On the other hand you have a known thief who also picks up something without paying for it. Of course this may not be true, but that is the power of the reputation. So for example if an Imam who is known for his piety is seen picking up something from a shop counter without paying for it then the first reaction of people will likely be to assume that he has already paid for it or that he was given it free on a prior arrangement. The poem is stressing the importance of reputations and how they affect the verdicts of people so much so that they will draw the opposite conclusion to a situation just because the person in question has a reputation for that response. Is sad and held accountable for things he didn’t even do. ![]() ![]() Until he is ascribed things he didn’t even do.Īnd you will see the scoundrel whose defects are well known, But at the same time it would have to have intellectual rigour and razor-sharp analysis of the problem as well as being able to draw upon a large bank of life experience gained from talking to people.īut above all, the delivering of a verdict was to become a “bringer of good and a remover of evil” and the Imam did this by using the two most important pieces of flesh in our entire bodies: the tongue and the heart.Ī man wins and then he is well mentioned, The Imam was first and foremost a Faqih, or a Islamic Law Jurist, and this poem encapsulates what his primary occupation entailed.Ī verdict would have to be clear and concise so people could understand it. The tongue is like the spittle of an expensive camel,Īnd I am not from the dull and unoriginal-of-thought amongst man, I ask different people about events.īut I am, by the two small pieces of flesh, I unveil its truths for the inspection of people. Looking out for our brothers and sisters is an important part of being part of the Muslim Ummah and visiting the ill forms part of this duty.Īnd if we do this duty well, then we will be well-mentioned and well-remembered, and people will want to come to our help when we are in need.Īfter giving a verdict on Islamic jurisprudence Shafi’i said the following: Then he shall live as a leader of the people and sweet will be his remembrance amongst society,Īnd if a calamity befalls him then they will come willingly. I find tranquillity in the correct upon doing it,Īnd it is a hard day upon me if I intentionally left it.Īnd you are well-blessed if you are not seen as a liar,Īnd your saying “I didn’t know” is very difficult.Īnd whomsoever fulfils the rights of the neighbour after the right of his cousin,Īnd his close friend, be he in any situation. To walk barefoot full of pain, upon hot sand in Dhu Tawa, is easier than to give a friend a lie-laced excuse. ![]() Shafi’i replied: “By God you have done me good, and woken up my honour and turned away from me the lie-ridden apologies.” Shafii was referring to the case where he would later have had to apologise to his friend for not visiting him and his friend might have suspected that he was lying and had knowingly not visited. A man came to Shafi’i and told him that his friend was ill.
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