place.
And indeed I felt ashamed before Allah because of how often I asked Him.
He returned and then died the following year.
