The Necessity of Acting Upon Knowledge

The Shaykh : All praise is due to Allah; we praise Him, seek His help, and seek His forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allah from the evil of our own souls and from the evil of our deeds. Whomsoever Allah guides, none can mislead, and whomsoever He leaves to mislead, none can guide. And I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger. After that, we have mentioned more than once that it is necessary to act upon knowledge, and that any knowledge not accompanied by action upon it becomes a burden upon its possessor. Therefore, it is no wonder that it was reported from some of the Salaf (the earliest generations) that he said: “Woe to the ignorant person once, and woe to the knowledgeable person seven times”. The purpose of knowledge is action. Therefore, it should not be the case that your only concern is knowledge alone; rather, action must be accompanied by knowledge. And the knowledge that has become widespread and prevalent among all Muslims, with no distinction in this between a scholar, a student of knowledge, or anyone else, is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): This is the wording of the hadith in the two Sahihs (authentic collections). Then the hadith came with an addition that clarifies the intended meaning of the hadith in the clearest way, namely his saying (peace be upon him): “of good,” meaning: Thus, it is obligatory for every Muslim to wish for people what he wishes for himself of good. And this love of good for every Muslim is among the noble morals, which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) explicitly stated in his saying: .