Imam ash-Shafi’i said:
I love the righteous, although I’m not of them
Perhaps I shall receive intercession through them
And I hate he who deals/trades in sins
Although we are equal in our trade/product
So Imam Ahmad responds:
You love the righteous and you are of them
And from you shall they receive intercession
And you hate he who trades in sin
And may Allah protect us from the evil of such product