حياة السلف بين القول والعمل

Acting upon knowledge and conveying it: On the authority of Isa bin Hazim, he said: I said to Ibrahim bin Adham, may God have mercy on him: Why do you not seek Hadith? He said: I do not abandon it out of aversion to it, nor out of disdain for it, but I heard something from it and I want to act upon it. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 2/490].

Acting upon knowledge and conveying it: Al-Fudayl ibn Iyad, may God have mercy on him, said: What greater regret can there be for a person than that God Almighty grants him knowledge and he does not act upon it, then someone else hears it from him and acts upon it, so he sees its benefit on the Day of Resurrection for others. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 3/27].

Acting upon knowledge and conveying it: Bishr bin Al-Harith, may God have mercy on him, said: Do not ask about matters by which you will learn people’s faults, so that you do not become the subject of people’s gossip. If you ask about a matter, then act upon it, and if you are not able, then seek help from God. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 3/99].

Acting upon knowledge and conveying it: Wuhayb ibn al-Ward, may God have mercy on him, said: Let not your concern be the quantity of work, but let your concern be its perfection and improvement, for a servant may pray while disobeying God in his prayer, and he may fast while disobeying God in his fast. [Sifat al-Safwa 2/535].

Acting upon knowledge and conveying it: Al-Marwazi said: Ahmad ibn Hanbal, may God have mercy on him, said to me: I did not write down a hadith except that I acted upon it until it came to me that the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, had cupping done and gave Abu Tayyiba a dinar, so I gave the cupper a dinar when I had cupping done. [Al-Siyar (its abridgment) 2/929].