The Correct Reaction to Knowledge
Ayy?b Al-Sakhtiy?n? reports that Ab? Qil?bah – All?h have mercy on him – said:
O Ayy?b, when All?h brings about knowledge for you, bring about worship of him, and do not let your [sole] concern be to narrate it.
Ibn ?Abd Al-Barr, J?mi? Bay?n Al-?Ilm, article 1279.
It is reported that the inscription on the ring of ?usayn b. ?Al? – All?h be pleased with them – read:
You know, so now act (????? ?????).
Op. cit. article 1280.
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