لا تَطْلُبِ الفَضْلَ مِمَّنْ لَيْسَ يَفْهَمُهُ
أَلَيْسَ مِنَ الخَطَأِ أَنْ تَنْصَحَ الصُّمَّا
Do not seek virtue from one who does not understand it
Is it not wrong to advise the deaf?
المصدر · Source: Diwan al-Shafi'i. Ed. A. Shakir