The Duties Incumbent upon a Knowledgeable Man

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘He who acts contrary to what he knows, his immoral acts supercede his righteous acts.

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The one who worships without any knowledge [of his actions] is as a donkey in a windmill.

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who appoints himself a leader of people must begin by teaching himself before teaching others. And his discipline of them must be through his own example rather than through his words. The one who teaches and disciplines himself is more worthy of esteem than the one who teaches and disciplines people.

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘It is incumbent upon the knowledgeable man to act upon what he knows, and then to seek to learn that which he does not know.

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Knowledge is linked to action, so he who knows acts. And knowledge calls for action, so if one answers [the call] it remains, and if not it departs from him.

Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The knowledgeable man must not be harsh when he teaches, and must not be disdainful when he learns.

Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The man who acts without any insight is as the one who travels off the path, whom walking faster only avails to take him further away from the path.