“O Uncle, if you permit me, I shall repeat them [all] from memory.”
Tag: ilm
Acting in accordance
No hadeeth of the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ has ever reached me, except that I have acted according to (practiced) it – even if only once.
I would think he was ill
Never did I see him pray, except that I would think he was ill.
Knowledge which does not benefit
‘Abdul-A’laa said to me: Certainly he who has been given knowledge which does not cause him to weep, then it is feared he has not been given knowledge which benefits him.
That which is befitting for a man
It is befitting for a man who hears something from the manner of the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ, that he holds firm to it.
Knowledge which is not spoken with
Knowledge which is not spoken with, is like treasure which is not spent.
I do not know
I accompanied Ibn ‘Umar (radhi-yAllaahu ‘anhumaa) for 34 months, and [during this time] whenever he was asked a question, he would respond with: I do not know. He then turned to me and said: Do you know what these [people] wanted, they wanted to use our backs as a bridge for themselves to Hell.
Essential attributes of the Scholar
The scholar is not he who [just] knows about the good and the bad, rather, the scholar is he who knows about the good and adheres to it, [just as he] knows of the bad and refrains from it.
Act according to what you have learnt
Learn, learn, and when you have learnt, then act [according to what you have learnt].
Until when will a man continue to seek knowledge
Until when will a man [continue to] write hadeeth? He said: Until he dies, and the remaining ink will [then] be poured into his grave.