One of the scholars saw his neighbors wandering aimlessly, so he asked them, “What is the matter with you?”

They replied, “We have finished our duties of the day.”

So he said, “And is this what the one with no duties has been ordered with?”

(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.