Ash-Shaafi‘i

[epoh]

I wish that my bond with You [O Allaah] remains sweet
Even if life becomes bitter;
I wish that You are pleased [with me],
Even if all people are disgruntled;
I wish that what is between me and You is good,
Even if my relations with people are not.
If You love me, every problem will seem easy
And everything on earth will amount to nothing.

Ash-Shaafi‘i

[epoh]

ومنْ لم يذق مرَّ التعلمِ ساعة ً ... تجرَّعَ نلَّ الجهل طولَ حياته
ومن فاتهُ التَّعليمُ وقتَ شبابهِ ... فكبِّر عليه أربعاً لوفاته