[Machine] I heard Malik say, "Indeed, a scholar, if they do not act upon their knowledge, their preaching will slip from the hearts as the drop slips from the window." He said, "And I heard Malik say, 'If you seek knowledge in order to act upon it, your secret will be the knowledge. But if you seek it for other than action, it will only increase you in arrogance.'"
سَمِعْتُ مَالِكًا يَقُولُ «إِنَّ الْعَالِمَ إِذَا لَمْ يَعْمَلْ بِعِلْمِهِ زَلَّتْ مَوْعِظَتُهُ عَنِ الْقُلُوبِ كَمَا يَزَلُّ الْقَطْرُ عَنِ الصَّفَا»
قالَ: وسَمِعْتُ مالِكًا يَقُولُ: «إنَّكَ إذا طَلَبْتَ العِلْمَ لِتَعْمَلَ بِهِ سَرَّكَ العِلْمُ، وإذا طَلَبْتَهُ لِغَيْرِ العَمَلِ لَمْ يَزِدْكَ إلّا فَخْرًا»