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].
Tag: 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 regard to] knowledge - if it does not benefit, it will harm.
A means to all virtue
Knowledge is a means to all virtue.
Speaking about the religion without sound knowledge
Yoosuf as-Saa.igh narrated that [when] the people of innovation raised their heads and began debating [in matters of the religion], al-Mahdee - the 'Abbaasid ruler - ordered the[m] people to refrain...
The importance of studying medicine
It was reported that al-Maaziree became ill, and was unable to find anyone to treat him except for a Jew; so when he recovered at his hands, the Jew said [to him]
Medicine, a third of knowledge
ash-Shaafi'ee رحمه الله grieved at how the Muslims had neglected [the knowledge of] medicine, and he would say
The knowledge of medicine
After [the knowledge of] halaal and haraam, I do not know of any knowledge more noble than [the knowledge of] medicine, particularly since the people of the Book are better versed than us in it.
In the footsteps of the Prophet ﷺ
[In a dream] I saw the Prophet ﷺ [and it was] as if he was walking, and Muhammad ibn Ismaa'eel [al-Bukhaaree] رحمه الله was walking behind him.
None more knowledgeable of the Sunnah
There was none more knowledgeable of the Sunnah in Iraq than Ibn 'Own.
Doing more good than harm
We pursued this affair [of seeking knowledge] and [when] we looked [around us], we did not find anyone doing an action without knowledge, except that [as a result] he would do more good than harm.