Sufyan on Confidence: If you know your self, you will not be harmed

Ibn al-Mubarak reported: Sufyan al-Thawri, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “If you know yourself, you will not be harmed by whatever is said about you.”

Source: Ḥilyat al-Awliyā’ 6/390

عن ابن المبارك قَالَ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ رحمه الله إِذَا عَرَفْتَ نَفْسَكَ لَمْ يَضُرَّكَ مَا قِيلَ فِيكَ

6/390 حلية الأولياء وطبقات الأصفياء سفيان بن سعيد الثوري الزهد في طلب الدنيا

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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