2 Quotes by Imam ash-Shafi`i

If a man spreads his secret with his own tongue and blames another... then he is a fool. If his own breast is too narrow to conceal his own secret, then the breast of the one in whom he places it is even narrower.

قال الامام الشافعي رحمه الله:من نال مني, أو علقت بذمته, أبرأته لله راجي منته, كي لا أعوق مؤمنا يوم الجزاء, أو لا أسوء محمداً في أمتهIf any believer offends me or is indebted to me then I absolve them of that offense or debt seeking Allahs mercy so that I'm not an obstacle for any believer on the day of judgement and so I don't cause anxiety for the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ with respect to his Ummah.