حياة السلف بين القول والعمل

Defining knowledge and how to acquire it, and explaining its virtue: On the authority of Malik bin Maghul: On the authority of Al-Sha’bi, may God have mercy on him, and a man said to him: O scholar, so he said: The scholar is the one who fears God! [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 2/111].

Defining knowledge and how to acquire it, and explaining its virtue: On the authority of Yahya bin Abi Kathir, may God have mercy on him, he said: The scholar is the one who fears God - the Almighty and Majestic. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 1/454].

Defining knowledge, how to acquire it, and explaining its virtue: Al-A'mash, may God have mercy on him, said: If I see an old man who does not seek knowledge of jurisprudence, I would like to slap him. [Uyun al-Akhbar 2/536]

Defining knowledge and how to acquire it, and explaining its virtue: Al-A’mash, may God have mercy on him, said: Were it not for learning these hadiths, I would have been like some of the grocers of Kufa. [Uyun al-Akhbar 2/536].

Defining knowledge, how to acquire it, and explaining its virtue: Sulayman al-Taymi said: A man said to Abu Mijlaz, may Allah have mercy on him, while they were discussing jurisprudence and the Sunnah: Why not recite a surah—or why do you not recite a surah? He replied: I do not consider reciting a surah better than what we are engaged in. [Hilyah (abridged edition) 1/471].