Ibn Al Mubarak رحمه الله said:
“There was a wealthy man, and every time he heard of a scholar he would go to acquire knowledge
from him. So he heard there was a scholar in a such and such place so he
boarded a ship to go to him.”
On the ship was a woman who asked him: “What is your pursuit?”
He replied: “I am possessed with the love of knowledge, so I heard there is a scholar in such and such place, thus I am going to him.”
She said to him: “Each time your knowledge increases do your actions increase, or does your knowledge increase while your actions are at a standstill?”
So the man took heed, and he returned and began to perform
actions.
Taken from the book:
“Knowledge necessitates action”
by Al-Khateeb Al Bagdadi
with research and checking by Sheikh Al-Albani رحمه الله
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