Do not feel satisfied with action, while being desolate of knowledge and do not feel satisfied with knowledge, whilst being heedless of actions. Rather, combine the two, even if your share of either may be meagre. A little of this, with a little of that is safer in the outcome, If Allah bestows His Mercy, and completes His favour upon His slave…

(Iqtidaa’ ul-‘Ilm il-‘Amal [The Need Knowledge has of Action] by al-Khateeb al-Baghdaadee)

(Read on pg 65-72, Shaykh Husayn al-‘Awaayishah, Adorning Knowledge with Actions. Al-Hidaayah Publishing & Distribution Ltd. Birmingham: 1999.)

Sh. Husayn omitted names of the people to whom the sayings were attributed, fearing inauthenticity in the original attribution, except where the authenticity was established.