حياة السلف بين القول والعمل

Acting upon knowledge and conveying it: On the authority of Abu Al-Aliyah, may God have mercy on him, he said: I used to travel to a man for days to hear from him, and I would check on his prayer. If I found him performing it well, I would stay with him, and if I found him neglecting it, I would leave and not hear from him, and I would say: He is more neglectful of other things. [Al-Siyar (its abridgment) 1/479].

Acting upon knowledge and conveying it: Amr ibn Qays, may God have mercy on him, said: If you hear of something good, then act upon it even if only once. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 2/155].

Acting upon knowledge and conveying it: Ibn al-Sammak, may God have mercy on him, said: How many things, if they do not benefit, do not harm, but knowledge, if it does not benefit, harms. [Al-Siyar (its abridgment) 2/761].

Acting upon knowledge and conveying it: Ibrahim al-Taymi, may Allah have mercy on him, said: Whenever I compared my deeds with my words, I feared that I was contradicting them. [Sifat al-Safwah 2/580].

Acting upon knowledge and conveying it: On the authority of Ata’ al-Khorasani, may God have mercy on him, he said: The most reliable of my deeds in my own mind is spreading knowledge. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 2/186].