Woe be once to the one who does not know, and woe be seven times to the one who knows but does not act [according to his knowledge].
Category: Knowledge
O Allaah protect me from knowledge which does not benefit
How many things are there – if they do not benefit, they will not harm. However, [with regards to] knowledge – if it does not benefit, it will harm.
A means to all virtue
Knowledge is a means to all virtue.
Upon sound proof
Indeed, in terms of my religion I am upon sound proof, and as for you, then you are upon doubt; go to one who is upon doubt as you are – and debate with him.
Whoever hears of an innovation
Whoever hears of an innovation, then he must not relate it to his companions; he must not relay it [out of fear it may settle] in their hearts.
Sitting with pigs
That I should sit with pigs is more beloved to me than to sit with anyone from the people of innovation.
Speaking about the religion without sound knowledge
al-Mahdee – the ‘Abbaasid ruler – ordered the[m] people to refrain from talking, and not to engage in speaking [in matters of the religion without sound knowledge].
Know that he is misguided
If you spoke to a man about the Sunnah, and he said [to you] ‘Spare us from this [speech], and [just] tell us about the Book of Allaah’, then know that he is misguided.
There is no resemblance with His creation
Whoever resembles Allaah with His creation, then he has disbelieved.
The importance of studying medicine
If it were not that I was engaged in protecting my skill and proficiency [in medicine], the Muslims would have perished.