مختارات من حكم الإمام الشافعي

اصبر على مـر الجفـا من معلم ... فإن رسوب العلم في نفراته
ومن لم يذق مر التعلم ساعــة ... تجرع ذل الجهل طول حياته
ومن فاتـه التعليم وقـت شبابــه ... فكبّر علــيه أربـعــا لوفاتــه
وذات الفتى والله ِ بالعلم والتقى ... إذا لم يكونا لا اعتبار لذاته

Be patient over the teacher’s strictness and harshness
For the stores of knowledge are present in his harshness
Whoever does not taste the humility of learning, even for an hour
Will drink the humility of ignorance for the rest of his life
For ...him who misses out on learning in his youth,
Then announce four takbirs over him for his death is due
By Allah, the life of a youth is by knowledge and piety
If they are not present, then nothing can express his existence