حياة السلف بين القول والعمل

Acting upon knowledge and conveying it: On the authority of Al-Zuhri, may God have mercy on him, he said: Beware of misappropriating books. I said: What is misappropriating them? He said: Withholding them from their owners. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 2/25].

Acting upon knowledge and conveying it: On the authority of Mansur, may God have mercy on him, he said: I was informed that some of those who are thrown into the Fire, the people of the Fire are harmed by their smell. So it is said to him: Woe to you, what did you do? Is what we are in of stench not enough for us, that we have to be afflicted with you and the stench of your smell? So he says: I was a scholar, but I did not benefit from my knowledge. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 1/450].

Acting upon knowledge and conveying it: Sufyan al-Thawri, may God have mercy on him, said: “I never heard a hadith from the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, except that I acted upon it at least once.” [Al-Siyar (its abridgment) 2/696].

Acting upon knowledge and conveying it: Sufyan al-Thawri, may God have mercy on him, said: Knowledge calls for action; if it is answered, it remains, otherwise it departs. [Uyun al-Akhbar 2/523].

Acting upon knowledge and conveying it: Sufyan al-Thawri, may God have mercy on him, said: If a man wanted to write down hadith, he would first cultivate good manners and worship for twenty years before that. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 2/362].