Status: ⚠️ To be checked — reference to be verified.
Said by: Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (as)
Arabic:
الْعِلْمُ يَهْتِفُ بِالْعَمَلِ فَإِنْ أَجَابَهُ وَإِلَّا ارْتَحَلَ عَنْهُ
English translation:
Knowledge calls out to action. If action answers, it stays; if not, it departs.
Reference: Al-Kafi, Kitab Fadhl al-'Ilm — [reference — to be verified]
💡 Explanation: Knowledge is alive — it wants to be used. When we learn something good and then do it, the knowledge stays with us and becomes part of who we are. When we learn and never act, the knowledge slowly slips away and is forgotten.
💡 Remember:
Knowledge is alive — it wants to be used.