Avoid Three Things, Then Do What You Wish – Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani explains a counsel of Shah Ibn Shuja al-Kirmani, a great righteous scholar of the early Muslims, who would tell his students, “Avoid lying, cheating, and backbiting—and then do what you wish.” [Qushayri, Risala]
These are “foundational vices,” as...